Is commercial aviation as safe and secure as we’re told?
Frederic Lemieux, George Washington University
On Thursday, May 19, EgyptAir flight MS804, traveling from Paris to Cairo, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All 66 passengers...
What Rousseff’s impeachment means for Brazil’s struggling millions
Jeffrey W. Rubin, Boston University
In Brazil, right-wing parties and politicians are following constitutional procedures to oust the country’s democratically elected president, Dilma Rousseff. They...
New report on GE crops avoids simple answers — and that’s the point, study...
Peter Kareiva, University of California, Los Angeles; Leland Glenna, Pennsylvania State University, and Michael A. Gallo, Rutgers University
Editor’s note: In a new report, the...
Why cities should stop building museums and focus on festivals
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Last year the Institute of Museum and Library Services offered a catchy statistic: the United States has more museums...
Can you imagine a world without Budweiser? We can
Samuel S. Holloway, University of Portland; Mark R. Meckler, University of Portland, and Rhett Andrew Brymer, Miami University
Budweiser, the so-called King of Beers, may...
Having trouble picking the right health insurance plan? Let an algorithm decide
Ben Handel, University of California, Berkeley
One key goal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to lower health care costs by giving consumers more...
To fight Zika, let’s genetically modify mosquitoes – the old-fashioned way
Jeffrey Powell, Yale University
The near panic caused by the rapid spread of the Zika virus has brought new urgency to the question of how...
Has the library outlived its usefulness in the age of Internet? You’d be surprised.
Donald A. Barclay, University of California, Merced
U.S. institutions of higher education and U.S. local governments are under extraordinary pressure to cut costs and eliminate...
