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2. A day in the life of a sleepy student: they'll have better attendance, wreck fewer cars and be more agreeable. All we have to do is let high school students sleep in
3. Native environmentalism and the Alberta Oil Boom: is Canada's use of 'traditional ecological knowledge' in resource planning an environmental advance or just a political sop to native tribes?
4. Workfare and the low-wage woman: three new books lay bare the origins of welfare reform and its failure to address the enduring poverty of single mothers and their children
5. Global warming: the archaeological frontier: melting glaciers yield evidence on new theories of Asian migration to the Americas. Underwater robots search the sea bottom, looking for more
6. The third way to media success: Northwestern University researchers look to link editorial talent with audience experiences to get an elusive Web-era result--loyal readers and viewers
7. Bacteria 'R' us: single-celled organisms are usually considered secondary players in a world dominated by human complexity. But emerging research shows that bacteria have astonishing powers to engineer the environment, to communicate and to affect human well-being. They may even think
8. The world's best bad idea: putting carbon dioxide in the ocean is a terrible way to deal with climate change. Maybe we should do it
9. A track to the future: for the U.S. to have world-class high-speed trains, the government will have to subsidize them. The investment would be small compared to the billions lavished on highways and airports
10. Photojournalism in focus: ready for a close-up: the year in award-winning photojournalism
11. Resurrecting the dead sea: it's an extraordinary plan: A conduit that refills the shrinking Dead Sea with water from the Red Sea, generating electricity and freshwater as byproducts. It could ease tensions among Israel, Palestine and Jordan. Or it could create an environmental disaster
12. The best fiscal stimulus: trust: how the potent hormone of empathy, oxytocin, is shaking up the field of economics
13. K Street and the status quo: an unprecedented 10-year study's surprising verdict: the real outcome of most lobbying is ... nothing. Until the right party or person comes to power
14. Desert of Fear: the journalist who helped make John McCain one of the Keating Five is running a long-shot campaign to replace him as U.S. senator. Along the way, both will have to deal with the immigration monster under every Arizona bed
15. Make primary health care, not birth control, the priority: claiming that our inbred propensity to war can be prevented by aggressively reducing the birth rate is a de facto declaration of war on the world's poor
16. What we miss when we obsess over obesity: social epidemiologist Paula Lantz reveals what actually leads to premature deaths among Americans. Obesity? No. Poverty? Yes
17. Toward a virtual humanity: at the institute for creative technologies, USC computing expertise and Hollywood storytelling magic combine to create 'virtual humans' and interactive immersions so seemingly real that American soldiers can experience the culture of Iraq--before they ship out
18. The real Science gap: it's not insufficient schooling or a shortage of scientists. It's a lack of career opportunities
19. Snakeheads: in the Arkansas backwoods with Operation Mongoose, a multi-agency assault team that tried to solve the problem of a scary invasive fish by poisoning 400 miles of waterways
20. Can tourism be sustainable? With Machu Picchu literally sinking into the ground, Peru looks for authentic, eco-friendly ways to grow its travel sector. Pink dolphins are seen
21. The return of Busing? A Minneapolis experiment offers a new way for education policymakers to confront the old quandary of segregated schools
22. The value of dead bird watching: University of Washington researcher Julia Parrish founded COASST, a nonprofit that allows hundreds of citizens to serve science by cataloging deceased birds on West Coast beaches
23. The AIDS funding dilemma: in the 'AIDS exceptionalism' debate, emotions run high, and the options are difficult: shift some AIDS funding to other care, or find billions in new support
24. How Much Can Dietary Changes and Food Production Practices Help Mitigate Climate Change? Food policy experts weigh in on the possibilities of individual diet choices and sustainable production methods
25. Las Manos Jóvenes Que Nos Alimentan; Se calcula que 524,000 niños trabajan inimaginables largas horas en los agotadores campos agrícolas de Estados Unidos, y todo es perfectamente legal
26. PS Picks: Yaeji's Cutting Commentary on Beauty Routines; PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture
27. Outer Space Treaties Didn't Anticipate the Privatization of Space Travel. Can They Be Enforced? If human civilization begins to expand into space, will colonists feel loyalty to their country, their planet, or Elon Musk?
