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  Foundations are making climate change a bigger priority

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morten Wendelbo, American University(THE CONVERSATION) Twenty-nine mostly U.S.-based philanthropic institutions, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation plan to spend an unprecedented total of US$4 billion over the next five years addressing climate change. But what exactly can

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  First-generation college students earn less than graduates whose parents went to college

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Anna Manzoni, North Carolina State University and Jessi Streib, Duke University(THE CONVERSATION) When discussions take place about first-generation college students, often the focus is on how disadvantaged they are in comparison to their peers whose parents went to college.Research we recently conducted shows that first-generation college students experience another form of

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  My thoughts are my password, because my brain reactions are unique

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wenyao Xu, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Feng Lin, University of Colorado Denver, and Zhanpeng Jin, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York(THE CONVERSATION) Your brain is an inexhaustible source of secure passwords – but you might not have to remember anything. Passwords and PINs with letters and numbers are relatively easily hacked, hard

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  Overhype and 'research laundering' are a self-inflicted wound for social science

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Christopher J. Ferguson, Stetson University (THE CONVERSATION) Earlier this fall, Dartmouth College researchers released a study claiming to link violent video games to aggression in kids. The logic of a meta-analytic study like this one is that by combining many individual studies, scientists can look for common trends or effects identified in earlier work. Only, as a psychology

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  Spread of self-driving cars could cause more pollution – unless the electric grid transforms radically

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Peter Fox-Penner, Boston University; Jennifer Hatch, Boston University, and Will Gorman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(THE CONVERSATION) The world is on the cusp of dramatic changes in the ways people own, operate and power their means of transportation. Known as the “three revolutions,” a term coined by UC Davis transportation professor Daniel Sperling, the new trends are:

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  Collaboration, not fighting, is what the rural West is really about

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Steven C. Beda, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) Dick Jenkins is a fourth-generation rancher living in Oregon’s most remote county. I wanted to know why he continues living in a rural community, even though life elsewhere might be easier.“Taking care of [the land] is worth more than all the money in the world,” he told me. “Taking care of the animals, taking care of the

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  Tanzanian president bluntly attacks contraception, saying high birth rates are good for economy

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kristen Carey, Boston University(THE CONVERSATION) Tanzanian President John Magufuli has suspended advertising by family planning organizations until further review, raising outcry among human rights groups and causing unrest within Tanzania’s health ministry. The move came weeks after Magufuli made international headlines for inflammatory comments calling women who use

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  Get a flu shot now – for your benefit and your neighbors'

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, Columbia University Medical Center(THE CONVERSATION) If you do nothing else the next few days, get a flu shot. The best time to get a flu shot is by the end of October, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises. Considering the severity of last year’s flu, it is especially important for everyone over age six months to be vaccinated. This

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  Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate

  October 25, 2018 16:45 IST

  (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Frank M. Mitloehner, University of California, Davis(THE CONVERSATION) As the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action. Advocates urge the public to eat less meat to save the environment. Some activists have called for taxing meat to reduce consumption of it.A key claim underlying these arguments holds that globally, meat

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  NYPD: Responding to reports of suspicious package in Tribeca area of NYC; unclear if related to mailed pipe bombs

  October 25, 2018 16:30 IST

  NYPD: Responding to reports of suspicious package in Tribeca area of NYC; unclear if related to mailed pipe bombs

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  10 Things to Know for Today

  October 25, 2018 16:15 IST

  Among 10 Things to Know: As political strain grows, pipe bombs target Democrats, CNN; Turkish probe of Khashoggi killing turns to garden well; Wall Street volatility back with a vengeance

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  Russian rocket lifts off for 1st time since failure

  October 25, 2018 16:15 IST

  A Russian Soyuz rocket has put a military satellite in orbit, its first successful launch since a similar rocket has recently failed to deliver a crew to the International Space Station

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  China, US working on defense meeting amid spike in tensions

  October 25, 2018 16:00 IST

  China says it is working with the Pentagon on arranging a visit to the U.S. by Defense Minister Wei Fenghe that has been sidelined by a spike in tensions

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  Ethiopia elects 1st female president; 'sets the standard'

  October 25, 2018 15:30 IST

  Ethiopia elects 1st female president, days after naming a 'gender-balanced' Cabinet

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  Japanese journalist arrives in Tokyo after being freed from more than three years of captivity in Syria

  October 25, 2018 15:30 IST

  Japanese journalist arrives in Tokyo after being freed from more than three years of captivity in Syria

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  Lopetegui's job, coaching future, on the line in 'clasico'

  October 25, 2018 15:30 IST

  Lopetegui has to find a way to succeed in the 'clasico' against Barcelona on Sunday at Camp Nou

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  Jaguar Land Rover opens new plant in Slovakia

  October 25, 2018 15:15 IST

  Jaguar Land Rover is opening a new $1.6 billion plant for the in Slovakia, the luxury car maker's first in continental Europe

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  Japan's Abe in China as 2 nations try to mend ties

  October 25, 2018 15:15 IST

  It's taken nearly seven years, but a Japanese leader is making an official visit to China for bilateral talks for the first time since late 2011

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  Court keeps Indonesia woman irked by noisy mosque in prison

  October 25, 2018 15:15 IST

  A High Court has upheld an 18-month prison sentence for a woman convicted of blasphemy in Indonesia after complaining about the volume of a mosque's loudspeakers

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  Indian politician slightly injured in airport attack

  October 25, 2018 15:00 IST

  Indian police say a popular regional politician has been attacked by a young man while waiting to board a flight at an airport in southern India and suffered a minor cut in his arm

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  European shares mixed after sharp drops in Asia, US

  October 25, 2018 15:00 IST

  Shares mixed in Europe, as some markets regain momentum after steep declines in Asia and the US

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  As Congo rolls toward election, voting machines a flashpoint

  October 25, 2018 14:45 IST

  As Congo rolls toward historic post-Kabila election, 1st use of voting machines causes fury

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  UK committee says BBC fails to fix gender pay gap

  October 25, 2018 14:30 IST

  A group of British lawmakers says the BBC has failed to live up to its duty to pay men and women the same for equal work _ a damning indictment after year of pay scandals

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  UK watchdog fines Facebook $644,000 over users' data breach

  October 25, 2018 14:30 IST

  Britain's Information Commissioner has slapped Facebook with a fine of 500,000 pounds ($644,000) _ the maximum possible _ for its behavior in the Cambridge Analytica scandal

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  Norwegian crown princess has pulmonary fibrosis

  October 25, 2018 14:15 IST

  Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit says she has a lung-scarring disease which may occasionally "limit the exercise of her official program."

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  Winner of lottery can stay anonymous thanks to state's law

  October 25, 2018 14:15 IST

  Millions of lottery tickets were purchased this week, but the public might never find out who won the second-biggest lottery in American history

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  CORRECTS: UK information commissioner fines Facebook 500,000 pounds ($644,000) in Cambridge Analytica scandal

  October 25, 2018 14:15 IST

  CORRECTS: UK information commissioner fines Facebook 500,000 pounds ($644,000) in Cambridge Analytica scandal

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  Sarkozy loses appeal in illegal campaign financing case

  October 25, 2018 14:15 IST

  Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy could stand trial on charges of illegally financing his 2012 presidential campaign after an appeals court confirmed an earlier decision