This engineering course has students use their brainwaves to create performing art
Francesco Fedele, Georgia Institute of Technology
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The...
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Kristoffer Whitney, Rochester Institute of Technology and Jolie Crunelle, Rochester Institute of Technology
If you have ever gotten a...
Deceit pays dividends: How CEO lies can boost stock ratings and fool even respected...
Steven J. Hyde, Boise State University
The multibillion-dollar collapse of FTX – the high-profile cryptocurrency exchange whose founder now...
Spicy food might burn in the moment, but it likely won’t harm your health...
Paul D. Terry, University of Tennessee
Everyone has a different tolerance for spicy food — some love the burn,...
Your unique body odor could identify who you are and provide insights into your...
Chantrell Frazier, Framingham State University; Kenneth G. Furton, Florida International University, and Vidia A. Gokool, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Flesh-eating bacteria infections are on the rise in the US − a microbiologist explains...
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing...
20 years after the publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a generation of African writers have...
Simon Lewis, College of Charleston
Twenty years ago, in October 2003, 26-year-old Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto...
The long road to a new malaria vaccine, told by the scientists behind the...
Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Nehal El-Hadi, The Conversation
The world has waited decades for a malaria vaccine, and...
