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Why Children Believe (Or Not) That Santa Claus Exists Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Why Children Believe (Or Not) That Santa Claus Exists

Kids actually are thoughtful consumers of information. In fact, they use many of the same tools as adults to decide what to believe.

Seeds Of The Alt-Right, America’s Right-Wing Populist Movement Don Irvine/Flickr.com

Seeds Of The Alt-Right, America’s Right-Wing Populist Movement

Its origins can be traced to various American white nationalist movements that have endured for decades.

Election Rage Shows Why America Needs A New Social Contract PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Election Rage Shows Why America Needs A New Social Contract

The gap between wage growth and productivity, which started to appear in the 1980s, spawned the frustrations we saw on the campaign trail.

Managing Climate Risk In Trump’s America Thomas Ruppert, Florida Sea Grant

Managing Climate Risk In Trump’s America

The rest of the world, and some individual states, may have to forge ahead on reducing emissions without U.S. leadership.

How Overfishing, Shark-Finning May Worsen Climate Change Courtesy of Jim Abernethy

How Overfishing, Shark-Finning May Worsen Climate Change

Predator removal can result in increased production of biological carbon dioxide in the ocean.

What If Nature Had The Rights And Protections Of A Person? Paul Nelhams/Flickr.com

What If Nature Had The Rights And Protections Of A Person?

Corporations do have those rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. But even American places held sacred do not.

How The American Online Sex Trade Continues To Thrive Civil Beat

How The American Online Sex Trade Continues To Thrive

Advertisements and recruitment through social media sites greatly expand the reach and enhance the elusiveness of pimps.

Range Anxiety? Today’s Electric Cars Usually Go Far Enough Volta Industries

Range Anxiety? Today’s Electric Cars Usually Go Far Enough

Most Americans’ driving needs can be met with low-cost electric vehicles. They just need options for the occasional long road trips.

From Wine To Weed: Keeping The Marijuana Farm Small And Local iStock.com

From Wine To Weed: Keeping The Marijuana Farm Small And Local

As marijuana prohibition comes to a close, states should consider ways of encouraging small farms to continue playing a role.

GMOs Lead Fight Against Zika, Ebola And Next Unknown Pandemic Flickr/Piyal Adhikary/UNDP

GMOs Lead Fight Against Zika, Ebola And Next Unknown Pandemic

Public health experts turn to what may seem like an unlikely ally in the fight against dangerous viruses.