A farmer carries firewood during the dry season in Nicaragua, one of the Central American countries affected by a recent drought.
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Miranda Cady Hallett, University of Dayton
Poverty and violence are often cited as the reasons people emigrate from Central America, but factors such as drought, exacerbated by climate change, are driving people to leave too.
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Economy + Business
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Kelly L. Haws, Vanderbilt University; Brent McFerran, Simon Fraser University; Peggy Liu, University of Pittsburgh
New research on consumer behavior shows that we tend to match some types of choices the people around us make, but not others.
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Health + Medicine
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Patricia Homan, Florida State University
States that have restrictive abortion laws don't just have worse health measures for women. A new study suggests that everyone is harmed.
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Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
The man whose book outsold all others, except the Bible.
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From our international editions
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Roger Southall, University of the Witwatersrand
Where should we place Mugabe among the pantheon of African nationalists who led their countries to independence?
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Suzanne Davis, University of Michigan; Geoff Emberling, University of Michigan
Visitors to these sites had one particular religious ritual that may strike some as strange: they carved graffiti in important and sacred places.
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Susanna Nurdjaman, Institut Teknologi Bandung
A biodegradable sea wall is cheaper than a concrete wall. In addition, it's easy for local people to replicate.
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