More News
-
Media
/ 11 months agoFoundations are using so many confusing words that few people can figure out what they’re doing
Boasting about centering your transformative systems change paradigm means you’re doing it wrong. But fixes are available.
-
Media
/ 11 months agoThe US is losing access to its bases in Niger − here’s why that’s a big deal
The disintegration of the United States’ relationship with Niger following its military coup in 2023 is giving way to stronger ties...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoTrump’s New York felony charges are going to trial – what the images might show when the business fraud case kicks off
How will Trump act during his upcoming court appearance in Manhattan? Surprises are unlikely, but his body language and expressions can...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoGermany’s turning point: 2 years into strategic pivot, progress made bodes well for the US, NATO and the world
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined bold, long-term goals: Strengthen the country’s depleted military with extraordinary investments and adopt assertive foreign policy...
-
Media
/ 11 months ago4 reasons the practice of canceling weakens higher education
Cancel culture leads to educational detriments that can harm democracy.
-
Media
/ 11 months ago5 questions schools and universities should ask before they purchase AI tech products
The education technology sector constantly offers new products to solve old problems. Will anything be different this time?
-
Media
/ 11 months agoTaylor Swift’s homage to Clara Bow
The star of the 1920s silver screen who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album abruptly left Hollywood at the height of...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoRural counties increasingly rely on prisons to provide firefighters and EMTs who work for free, but the inmates have little protection or future job prospects
Georgia’s inmate fire crews respond to hundreds of calls in surrounding counties every year. Without them, there might not be a...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoDoes ‘virtue signaling’ pay off for entrepreneurs? We studied 80,000 Airbnb listings to find out
Too much virtue language in a listing can cost an Airbnb host nearly $5,000 a year.
-
Media
/ 11 months agoMarijuana tax revenues fall short of projections in many states, including Colorado
States have experimented with taxes based on price, weight and potency, but competition is heating up as more states legalize and...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoHuman brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work
Studying the human brain is difficult because of its vast and intricate network of neural connections. The fruit fly offers a...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoFrom thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and beyond: Do numbers ever end?
Here’s a game: Tell a friend to give you any number and you’ll return one that’s bigger. Just add ‘1’ to...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoShadow war no more: Hostilities between Israel and Iran have strayed into direct warfare – is there any going back?
A long-running conflict between adversaries Israel and Iran fell short of open confrontation – until both countries took more direct aim...
-
Media
/ 11 months ago‘I’m not black, I’m O.J.’: What O.J. Simpson’s life showed about transcending race and being trapped by it
The death of O.J. Simpson rekindled memories of the racial divisions of his domestic violence case involving the murder of his...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoThe hidden risk of letting AI decide – losing the skills to choose for ourselves
AI has the potential to diminish the human experience in several ways. One particularly concerning threat is to the ability to...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoHas the media learned anything since the O.J. Simpson trial?
Since the ‘trial of the century,’ the lines between news and entertainment have become increasingly blurred.
-
Media
/ 11 months agoThe South’s aging water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change – fixing it is also a struggle
Extreme downpours and droughts, both fueled by rising global temperatures, are taking a toll on water infrastructure. Communities trying to manage...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoColorado is latest state to try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires − a complex, technical operation pioneered in California
Turning off power is a last-ditch strategy for utilities to reduce the risk that their systems could spark wildfires. In most...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoA young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
Historians are working to shine a light on Alice Ball’s legacy and contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and...
-
Media
/ 11 months agoA monumental case, unfolding in a court of law and a court of public opinion – Trump goes on trial
Donald Trump stands trial – the first former president to do so – on April 15, 2024.
