How does excess sugar affect the developing brain throughout childhood and adolescence? A neuroscientist...
Lina Begdache, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Parents often stress about their kids’ sugar intake, but it can be hard to know...
Watch for these conflicts over education in 2022
Joseph J. Ferrare, University of Washington, Bothell and Kate Phillippo, Loyola University Chicago
At school board meetings across the country in 2021, parents engaged in...
Where are memories stored in the brain? New research suggests they may be in...
Don Arnold, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
All memory storage devices, from your brain to the RAM in your computer, store...
Sidney Poitier – Hollywood’s first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the...
What’s the difference between sugar, other natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners? A food chemist...
Kristine Nolin, University of Richmond
A quick walk down the drink aisle of any corner store reveals the incredible ingenuity of food scientists in search...
College students with young kids – especially mothers – find themselves in a time crunch
Claire Wladis, CUNY Graduate Center
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
We found that college students who have...
‘Dataraising’ – when you’re asked to chip in with data instead of money
Lucy Bernholz, Stanford University
Fundraising appeals are part of everyday life, both online and off.
Requests for financial donations arrive by snail mail, email, social...
Zoos and aquariums shift to a new standard of ‘animal welfare’ that depends on...
Michael J. Renner, Drake University
In 1980 I visited the zoo in a major U.S. city and found row after row of bare concrete...
