Saturday, June 21, 2025

culture

Featured posts

U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California is pushed out of the room after he interrupted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a news conference in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

culture

Forcible removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla signals a dangerous shift in American democracy

Staff Writer - June 14, 2025

Smoke and tear gas surround a protester in Los Angeles on June 7, 2025, amid confrontations between immigration rights advocates and law enforcement personnel. Taurat Hossain/Anadolu via Getty Images

culture

From Kent State to Los Angeles, using armed forces to police civilians is a high-risk strategy

After three years of conflict, a majority of Ukrainians report being war-weary. Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images.

culture

Are Ukrainians ready for ceasefire and concessions? Here’s what the polls say

The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori

culture

Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

U.S. officials say the right-wing terrorism threat is significant. Farion_O/iStock via Getty Images

culture

Biden targeted the online right-wing terrorism threat − now it’s up to Trump

The media is the least trusted institution of 10 civil and political institutions in the U.S., recent polls show – even worse than Congress. Rapideye/iStock via Getty

culture

Mainstream media faces a credibility crisis – my journalism research shows...

Staff Writer - January 3, 2025

In 2024, the beloved special is streaming on Apple TV+. Apple TV+

culture

Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air − and why...

Staff Writer - December 13, 2024

Excavating the new trackway site, with footprints from hominins, birds and other animals visible in foreground. Neil Roach

culture

Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side...

Staff Writer - November 28, 2024

Emerging adult children and their parents can experience growing pains as they navigate a changing relationship. AJ_Watt/E+ via Getty Images

culture

Gen Z heads home: How to navigate the evolving parent-child relationship...

Staff Writer - November 25, 2024

‘I don’t even know what to say to that.’ Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images

culture

Awkwardness can hit in any social situation – here are a...

Staff Writer - November 23, 2024

Demonstrators make graffiti reading ‘Columbus Out, Long Live the People’ on a fence protecting a statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City on Oct. 12, 2020. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images

culture

Columbus who? Decolonizing the calendar in Latin America

Staff Writer - October 14, 2024

culture

Why some people talk very fast and others … take …...

Staff Writer - June 23, 2024

culture

Keith Krach’s Vision of Trusted Collaboration to Counter Authoritarianism is Basis...

Staff Writer - June 28, 2022

12 Page 1 of 2

EXPLORING NATURE

How do you recreate a species whose genome is largely unknown? sunxsand/iStock via Getty Images Plus

culture

If it looks like a dire wolf, is it a dire...

Staff Writer - May 31, 2025

Elay Shech, Auburn University Biotech company Colossal Biosciences made headlines in April 2025 after claiming it had “successfully restored...

Mountain chickadees are unusual in having more complex calls than songs. Vladimir Pravosudov

Mountain chickadee chatter: Scientists are decoding the songbird’s complex calls

May 27, 2025

A deadly tornado hit London, Ky., on May 16, 2025, just a few weeks after another tornado outbreak in the state. Allison Joyce/AFP/Getty Images

In 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the...

May 26, 2025

Aid has only trickled into Gaza despite the Israeli government saying it would ease its blockade. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Israelis have a skewed view on extent of Gaza’s hunger plight...

May 26, 2025

Sick animals often move to warmer places to raise their body temperature. GK Hart/Vikki Hart/Stone via Getty Images

From furry friends to fish, turning up the heat helps animals...

May 23, 2025