If the Romance Writers of America can implode over racism, no group is safe
Christine Larson, University of Colorado Boulder
Over the past month, Romance Writers of America, one of the country’s largest writing associations, with over 9,000 members,...
Snakes could be the original source of the new coronavirus outbreak in China
Haitao Guo, University of Pittsburgh; Guangxiang “George” Luo, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Shou-Jiang Gao, University of Pittsburgh
Snakes – the Chinese krait and...
Fish, sausage, even honey: Food fraud is hidden in plain sight
John G. Keogh, University of Reading
The globalization of the food chain has resulted in increased complexity and diminished transparency and trust into how and...
Bill de Blasio’s bagel gaffe and the fraught politics of food
Stacy A. Cordery, Iowa State University
If New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hadn’t already dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, #bagelgate might...
Why hip-hop belongs in today’s classrooms
Nolan Jones, Mills College
When Cassie Crim, a high school math teacher in Joliet, Illinois, introduced herself to her advanced algebra students in 2017, she...
Your blood type may influence your vulnerability to norovirus, the winter vomiting virus
Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University
In the last few months, schools all over the country have closed because of outbreaks of norovirus. Also known as...
Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
We’re in the middle of a teen mental health crisis – and girls are at its epicenter.
Since 2010, depression,...
‘Uncut Gems’ celebrates Manhattan’s Diamond District, a neighborhood that’s a window into the past
Barak Richman, Duke University
In “Uncut Gems,” an overleveraged diamond jeweler named Howard Ratner, played by Adam Sandler, frantically tries to cover his bad business...
