Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries
Kathi Inman Berens, Portland State University and Rachel Noorda, Portland State University
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70 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, public schools still deeply segregated
Erica Frankenberg, Penn State
Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional,...
Literature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in health care
Irène Mathieu, University of Virginia
While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry,...
A beginner’s guide to sound baths − what they are, how to choose a...
Elisa J. Sobo, San Diego State University
In recent years, sound bathing, a therapy in which sound is used...
Cannabis products may harbor fungal toxins harmful to human health, but regulations are uneven...
Kimberly D. Gwinn, University of Tennessee
Hemp and cannabis host many fungi inside and outside the plant, most of...
‘Thirst trap’ and ‘edgelord’ were recently added to the dictionary – so why hasn’t...
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
A student in my graduate seminar recently mentioned seeing her “niblings” at Thanksgiving....
Curious Kids: how much money is there in the world?
Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University
How much money is there in the world? – Tsubamé, aged ten, London
Rabies is an ancient, unpredictable and potentially fatal disease − two rabies researchers explain how...
Rodney E. Rohde, Texas State University and Charles Rupprecht, Auburn University
A feral kitten in Omaha, Nebraska, tested positive...






















