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/ 3 months agoTim Walz’s candidacy for vice president underscores the political power of teachers
Throughout the world, teachers and their unions have played a crucial role in politics and democracy. This election, they can play...
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/ 3 months ago‘Childless cat ladies’ have long contributed to the welfare of American children − and the nation
Criticisms of women without biological children define motherhood too narrowly, as history reveals the many forms of motherhood.
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/ 3 months agoTracking vampire worms with machine learning − using AI to diagnose schistosomiasis before the parasites causing it hatch in your blood
Schistosomiasis is a neglected tropical disease that triggers specific immune responses in the body. Identifying those hidden immune signatures can help...
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/ 3 months agoMore kids than ever need special education, but burnout has caused a teacher shortage
Burnout, behavioral issues and a lack of support are 3 reasons why special education teachers are leaving the profession.
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/ 3 months agoWild animals can experience trauma and adversity too − as ecologists, we came up with an index to track how it affects them
New research finds that marmots who experience adversity early in life have a lesser chance of survival.
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/ 3 months agoCould fungi actually cause a zombie apocalypse?
Be very afraid – if you’re an insect.
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/ 3 months agoSome people love to scare themselves in an already scary world − here’s the psychology of why
Scary movies and haunted houses can actually be a coping mechanism that helps you survive.
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/ 3 months agoDuring the American Revolution, Brits weren’t just facing off against white Protestant Christians − US patriots are diverse and have been since Day 1
The soldiers and patriots who made the American Revolution a success included people whose faiths faced discrimination, including Jews and Catholics.
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/ 3 months agoWhat the history of blasphemy laws in the US and the fight for religious freedom can teach us today
The US has a long history of blasphemy laws, which reflect the complex fight for freedom of religion and speech.
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/ 3 months agoHemingway, after the hurricane
In 1935, a hurricane devastated the Florida Keys, killing over 400 people, many of them World War I veterans. Ernest Hemingway...
