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/ 11 months agoWhat the Buddhist text Therigatha teaches about women’s enlightenment
The Therigatha, a collection of poems written in Pāli by Buddhist nuns, reveals that women’s enlightenment may not necessarily require renunciation...
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/ 11 months agoFemale mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding sites − and with the arrival of spring, they’re already on the hunt
Female mosquitoes don’t want to lay their eggs alone, but they don’t want sites that are too crowded either. Understanding what...
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/ 11 months agoHow ghost streams and redlining’s legacy lead to unfairness in flood risk, in Detroit and elsewhere
Mapping where water once flowed is important for managing flood risk today in Detroit and elsewhere.
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/ 11 months agoSupreme Court’s questions about First Amendment cases show support for ‘free trade in ideas’
These cases have asked the justices to consider how to apply some of the most sweeping constitutional protections – those of...
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/ 11 months agoDonor-advised funds: US regulators are scrambling to catch up with the boom in these charitable giving accounts
Big changes would require an act of Congress but lawmakers have not stepped up. And there’s been pushback against new rules...
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/ 11 months agoProfits over patients: For-profit nursing home chains are draining resources from care while shifting huge sums to owners’ pockets
Owners of midsize nursing home chains harm the elderly and drain huge sums of money from facilities using opaque accounting practices...
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/ 11 months agoAs the US government and record labels go after TikTok, musicians get the squeeze
For some musical artists, TikTok has become a beacon in an otherwise dismal digital streaming landscape.
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/ 11 months agoAI vs. elections: 4 essential reads about the threat of high-tech deception in politics
Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented reach.
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/ 11 months agoHow do airplanes fly? An aerospace engineer explains the physics of flight
People have been flying airplanes for well over a century. Engineers know how to balance all the forces at play, but...
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/ 11 months agoAmid growth in AI writing tools, this course teaches future lawyers and other professionals to become better editors
Learning how to produce polished prose can greatly enhance your value on the job.
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/ 11 months agoChildren experience more injuries, stress and even burnout when they specialize in one sport
The rate of injury for single-sport adolescents is far higher than for other kids who play a variety of sports.
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/ 11 months agoFree school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical burdens for families and schools
Since nutrition standards were strengthened in 2010, eating at school provides many students better diet quality compared with other major U.S....
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/ 11 months agoBiden and Trump, though old, are both likely to survive to the end of the next president’s term, demographers explain
Detailed data on the ages at which people die can give good indications of a person’s remaining life span.
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/ 11 months agoWhy Fani Willis was allowed to stay on as prosecutor of criminal case against Trump in Georgia – and what happens next
Though a Georgia judge strongly criticized the decision-making of Fani Willis, he did not kick her off the case against Donald...
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/ 11 months agoIs TikTok’s parent company an agent of the Chinese state? In China Inc., it’s a little more complicated
In China, ‘private’ businesses aren’t entirely private and the ultimate boss is the CCP, not the CEO.
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/ 11 months ago‘Gross negligence’: why a parent like James Crumbley can be found guilty for their child’s crimes
James and Jennifer Crumbley purchased a handgun for their son as a Christmas present. Ethan Crumbley used that gun to kill...
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/ 11 months agoHow ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology
When Frank Herbert sat down in 1963 to start writing ‘Dune,’ he wasn’t thinking about how to leave Earth behind. He...
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/ 11 months agoTrump wouldn’t be the first presidential candidate to campaign from a prison cell
Can you run for president from a prison cell? One man did in the 1920 election and got almost a million...
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/ 11 months agoDid Biden really steal the election? Students learn how to debunk conspiracy theories in this course
A scholar of history of education and American politics explains what is behind his course on conspiracy theories and how students...
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/ 11 months agoPacemaker powered by light eliminates need for batteries and allows the heart to function more naturally − new research
Researchers designed an ultrathin pacemaker that can be implanted via minimally invasive techniques, potentially improving recovery time and reducing the risk...
