True cost of diverted tobacco payouts measured in lives
By Nicholas Freudenberg, City University of New York
The #20 Million Memorial created earlier this month by the United States Centers for Disease Control, is...
How big will the coronavirus epidemic be? An epidemiologist updates his concerns
Maciej F. Boni, Pennsylvania State University
The Harvard historian Jill Lepore recounted recently in The New Yorker magazine that when democracies sink into crisis, the...
3 ways to use the solar eclipse to brighten your child’s knowledge of science
David J. Purpura, Purdue University; Lauren Westerberg, Purdue University, and Sona Kumar, Purdue University
When the Moon passes between...
How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction of dinosaurs?
Brian Lovett, West Virginia University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
Yes, websites really are starting to look more similar
Sam Goree, Indiana University
Over the past few years, articles and blog posts have started to ask some version of the same question: “Why are...
Redwood trees have two types of leaves, scientists find – a trait that could...
Alana Chin, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Coast redwoods are amazing trees that scientists have studied for generations....
Black girls are 4.19 times more likely to get suspended than white girls –...
Andrea Joseph-McCatty, University of Tennessee
Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the...
Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful voice always singing a song...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry...
