China surpasses US in research spending – the consequences extend far beyond scientific ranking...
Caroline Wagner, The Ohio State University
China’s rapid rise in science has hit a milestone. The country’s investment in...
Boom in cremation hides surprising truths about what Americans really want when they die
Tanya D. Marsh, Wake Forest University
Nearly two-thirds of Americans now opt for cremation – a figure that has...
What we lose when artificial intelligence does our shopping
Mark Bartholomew, University at Buffalo and Samuel Becher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Americans spend a...
Sorry, Tampa Bay, mixed‑use districts don’t reverse the dismal economics of sports venues
J.C. Bradbury, Kennesaw State University
When the Atlanta Braves opened Truist Park in 2017, Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob...
Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback
Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, Southwestern University and Hannah V. Herrero, University of Tennessee
Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem...
Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation campaign over nuclear disaster
Lauren Cassidy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear...
Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future
John Parker, Smithsonian Institution and Justin Nowakowski, Smithsonian Institution
Around the world, people plan to plant more than 1...
US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers –...
Anne Toomey McKenna, Penn State
On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors’ Ring cameras...
