Free preschool, longer school days and affordable day care help keep moms in the...
Leah Ruppanner, University of Melbourne; Liana C. Sayer, University of Maryland, and Stephanie Moller, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Women now account for half...
The bizarre social history of beds
Brian Fagan, University of California, Santa Barbara
Groucho Marx once joked, “Anything that can’t be done in bed isn’t worth doing at all.” You might...
Why your employer-sponsored insurance may ultimately not be good for you
Dana Goldman, University of Southern California
The Democratic presidential debates, which resume Sept. 12, have highlighted a deep disagreement over the future American health care...
In dandelions and fireflies, artists try to make sense of climate change
Kate Flint, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Climate change is real, it’s accelerating and it’s terrifying. We are...
The strange connection between Bobby Kennedy’s death and Scooby-Doo
Kevin Sandler, Arizona State University
Scooby-Doo, one of the most enduring animated characters ever to emerge from U.S. television, celebrates his 50th birthday this month.
Created...
How to conduct job interviews with candidates who have autism
Katherine Breward, University of Winnipeg
The unemployment and underemployment of capable workers with autism is a well-documented phenomenon, as a British study showed.
Employers are gradually...
I wrote a book about email – and found myself pining for the days...
Randy Malamud, Georgia State University
Email has become so prevalent in our lives that I felt compelled to write about it for a Bloomsbury series...
One skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
When Toni Morrison died on Aug. 5, the world lost one of its most influential literary voices.
But Morrison wasn’t...
