Fight for federal right to education takes a new turn
Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina
A new fight to secure a federal constitutional right to education is spreading across the country. This...
How stereo was first sold to a skeptical public
Jonathan Schroeder, Rochester Institute of Technology and Janet Borgerson, DePaul University
When we hear the word “stereo” today, we might simply think of a sound...
Is your kid having fun reading? Here are some tips
Michiko Hikida, University of Texas at Austin and Jennifer Keys Adair, University of Texas at Austin
Not being able to read is a problem but...
CrossFit: elite fitness or pointless pain?
By Sarah Hentges, University of Maine at Augusta
It’s a known fact that exercise is addictive. But CrossFitters – those who take part in CrossFit’s...
Why are some Americans changing their names?
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
In 2008, Newsweek published an article on then-presidential candidate Barack Obama titled “From Barry to Barack.”
The story explained how Obama’s...
Why do people risk their lives – or….
Why do people risk their lives – or the lives of others – for the perfect selfie?
Michael Weigold, University of Florida
2016 hasn’t been a...
Even before Hiroshima, people knew the atomic bomb
Matt Lavine
, Mississippi State University
Milton Rothmar, an American army corporal stationed in Italy, got the news about the Hiroshima bombing from the Armed forces...
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...