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The Rita Colwell's pioneering research on the prevention of waterborne infectious diseases has helped to protect the health and lives of millions: "With countries becoming increasingly industrialized, farming more technological, and the human populations greater in number, conflicts will arise...

Lower enrollments continue to be the national trend for all languages, except Japanese and Korean. Italian's sharp decline also changes its rank from 5th to 6th most commonly taught language. Don't abandon all hope, ye who teach Italian! The good...

Among new weapons, Kim Jong-Un, and new forms of terrorism, we are very far from nuclear demilitarization. On the contrary, according to the timer of the Clock of the Apocalypse, we are two minutes from a potential catastrophe. Therefore, we...

March 8 is an important date to reflect on why the United States never had a woman as their Commander in Chief. One pundit suggested that if the US has not elected a woman president yet, it certainly isn’t for...

It is unlike me to endorse a party so openly. Many friends and colleagues asked me about my views recently, and here they are, open to all. Italy does not need a weak center, not even a strong center, given...

For 20 years I have taught courses on Machiavelli for New York University students and each time I am amazed by the fascination that, after five centuries, the Florentine secretariat continues to exert. With all due respect to the Washington...

Why might Donald Trump be around longer than anyone prefers? Because of democrats wishful thinking - like "Oprah for President 2020" - favors the built-in advantages Trump is so clever to exploit. The powerful and disquieting reasons why Trump is...

Meanwhile, a respected Jesuit priest, Head of the Theology Department at the University of Santa Clara in California, Father Kevin O’Brien replies to Trump, “I don’t think that Jesus cares much if we say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. He...

In the future, Big Data's role will be ever more important: "New technologies like Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) allow biomedical researchers to generate tremendous amounts of data at low cost and with great speed.  The cost for sequencing a human...

Like the proverbial oil slick that eventually engulfs everything in its path, accusations of sexual misconduct have now spread to virtually all segments of society. While Hollywood throws the accused to the wolves in a frantic attempt to save profit,...