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/ 1 year ago‘Good Times’: 50 years ago, Norman Lear changed TV with a show about a working-class Black family’s struggles and joys
Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974.
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/ 1 year agoArctic Report Card 2023: From wildfires to melting sea ice, the warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across the Arctic
The early heat melted snow and warmed rivers, heating up the land and downstream ocean areas. The effects harmed salmon fisheries,...
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/ 1 year agoIsrael-Hamas war may not restore Israelis’ support for military reserves
Israel’s decision to mobilize hundreds of thousands of reserve soldiers was not just an act of self-defense, a scholar writes, but...
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/ 1 year agoIsraelis and Palestinians warring over a homeland is far from unique
Conflicts over the Alsace-Lorraine region and Northern Ireland offer examples of how territory is often at the center of a conflict...
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/ 1 year agoBefore he was House speaker, Mike Johnson represented a creationist museum in court. Here’s what that episode reveals about his politics
A scholar of American evangelicalism explains House Speaker Mike Johnson’s connections with Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum.
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/ 1 year agoCould UPS and FedEx get holiday packages to their destinations faster? This research suggests yes
Rethinking seasonal workers’ roles would help parcel delivery companies save time and money − and boost morale, too.
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s the point of giving gifts? An anthropologist explains this ancient part of being human
Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
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/ 1 year agoCustomizing mRNA is easy, and that’s what makes it the next frontier for personalized medicine − a molecular biologist explains
From COVID-19 vaccines to cancer treatments and beyond, the flexibility of mRNA-based therapies gives them the potential to prevent and treat...
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/ 1 year agoScientists and space agencies are shooting for the Moon — 5 essential reads on modern lunar missions
Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the Moon made 2023 a big year for lunar exploration, and future years will come with even...
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/ 1 year agoWhy university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment
University codes of conduct support their mission to educate. But it’s not easy to balance those codes with the values of...
