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/ 1 year agoWildfire smoke and dirty air are also climate change problems: Solutions for a world on fire
So much pollution goes into the air today that even without wildfire smoke, 99% of the global population breathes unhealthy air.
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/ 1 year agoRefugees are living longer in exile than ever before, with complex consequences for them and their host communities
As conflicts last longer, the number of refugees and other displaced people is on the rise.
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/ 1 year agoInside the black box of Amazon returns
Returns are becoming a costly sustainability problem for retailers and the planet. A supply chain expert explains.
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/ 1 year agoAdjusting jobs to protect workers’ mental health is both easier and harder than you might think
Changing workplace culture and the way jobs are designed can stave off depression, anxiety and burnout.
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/ 1 year agoSeeing dead fruit flies is bad for the health of fruit flies – and neuroscientists have identified the exact brain cells responsible
When fruit flies see other dead fruit flies, their life spans are cut short. Other species also undergo analogous physiological changes...
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/ 1 year agoSilvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another
The former Italian prime minister died on June 12, 2023, at the age of 86. Throughout his terms in office he...
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/ 1 year agoHow TV shows have grappled with a post-Dobbs America
Though abortion is appearing in more plot lines, many programs still aren’t accurately depicting what the reality of abortion access looks...
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/ 1 year agoAfter ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ hip-hop went global – its impact has been massive; so too efforts to keep it real
Hip-hop traveled far after being birthed by Black Americans in US cities. The journey hasn’t always been smooth.
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/ 1 year agoGlass: Neither a solid nor a liquid, this common yet complicated material is still surprising scientists
Two glass researchers explain how glass is made, the unique properties of glass and how those properties have allowed it to...
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/ 1 year agoHow Pat Robertson changed Christian media and made it politically influential
A scholar of religion and politics explains how Robertson led the way in blending religion with political commentary and paved the...
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/ 1 year agoThe overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II
When US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, he paved the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans on...
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/ 1 year agoAnnual numbers of excess deaths in the US relative to other developed countries are growing at an alarming rate
New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
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/ 1 year agoProsecuting a former president is not an easy decision. A criminal law professor explains why
One of the bedrock principles of the American legal system is that no one is above the law. When it comes...
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/ 1 year agoA jury of ex-presidents? No, but Trump’s fate will be decided by 12 citizen peers, in a hallowed tradition of US democracy
Like all criminal defendants, Trump will enjoy the protection that a jury will offer from abuse by government prosecutors.
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/ 1 year agoColonialism has shaped scientific plant collections around the world – here’s why that matters
The colonial era profoundly shaped natural history museums and collections. Herbaria, which are scientists’ main source of plant specimens from around...
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/ 1 year agoAnti-trans bills and political climates are taking a significant mental health toll on trans and nonbinary people – even during Pride
The rainbow Pride flags flying this month obscure the ongoing legislative attacks threatening the health and well-being of transgender and nonbinary...
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/ 1 year agoIn the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled states should decide the legality of abortion, voters at the state level have been doing just that: 4 essential reads
In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, giving decisions about the legality of abortion back to states,...
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/ 1 year agoAre you part robot? A linguistic anthropologist explains how humans are like ChatGPT – both recycle language
We humans like to think that our language is original, but we absorb large amounts of it from others and liberally...
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/ 1 year agoIf humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year later?
Maybe it was a nuclear war, devastating climate change, or a killer virus. But if something caused people to disappear, imagine...
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/ 1 year agoLinguists have identified a new English dialect that’s emerging in South Florida
It came about through sustained contact with native Spanish speakers who directly translated phrases from Spanish into English, a form of...
