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/ 1 year agoThis university class uses color and emotion to explore the end of life
Exploring colors can help discuss abstract, challenging topics in concrete ways – especially experiences doctors and caregivers may encounter caring for...
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/ 1 year agoGeoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails, it’s a costly gamble − with potentially harmful results
Some geoengineering techniques are better understood than others. The US is investing in capturing carbon dioxide from the air, but ideas...
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/ 1 year agoWant to help Maui’s animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble
Animal shelters and other organizations that support pets and their owners after disasters will still need help months after the media...
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/ 1 year agoIsrael’s democracy protests: What happens next?
What will happen in Israel after more than half a year of pro-democracy demonstrations against the conservative government’s judicial overhaul?
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/ 1 year agoPresidential pauses? What those ‘ums’ and ‘uhs’ really tell us about candidates for the White House
Long treated as a sign of anxiety or a delaying tactic, ‘filled pauses’ are a linguistic trick to signal that what...
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/ 1 year agoWhat the pope’s visit to Mongolia says about his priorities and how he is changing the Catholic Church
A scholar of Roman Catholicism explains why Pope Francis’ visit to Mongolia, home to fewer than 1,500 Catholics, is significant.
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/ 1 year agoThe idea that imprisonment ‘corrects’ prisoners stretches back to some of the earliest texts in history
Mesopotamia’s prisons were built for detaining people, not punishing them. But they shaped powerful ideas about justice and reform that aren’t...
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/ 1 year agoSocial media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
Social media companies’ drive to keep you on their platforms clashes with how people evolved to learn from each other. One...
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/ 1 year agoCaroline Herschel was the first female astronomer, but she still lacks name recognition two centuries later
Astronomer Caroline Herschel’s work discovering and cataloging astronomical objects in the 18th century is still used in the field today, but...
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/ 1 year agoAI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible
The phrase ‘research data management’ might make your eyes glaze over, but it’s actually this behind-the-scenes work that allows for large-scale...
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/ 1 year agoCan you cry underwater?
An ophthalmologist explains how important tears are to keeping your eyes feeling good and working well – whether you’re on dry...
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/ 1 year agoHurricane Hilary triggers California’s first tropical storm watch ever, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast
Forecasters are warning of a destructive storm for Mexico and the US Southwest – with El Niño, a heat dome and...
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/ 1 year agoAs BRICS cooperation accelerates, is it time for the US to develop a BRICS policy?
BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – compose 41% of the world population and almost a third...
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/ 1 year agoTipping etiquette and norms are in flux − here’s how you can avoid feeling flustered or ripped off
Tipping seems to be more coercive and less tied to service quality these days.
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/ 1 year agoIdentifying fire victims through DNA analysis can be challenging − a geneticist explains what forensics is learning from archaeology
Maui officials have asked relatives to provide DNA samples to help identify victims of the Lahaina wildfires. Time and exposure to...
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/ 1 year agoMemes about animal resistance are everywhere — here’s why you shouldn’t laugh off rebellious orcas and sea otters too quickly
A few marine mammals in apparent revolt pushed meme-makers into overdrive. But a scholar who thinks about justice and human-animal relations...
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/ 1 year agoChatGPT and other language AIs are nothing without humans – a sociologist explains how countless hidden people make the magic
Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality they can’t do anything without many...
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/ 1 year agoRisk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds
Black women died during or soon after pregnancy at higher rates than any other racial group in every year from 1999...
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/ 1 year agoGeorgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump’s actions have already disqualified him from the presidency
US law actually bars former President Donald Trump from holding office ever again. The recent Georgia indictment of Trump helps make...
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/ 1 year agoNagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics
The 120,000 residents of the disputed region are being deprived of food and medicines after a crucial link to Armenia was...
