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Editor's note
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College football is not just about touchdowns and quarterback sacks. It’s also about lucrative sports merchandising and TV broadcasting deals. Coaches get a cut of the money, which they often do through contracts that award them hefty bonuses. But as college sports scholar Jasmine Harris points out, the history of those big bonuses stretches back much further than some may think.
At a time when vaping by teens is increasing, Altria, which makes Marlboro brand cigarettes, just bought a 35 percent stake in the leading vaping company, Juul Labs. Juul has been sharply criticized for its flavored vaping products. Leah Ranney, a tobacco control expert at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, reports on her research that shows that the perception of harm in smoking products is diminished by sweet flavors.
What makes an image unforgettable? It’s a question University of Oregon visual communication scholar Nicole Smith Dahmen has been studying for nearly 20 years. Using a model she and her colleagues developed, she highlights the most memorable photos of 2018.
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Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Education Editor
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Top stories
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Fresno State Bulldogs head coach Jeff Tedford and running back Ronnie Rivers hoist the Las Vegas Bowl trophy after the Bull Dogs defeated Arizona State on Dec. 15.
Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College
While college football coaches who make it to the widely televised bowl games stand to collect major bonuses, history shows that bonuses for top coaches predate the days of TV and radio.
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Studies have suggested that teens’ perception of risk in these products is influenced by flavor.
Diego Cervo/Shutterstock.com
Leah Ranney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
E-cigarette usage among teens has surged. A tobacco control expert explains how flavors may be contributing.
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Maria Meza, a 40-year-old migrant woman from Honduras, runs away from tear gas with her 5-year-old twin daughters in front of the border wall in Tijuana, Mexico.
Kim Kyung Hoon/Reuters
Nicole Smith Dahmen, University of Oregon
Each day, readers are bombarded with shocking, inspiring and informative images. In their overwhelming volume, they can be easily forgotten. Nonetheless, some do rise to the top.
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Economy + Business
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Kristy Leissle, University of Washington, Bothell
The chocolate industry is undergoing significant change at the moment, both for better and worse. Here are three trends on the positive side of things.
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Scott R. Baker, Northwestern University
With President Trump insisting on funding for his border wall and Democrats vehemently opposed, a partial government shutdown is possible. Here's what it could mean for the economy.
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Environment + Energy
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Garth Paine, Arizona State University
From bird songs to wind patterns, sound is a key but often underappreciated element of natural places. Learning how to listen to nature can alert us to changes in the environment before we see them.
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Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology; Ashok Sekar, University of Texas at Austin; Eric Hittinger, Rochester Institute of Technology
People who use an appliance a lot save more from an energy efficient model. With the right app, they could easily get a sense of their own potential savings when they shop.
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Science + Technology
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Jerry Coyne, University of Chicago
An evolutionary biologist makes the case that there's no reconciling science and religion. In the search for truth, one tests hypotheses while the other relies on faith.
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Andrea Crisanti, Imperial College London; Kyros Kyrou, Imperial College London
Researchers are exploring genetic forms of population control called gene drives that spread traits faster that happens naturally. The goal is to curb mosquito-borne diseases like malaria.
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Politics + Society
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Benjamin H. Bradlow, Brown University
Brazil's new president – often called the 'Trump of the tropics' for his inflammatory, right-wing rhetoric – won over the white working class by stoking fear and resentment. Can he make them happy?
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Anthony F. Arrigo, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Trump appeals to his base in a way that philosophers knew was effective thousands of years ago.
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From our international editions
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Gareth Dorrian, Nottingham Trent University; Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University
If we didn't correct for gravitational effects on the Earth's orbit, the winter solstice would shift backwards by a day every 72 years.
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Connor Bamford, University of Glasgow
Instability in the DRC and Ebola's deadly properties is making it hard to contain the virus.
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Abhishek Kar, University of British Columbia; Hisham Zerriffi, University of British Columbia
Millions of people worldwide are either indifferent to a carbon tax or opposed. If citizens were motivated by potential carbon dividends, maybe politicians would finally take action on climate change.
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