Is the FDA being Grinch-like in raising concerns about raw cookie dough?
Brian Zikmund-Fisher, University of Michigan
For many people, the holiday ritual of baking cookies isn’t complete without also eating some of the raw dough. In...
For many NBA players, finding a better high school was critical to success
Rob Book, University of Southern Denmark
When University of Southern California freshman Kevin Porter, Jr., became a first-round NBA draft pick on June 20, he...
How TV cultivates authoritarianism – and helped elect Trump
James Shanahan, Indiana University and Michael Morgan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Many gallons of ink (and megabytes of electronic text) have been devoted to explaining...
Kim Kardashian West and ecstasy: A reminder of the social dangers of the drug
Joseph Palamar, New York University Langone Medical Center
Kim Kardashian West, who has a reputation for disdaining alcohol, discussed her past use of the...
How local journalism can upend the ‘fake news’ narrative
Damian Radcliffe, University of Oregon
“For the first time media is the least trusted institution globally,” Edelman, the global PR and marketing firm concluded in...
Let them eat more fat? Researcher argues that a balance of types of fat...
Heidi Silver, Vanderbilt University
Public health guidelines, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, have long emphasized reducing dietary fat intake, but nutritionists and other...
Julius Caesar in our times
Jyotsna G. Singh, Michigan State University
“All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare once wrote.
In recent weeks, that Shakespearean adage has been particularly resonant, with the...
In the 1600s Hester Pulter wondered, ‘Why must I forever be confined?’ – now...
Samantha Snively, University of California, Davis
In 1996, a graduate student named Mark Robson was creating a digital catalog of the University of Leeds’ Brotherton...
