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From pressing the Russian regime to undermining it

The West must offer Russians ways for both individual and collective exit in order to split the local elites and reincorporate the Russian middle class into Western society, economy, and culture, thus creating an opportunity for a more stable and predictable Russia to emerge.

New study targets cost hurdles in forest restoration

As the West faces increasingly destructive wildfires, land managers rely on mechanical thinning to reduce hazardous fuels and restore forest health. But one obstacle continues to slow this work down: Thinning costs are notoriously difficult to estimate from one project to the

Economic inequality is destroying our democracy

“We can either have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few. But we can’t have both,” Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once warned. His concerns have never been more relevant. Economic and wage inequality has hit a 30-year

How aggressive breast cancer turns off the immune system

Researchers are launching a new project to crack the mystery of aggressive breast cancer, where predicting disease progression remains a major hurdle. By studying how tumors interact with and suppress the immune system, scientists aim to identify new biomarkers that reveal how