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/ 1 year agoWhat is Theravada Buddhism?
Theravada Buddhism is the dominant religious system in several parts of South and Southeast Asia, but there is a rich diversity...
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/ 1 year agoSummer reading: 5 books that explore LGBTQ teen and young adult life
A scholar of young adult fiction presents a fresh list of LGBTQ ‘must-reads’ for the summer of 2023.
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/ 1 year agoMost super rich couples have breadwinning husbands and stay-at-home wives, contrasting sharply with everyone else
While most heterosexual couples are dual-earners, super rich couples continue to have gender-traditional arrangements in which the man is the sole...
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/ 1 year agoAmid fears of Chinese influence, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has grown more powerful
President Joe Biden signed an executive order in 2022 tightening the rules for foreign investment in the US.
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/ 1 year agoHow the sounds of ‘Succession’ shred the grandeur and respect the characters so desperately try to project
Composer Nicholas Britell festoons earnest Romantic music with sounds that gleefully desecrate it, underscoring the show’s emotional core: a lust for...
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/ 1 year agoCytomegalovirus lies dormant in most US adults and is the leading infectious cause of birth defects, but few have heard of it
Although testing for CMV during pregnancy isn’t routine and there isn’t universal screening for infants, there are steps pregnant people can...
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/ 1 year agoAtlantic hurricane season 2023: El Niño and extreme Atlantic Ocean heat are about to clash
Current forecasts suggest a warm tropical Pacific will be interfering what could otherwise be a ferocious Atlantic hurricane season.
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/ 1 year agoCOVID-19 clawbacks, spending caps and a cut – what House Republicans got in return for pushing the US to the brink of default
The White House and House Republicans agreed to a deal just days before the US is expected to default.
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/ 1 year agoHow can Congress regulate AI? Erect guardrails, ensure accountability and address monopolistic power
Figuring out how to regulate AI is a difficult challenge, and that’s even before tackling the problem of the small number...
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/ 1 year ago‘Man, the hunter’? Archaeologists’ assumptions about gender roles in past humans ignore an icky but potentially crucial part of original ‘paleo diet’
If hunter-gatherers went beyond nose-to-tail eating to include the undigested plant matter in a prey animal’s stomach, assumptions about gendered division...
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/ 1 year agoYour body naturally produces opioids without causing addiction or overdose – studying how this process works could help reduce the side effects of opioid drugs
Unlike opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl that travel throughout the body, the opioids your body produces are released in small...
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/ 1 year agoFrom its birth 50 years ago, hip-hop has spread throughout Europe and challenged outdated ideals of racial and ethnic identity
Born out of the pain and anger in Black American communities, rap music struck a similar chord throughout Europe, as immigrants...
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/ 1 year agoWhat it takes to become a spelling bee champ
The road to becoming a champion speller is made easier with support from family and friends, but ultimately it depends on...
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/ 1 year agoWhy more cities are hiring ‘night mayors’ and establishing forms of nighttime governance
Nighttime is much more than a source of danger or an occasion to party – it’s a portal into a different...
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/ 1 year agoAfter the ALS ice bucket challenge and the rise of MrBeast, stunt philanthropy might be here to stay
The person with the most YouTube followers calls himself ‘YouTube’s biggest philanthropist.’
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/ 1 year agoWhat Erdoğan’s reelection means for Turkey’s political system, economy and foreign policy
Long-term Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was reelected with 52% of the vote. Will he push the country further down an...
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/ 1 year agoKids missing school: Why it’s happening — and how to stop it
About 10 million US children are chronically absent from school.
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/ 1 year agoWhat really started the American Civil War?
There was one central reason the Civil War happened.
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/ 1 year agoDebt ceiling negotiators reach a deal: 5 essential reads about the tentative accord, brinkmanship and the danger of default
The deal would raise the ceiling for two years, cap some federal spending and impose new work requirements on certain federal...
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/ 1 year agoHow the practice of Nichiren Buddhism sustained Tina Turner for 50 years
Turner was introduced to Nichiren Buddhism in 1973, and its teachings provided inspiration for some of the final projects of her...
