How the US benefits when it educates future world leaders
Nathan Urban, University of Pittsburgh and Ariel C. Armony, University of Pittsburgh
When the number of international students at U.S. colleges and universities declines, commentators...
Why the Pilgrims were actually able to survive
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English...
African health research needs support: here’s one programme that’s working
Jude Igumbor, University of the Witwatersrand
African countries bear a disproportionate burden of infectious and noncommunicable diseases. More than two thirds of people living with...
3 ways AI is transforming music
Jason Palamara, Indiana University
Each fall, I begin my course on the intersection of music and artificial intelligence by...
In The Gambler, an anti-hero story is retold
By Stephen Benedict Dyson, University of Connecticut
“Life is a losing proposition,” explains Mark Wahlberg’s literature professor/compulsive gambler Jim Bennett. “You might as well get...
Can vaccinated people still spread the coronavirus?
Deborah Fuller, University of Washington
Editor’s note: So you’ve gotten your coronavirus vaccine, waited the two weeks for your...
Americans are deeply divided about torture
By Paul Gronke, Reed College; Darius Rejali, Reed College, and Peter Miller, University of Pennsylvania
The Senate report on torture found that the “enhanced techniques”...
Termites love global warming – the pace of their wood munching gets significantly faster...
Alexander Cheesman, James Cook University; Amy Zanne, University of Miami, and Lucas Cernusak, James Cook University
When we consider...
