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/ 5 months agoAirlines are frustrating travelers by changing frequent flyer program rules – here’s why they keep doing it
Loyalty schemes tend to be the most generous when the economy has hit a patch of turbulence.
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/ 5 months agoImmune health is all about balance – an immunologist explains why both too strong and too weak an immune response can lead to illness
Dietary supplements claim to be able to ‘boost your immune system’ to combat disease. But attaining immune balance through a healthy...
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/ 5 months agoGood profits from bad news: How the Kennedy assassination helped make network TV news wealthy
The JFK assassination was a landmark event in TV news history.
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/ 5 months agoThanksgiving stories gloss over the history of US settlement on Native lands
A scholar of Native American and Indigenous rhetorics writes about the harm done to Native American nations through colonization and what...
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/ 5 months agoWhat a biannual gathering of 1967 Impalas reveals about the blurry line between fandom and religion
Since 2019, fans of the TV series ‘Supernatural’ have flocked to Austin, where their encounters with 1967 Impalas customized to mimic...
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/ 5 months agoEducation linked to better employment prospects upon release from prison
People who get an education while serving time are less likely to return to prison and more likely to enter the...
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/ 5 months agoBeing homeless means not being free − as Americans are supposed to be
To be homeless is a condition in which a person’s freedom is profoundly compromised. And that’s un-American, says a philosopher.
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/ 5 months agoPooling multiple models during COVID-19 pandemic provided more reliable projections about an uncertain future
Policymakers rely on models during uncertain times to figure out how their choices could affect the future. Over the pandemic, an...
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/ 5 months agoEvery state is about to dole out federal funding for broadband internet – not every state is ready for the task
Every state is poised to receive a large amount of federal money to expand broadband access, but they have a lot...
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/ 5 months agoHow do crystals form?
There are a lot of myths about crystals − for example, that they are magical rocks with healing powers. An earth...