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...
Tracking daily step counts can be a useful tool for weight management – an...
Bob Buresh, Kennesaw State University
Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and...
I love swords, so I designed a course on how to use them to...
Lancing C. England, University of Tennessee
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Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
Emily Midkiff, University of North Dakota
Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences...
Gut microbes are the community within you that you can’t live without – how eating...
Christopher Damman, University of Washington
The age-old adage “you are what you eat” holds profound truth. Nearly every molecule...
Promising assisted reproductive technologies come with ethical, legal and social challenges – a developmental...
Keith Latham, Michigan State University and Mary Faith Marshall, University of Virginia
Assisted reproductive technologies are medical procedures that...
Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? A nutritionist explains the...
Janet Colson, Middle Tennessee State University
We’ve all heard that an apple a day keeps...
