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/ 1 year agoDrinking during holidays and special occasions could affect how you parent your kids
Even parents who don’t drink much throughout the year may have a few extra eggnogs at a Christmas party or beers...
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/ 1 year agoBig-box retail chains were never a solution for America’s downtowns − and now they’re fleeing back to suburbia
Shoplifting has been hyped as a driver of chain-store closures, but did these companies ever really understand urban environments in the...
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/ 1 year agoGrowth of autocracies will expand Chinese global influence via Belt and Road Initiative as it enters second decade
More autocratic governments, growing urbanization and emerging technologies will bolster the spread of Chinese influence around the world, an expert on...
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/ 1 year agoHealth misinformation is rampant on social media – here’s what it does, why it spreads and what people can do about it
Studies show that health misinformation on social media has led to fewer people getting vaccinated and more lives lost to COVID-19...
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/ 1 year agoA road map for the lawful use of stop-and-frisk in Philadelphia – and elsewhere
In a bid to reduce violent crime, the city’s new mayor is calling for a revitalization of a controversial practice the...
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/ 1 year agoNonalcoholic beer: New techniques craft flavorful brews without the buzz
Nonalcoholic beer may sound like an oxymoron, but newer techniques are producing tasty, high-quality options in this growing beverage category.
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/ 1 year ago‘Good Times’: 50 years ago, Norman Lear changed TV with a show about a working-class Black family’s struggles and joys
Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974.
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/ 1 year agoArctic Report Card 2023: From wildfires to melting sea ice, the warmest summer on record had cascading impacts across the Arctic
The early heat melted snow and warmed rivers, heating up the land and downstream ocean areas. The effects harmed salmon fisheries,...
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/ 1 year agoIsrael-Hamas war may not restore Israelis’ support for military reserves
Israel’s decision to mobilize hundreds of thousands of reserve soldiers was not just an act of self-defense, a scholar writes, but...
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/ 1 year agoIsraelis and Palestinians warring over a homeland is far from unique
Conflicts over the Alsace-Lorraine region and Northern Ireland offer examples of how territory is often at the center of a conflict...
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/ 1 year agoBefore he was House speaker, Mike Johnson represented a creationist museum in court. Here’s what that episode reveals about his politics
A scholar of American evangelicalism explains House Speaker Mike Johnson’s connections with Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum.
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/ 1 year agoCould UPS and FedEx get holiday packages to their destinations faster? This research suggests yes
Rethinking seasonal workers’ roles would help parcel delivery companies save time and money − and boost morale, too.
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/ 1 year agoWhat’s the point of giving gifts? An anthropologist explains this ancient part of being human
Presents are about giving, receiving and reciprocating, and how this cycle strengthens relationships.
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/ 1 year agoCustomizing mRNA is easy, and that’s what makes it the next frontier for personalized medicine − a molecular biologist explains
From COVID-19 vaccines to cancer treatments and beyond, the flexibility of mRNA-based therapies gives them the potential to prevent and treat...
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/ 1 year agoScientists and space agencies are shooting for the Moon — 5 essential reads on modern lunar missions
Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the Moon made 2023 a big year for lunar exploration, and future years will come with even...
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/ 1 year agoWhy university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide − college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment
University codes of conduct support their mission to educate. But it’s not easy to balance those codes with the values of...
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/ 1 year agoWas King Herod the Great really so ‘great’? What history says about the bad guy of the Christmas story
Historians know a fair bit about Herod the Great, the king of Judea at the time of Jesus’ birth.
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/ 1 year agoHamas’ use of sexual violence is an all-too-common part of modern war – but not in all conflicts
Sexual violence can be used as a weapon of war. Hamas’ use of sexual violence was likely meant to show its...
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/ 1 year agoIsrael is using mass displacement of Gazans as a tool of war – it could also serve long-term strategic goals
Mass forced movement of people has been used in conflicts to serve three goals: population control, territorial expansion and as a...
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/ 1 year ago‘You reach a point where you have nothing. You will just die’ – in East African refugee camps, food scarcity is a mortal concern
Budget cuts have resulted in increased hunger in camps in Uganda, Burundi and Kenya that house refugees from across the region.