28. 'People Are Being Killed Like Flies': Denied Asylum in the U.S., Cameroonians Fear Increasing Violence Back Home; Martin fled Cameroon when security forces imprisoned his father and started regularly raiding Anglophone villages. The U.S. government might send him back
29. The Farms of the Future Were Built for Outer Space. Will They Work on Earth? It will be years until NASA is ready for a journey to the red planet, but if Earth continues to suffer from climate change, Mars could come to us
30. The Fault in Our Star Names; The International Astronomical Union has established a committee to finalize a list of official star names. Some companies offer unofficial naming rights for purchase. But the voices of certain communities are often left behind
31. Twenty-Five Must-Read Books for Fall of 2019; Our staffers and contributors highlight the most urgent and exciting titles coming this fall--from fiction to non-fiction, poetry to prose
32. Can Live Theater Help Spur Climate Action? This year's Ojai Playwrights Conference tackled the existential threat of climate change
33. 'Indigenous Writing Is Going to Continue to Set the Bar for Literary Excellence': An Interview With Alicia Elliott and Arielle Twist; interviews Alicia Elliott and Arielle Twist about some recent triumphs in Indigenous literature--and about other triumphs still to come
34. Ideology Can Skew Our Views on the Healthiness of Food; New research finds that marketing messages that are inconsistent with our values can lead us to view a food product as less healthy
35. Ideology Can Skew Our Views on the Healthiness of Food; New research finds that marketing message that are inconsistent with our values can lead us to view a food product as less healthy
36. What It's Like to Get Reproductive Care at an Anti-Abortion, Anti-Contraception Clinic; Changes to the Title X family planning programs have brought onboard a new kind of reproductive health clinic. What does that mean for patients?
37. India's Clampdown on Kashmir Threatens Afghanistan Peace Negotiations; Pakistani officials warn Indian military action on the border may derail Taliban--U.S. negotiations in Doha, Qatar
38. This Congress Has Made More Progress on Early Gun Bills Than Any Other in the Last 10 Years; In the wake of a week of racist, terroristic mass shootings, here's a look at the status of the new firearms bills introduced at the beginning of the year
39. Amid Its War on Fair Housing Protections, HUD Takes a Rare Aggressive Action Against Los Angeles; HUD reached a deal with Los Angeles to improve disability access, but has left other discrimination cases unaddressed
40. ICE Denies Claims That It Detains Immigrants During Tragedies Like the El Paso Massacre; Activists warn the practice of detaining people at courthouses and other government venues has discouraged immigrants from cooperating with authorities, even when they are victims of violent crimes
41. Jia Tolentino Talks to Samantha Irby About 'Trick Mirror'; The New Yorker staff writer discusses her unpublished first novel, and why Americans are perennially obsessed with a good scam
42. Commuting Past Fast Food Restaurants Is Linked to Obesity, According to New Research; A new study suggests that passing the Golden Arches on your way to or from work can be destructive to your diet
43. New Documents Reveal More About Alleged Ethics Violations at the Department of the Interior; Public records reveal additional details about top political appointee Timothy Williams' meeting with his former employer, the Koch-backed group Americans for Prosperity
44. Is a Conspiracy Theory Protected Speech? The FBI labeled conspiracy mongering a domestic terror threat. What does that mean for Donald Trump and others who propagate misinformation?
45. In a Tornado, Mobile Homes Are Deadly; The federal government needs to start subsidizing storm shelters for people living in mobile homes in rural areas
46. Domestic Disputes Are More Likely to Turn Deadly in Cities Where Guns Are Easy to Obtain; New research finds a link between intimate-partner homicides and the per-capita number of gun dealers in an urban county
47. 'Jesus Wasn't This American Corn-Fed God': Lyz Lenz on Faith, Loss, and Sexism in Rural America; The author of God Land discusses misogyny in church leadership--and why so many depictions of Jesus look like Brad Pitt
48. Lockouts and Train Blocks: An Update on the Coal Country Protests; The Kentucky miners' stakeout highlights the vulnerable position workers face when coal companies go belly-up in bankruptcy
49. Lessons From the BP Oil Spill: A Reading List; Democrats are asking a government watchdog to investigate how prepared the U.S. would be for another major oil spill
50. How Much Longer Can Venezuela's Neighboring Countries Handle the Refugee Crisis? The number of Venezuelan refugees will reach 5.4 million by the end of 2019, according to projections from the United Nations
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