Local media struggle to hold Sinclair accountable
Andrea Hickerson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s stations are under renewed scrutiny following Deadspin’s release of a montage of anchors reading the same...
Genes and environment have equal influence in learning for rich and poor kids, study...
Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida
More than 40 years ago, psychologist Sandra Scarr put forth a provocative idea: that genetic influence on children’s cognitive abilities...
Colleges must confront sexual assault and sexual harassment head on
Tricia Serio, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the past month the National Science Foundation and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators both introduced measures that...
Why is it so stressful to talk politics with the other side?
Melanie Green, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
People disagree all the time, but not all disagreements lead to the same levels...
Why are fewer and fewer Americans fixing their noses?
Laurie Essig, Middlebury College
Americans love cosmetic surgery.
Last year in the U.S., there were 1.8 million plastic surgeries and nearly 16 million nonsurgical procedures, like...
Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment
Fabian V. Filipp, University of California, Merced
Because of advances in drug design and precision medicine, researchers have been able to target certain molecules within...
Why are Sinclair’s scripted news segments such a big deal?
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
On March 31, Deadspin produced a video showing a chorus of local news anchors delivering the exact same scripted speech...
Fabiano Caruana is poised to do what no American has done since Bobby Fischer....
Daaim Shabazz, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Whenever a glimmer of chess talent is spotted in the United States, people often ask: “Is this...
