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/ 3 months agoThis anthropology course looks at building design from the standpoint of different species
Humans aren’t the only species to consider when constructing new buildings. This course teaches students to take animals into account as...
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/ 3 months agoParis Games herald a new anti-corruption era, but carrying the torch may pose an Olympic challenge for the US
France’s distinctive anti-corruption legal framework made possible an Olympics free from major corruption scandals.
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/ 3 months agoHow do breakdancers avoid breaking their necks?
A term emerged in the 1980s for a spinal cord injury caused by breaking called ‘break-dancing neck.’
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/ 3 months agoFrom Michael Brown to Sonya Massey, a decade of police antiblack violence causes grief, worry and coping for Black parents
With every new incident of racial violence, Black people tend to undergo a collective sense of racial grief.
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/ 3 months agoDecades on, Delbert Africa’s surrender still provides powerful image of US racism and Black victimhood
A white Philadelphia police officer was killed during a 1978 confrontation with the radical group MOVE. Often overlooked was the brutality...
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/ 3 months agoMembers of Congress undermine the country – and their own legitimacy – with antidemocratic rhetoric
2 scholars analyzed more than 1 million official Tweets from members of Congress − and found a lot of antidemocratic language...
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/ 3 months agoFrom a pig as political candidate to a breakout speech for Obama − Democratic National Convention often leaves its mark on history
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will officially accept their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. A scholar of the presidency shares...
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/ 3 months agoGood flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s Everglades Agricultural Area
A soil expert explains why flooding rice fields in South Florida benefits the agriculture-rich region.
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/ 3 months agoIslamic State’s genocide was not limited to killing and enslaving Yazidis, Christians and other communities − it also erased their heritage
A scholar of Iraq describes the ongoing loss following the genocidal violence by IS − not just of human lives, but...
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/ 3 months agoHow charities with thrift shops can get better stuff from their donors instead of junk
Giving cruddy clothing, furniture and other useless stuff to a charity does it no favors, since it costs money to get...
