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/ 1 year agoHow sacred images in many Asian cultures incorporate divine presence and make them come ‘alive’
Through the power of rituals, inanimate objects can be understood to transform into agents who can see, hear, taste and respond...
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/ 1 year agoCertain states, including Arizona, have begun scrapping court costs and fees for people unable to pay – two experts on legal punishments explain why
The imposition of fines and fees on people unable to pay has had a disproportionate impact on Black and Latino communities.
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/ 1 year agoNew England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their own
New England has thousands of miles of stone walls. A geoscientist explains why analyzing them scientifically is a solid step toward...
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/ 1 year agoTexas is suing Planned Parenthood for $1.8B over $10M in allegedly fraudulent services it rendered – a health care economist explains what’s going on
This lawsuit is only the latest chapter in a battle between the state and the reproductive health care provider that heated...
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/ 1 year agoPhiladelphia reduces school-based arrests by 91% since 2013 – researchers explain the effects of keeping kids out of the legal system
Drexel researchers evaluated a 2014 program implemented by Kevin Bethel when he was deputy police commissioner that led to fewer arrests...
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/ 1 year agoHere’s what happened when I taught a fly-fishing course in the waterways of New Orleans
Students learned not just a practical outdoor skill, but how to explain what they were learning to curious observers.
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/ 1 year agoWith the end of the Hollywood writers and actors strikes, the creator economy is the next frontier for organized labor
Even the world’s most successful creators can see their livelihoods threatened by social media companies that routinely change their algorithms and...
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/ 1 year agoOnline ‘likes’ for toxic social media posts prompt more − and more hateful − messages
Hate is for the haters. Much of the thrill of posting toxic messages can come from the attention and social approval...
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/ 1 year agoWhy isn’t there any sound in space? An astronomer explains why in space no one can hear you scream
Sound needs matter to propagate, so the vast vacuum of space is not just empty − it’s silent.
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/ 1 year agoCOP28: 7 food and agriculture innovations needed to protect the climate and feed a rapidly growing world
Food systems are increasingly disrupted by climate disasters, while also being a major contributor to climate change. World leaders at COP28...
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/ 1 year agoSantos expelled from House not because of what he said but how he said it
A scholar of political deception says there is something especially deceitful about George Santos, and his success getting elected demonstrates mastery...
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/ 1 year agoNative American mothers whose children have been separated from them experience a raw and ongoing grief that has no end
Native American families have endured generations of systematic child removal, but the grief, loss and trauma that birth mothers still experience...
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/ 1 year agoA First Amendment battle looms in Georgia, where the state is framing opposition to a police training complex as a criminal conspiracy
This isn’t the first time that US authorities have criminalized civil disobedience or framed grassroots organizing as a conspiracy.
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/ 1 year ago‘Wonka’ movie holds remnants of novel’s racist past
The original storyline for Road Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” contained some stunning parallels to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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/ 1 year agoHow the keffiyeh – a practical garment used for protection against the desert sun – became a symbol of Palestinian identity
The keffiyeh’s prominence soared in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, adopted and popularized the garment.
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/ 1 year agoA scholar of military ethics explains why the principle of moral equality applies to all civilian lives during combat
Proportionality requires that lives of civilians on both sides of a conflict must be treated with the same degree of respect.
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/ 1 year agoBringing classical physics into the modern world with Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
A centuries-old experiment shows the differences between classical and modern physics. Physicists use thought experiments like this to think about how...
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/ 1 year agoThese programs make college possible for students with developmental disabilities
Inclusive postsecondary education programs help students with intellectual disabilities make friends and become independent adults.
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/ 1 year agoWho is still getting HIV in America? Medication is only half the fight – homing in on disparities can help get care to those who need it most
Two-thirds of new HIV infections are among gay and bisexual men. Although cases have decreased among white men, they have stagnated...
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/ 1 year agoColonized countries rarely ask for redress over past wrongs − the reasons can be complex
Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.
