Rachel Kyte, Tufts University The Senate voted 84-15 to confirm economist Janet Yellen as U.S. Treasury secretary on Jan. 25, and her in tray will require every ounce of her vast experience…
Tom Corringham, University of California San Diego Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s the Amazon, the Nile or the Mississippi. In fact, some…
James H. Ruppert Jr., Penn State and Allison Wing, Florida State University It was clear before the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started that it was going to be busy. Six months later,…