Gifted-student screenings often miss poor students who should qualify
Bich Thi Ngoc Tran, Dartmouth College; Jonathan Wai, University of Arkansas, and Sarah McKenzie, University of Arkansas
The Research...
Five ways to stop the world’s wildlife vanishing
By Paul Jepson, University of Oxford
Full marks to colleagues at the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London for the Living Planet...
What’s the scoop on kids and dirt? Get enough to help, but not enough...
Cosby Stone, Vanderbilt University
Whenever I am asked what I do for a living, the phrase “I’m an allergist” is almost immediately followed by “So,...
How colleges must collaborate to lift up the communities just outside their door
Nancy Cantor, Rutgers University Newark and Gordon Gee, West Virginia University
From the editors: Universities teach and research, but what impact do they –...
Supreme Court delivers a home run for sports bettors – and now states need...
Jennifer Roberts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
On May 14, the United States Supreme Court invalidated the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, a federal...
There’s no evidence human pheromones exist – no matter what you find for sale...
Mark JT Sergeant, Nottingham Trent University
The idea of human pheromones is intuitively appealing, conjuring up the idea of secret signals that make us irresistible...
After the handshake, Cuba has lots to do to normalize relations
By Marifeli Perez-Stable, Florida International University
No US president ever said what President Obama told the American people on December 17, 2014. He also spoke...
Paris and Los Angeles bids to host Olympics expose deeper crisis at Olympic Games
John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
It’s official: We now have hosts for the next two Summer Olympics. Paris will host in 2024...
