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• Are hypersonic missiles a breakthrough in weapons technology?

  Michelle R. Matisons Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  What does weapons modernization look like these days? Ask Russia and China. Yes, as banal as it may seem, the arms race has entered overdrive with newly hyped hypersonic technology. Far from peaceful disarmament, hypersonic missiles arrive to up the tactical ante — or at least the debate on standard and boutique weapons technologies. Hypersonic missiles travel at five times the speed of sound and are capable of reaching the U.S. from China within minutes. These fast and sophisticated missiles have regalvanized the Cold War mentality. But are they a real threat?

• US, China sign partial trade pact, but economic danger remains

  Seth Sandronsky Civil & Government

  The nearly two-year trade war between the U.S. and China has cooled down since President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a "phase one" pact to reduce hostilities. On one hand, the pact calls for China to buy an additional $200 billion in U.S. goods over the next 24 months. That total includes $40 billion of American agriculture. For the short-term, there is long-awaited relief for soybean farmers in the Midwest. Is it time to pop the champagne corks? Not exactly.

• When it comes to social media, what do our students need to know?

  Brian Stack Education

  Imagine a world without social media. No likes. No status updates. No notifications. Those of us born before 2000 can remember life before social media, but I'm not sure how many of us would actually want to go back to those days for any length of time, especially when we start to weigh the advantages and disadvantages that social media platforms have given us in both our personal and professional lives. We are at a unique time in our human existence — one where teachers and students are learning how to navigate this brave, new digital world. How can teachers make sense of all of this so that they can do right by their students?

• Tips for choosing to make smarter decisions

  Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  If you're driven and ambitious, you know that there's usually a trade-off in life. Typically, your health and relationships suffer in the process, and it becomes difficult, if not impossible, to sustain long-term success while protecting what matters the most. However, it’s possible to have your cake and eat it, too. As a result of 25 years of extensive study and executive coaching, international leadership coach Janine Woodcock has developed a trademarked program for making smarter decisions and developing skills to gain liberation from the unrelenting pressures of success.

• How HR technology is mitigating compliance risk in 2020

  Michelle Lanter Smith Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Each year, ensuring HR compliance gets a little harder, and 2020 is no exception. States are increasingly creating their own compliance regulations — and each of them is unique. Meanwhile, the human resources landscape continues to evolve at rapid pace, and each industry faces its own set of challenges. How can an employer keep up? One powerful strategy is to utilize HR technology that automates and optimizes labor compliance.

• Smart pills: The pros and cons of an important healthcare trend in 2020

  Lisa Mulcahy Pharmaceutical

  Smart pills are highly promising, yet controversial, new developments that have many intriguing potential applications. They are drugs containing tiny sensors that monitor a patient's condition internally or target certain treatments. This monitoring may ultimately happen through telemedicine or other remote means. For example, researchers from Columbia University report they've developed a smart pill for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer patients that recognizes a specific protein made by cancer cells and delivers medication specifically to combat that protein.

• Hydrogen hopes burn brightly in the UK

  Andrew Gaved Facilities & Grounds

  The U.K. is currently exploring the prospect of one of the most radical transformations to its heating infrastructure for half a century. As the country grapples with a target to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a variety of trials are underway to investigate whether it is possible to replace the national natural gas "grid" with one that runs on hydrogen. The goal is ultimately to run 100% hydrogen in place of the current methane network, but to start with a 20% blend with natural gas. The 2018 provisional U.K. greenhouse gas statistics show gas combustion in all forms (heating and power) accounted for 50% of the country's carbon emissions.

• Infographic: Protecting your data from physical theft

  Brian Wallace Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  Credit and debit card fraud resulted in losses of nearly $28 billion in 2018. We all know by now to cover our PINs at the gas pump because of card skimmers, but did you know that using public USB chargers is even more risky? Criminals can load malware onto USB charging stations and cables left in public places — locking your device or sending data and passwords to the scammer. This infographic outlines the physical threats to information security.

• Volunteer dentists needed for aid in Puerto Rico

  Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental Healthcare

  A nonprofit medical organization called International Medical Relief is sponsoring outreach trips to Puerto Rico in response to the recent earthquakes that have devastated the region. The U.S.-based nonprofit provides mobile medical clinics and sustainable health education to underserved communities in 70 countries around the world. Puerto Rico and other islands sprinkled throughout the Caribbean were struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake and several aftershocks early in the morning on Jan. 7.

• Battles won and lost in American education’s bitter reading wars

  Patrick Gleeson Education

  American and British educators are divided into two opposing camps over the best way to teach children to read: the “whole language” camp and the “phonics” camp. Both methods have been taught for over a century, but since 1955 the two camps have become stridently opposed to a degree that justifies the popular title for the dispute: “the reading wars.” Below is a brief review of this curious battle of angry academics and legislators, along with my answers to three cogent questions: What does each group propose? Why do they distrust and dislike each other so much? And, finally, is there any hope of a truce?

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