Who’s smoking now, and why it matters
Kenneth E. Warner, University of Michigan
Suppose you were told that there is something responsible for nearly 1 of every 5 deaths of Americans, and...
CBD: Rising star or popular fad?
Jenny Wilkerson, University of Florida and Lance McMahon, University of Florida
Cannabidiol, or CBD, has become a household name. On many social media sites, people...
School suspensions don’t stop violence – they help students celebrate it
Charles Bell, Illinois State University
When school officials suspend students, the idea is to maintain a safe environment and deter violence and other problematic...
How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball’s color line
Chris Lamb, IUPUI
Jackie Robinson will be remembered for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and sacrifice on Jan. 31, the centennial of his birth. By confronting...
How to train the body’s own cells to combat antibiotic resistance
Zahidul Alam, University of Pennsylvania
Drug-resistant superbugs have threatened human health for decades. The situation is getting worse because of the shortage of new antibiotics....
I studied buttons for 7 years and learned these 5 lessons about how and...
Rachel Plotnick, Indiana University
All day every day, throughout the United States, people push buttons – on coffee makers, TV remote controls and even social...
Acute flaccid myelitis: What is the polio-like illness paralyzing US children?
Jay Desai, University of Southern California
I experienced déjà vu when I took care of a child with acute flaccid myelitis in 2014, one of...
Not so long ago, cities were starved for trees
Sonja Dümpelmann, Harvard University
Many cities, in recent years, have initiated tree planting campaigns to offset carbon dioxide emissions and improve urban microclimates.
In 2007, New...
