Feet on campus, heart at home: first-generation college students struggle with divided identities
Linda Banks-Santilli, Wheelock College
First-generation (FG) college students, or students whose parents have not earned a four-year degree, face unique psychological challenges.
Although perhaps supportive of...
Why climate ‘uncertainty’ is no excuse for doing nothing
By Richard Pancost, University of Bristol and Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol
Former environment minister Owen Paterson has called for the UK to scrap its...
Tiny beads, big problem, easy fix: why scientific evidence supports a ban on microbeads
Chelsea Rochman, University of California, Davis and Sara Kross, University of California, Davis
Every day, millions of people around the world wash their skin and...
Rivers and swarms: how metaphor fuels anti-immigrant feeling
By Caryl Thompson, University of Nottingham
In a recent interview with Sky News, the UK defence secretary, Michael Fallon, described British towns and communities as...
The case for closing down women’s prisons
By Patricia O'Brien, University of Illinois at Chicago
It sounds like a radical idea. Stop incarcerating women, and close down women’s prisons. But in the...
People on food stamps aren’t feasting on filet mignon
Christopher Dum, Kent State University
There is a popular myth that welfare recipients are using food stamps to purchase luxurious food items such as...
Can wearing orange-tinted glasses before bed help you sleep? Only one way to find...
Jordan Gaines Lewis, Penn State College of Medicine
I recently wrote about the terrible sleep habits of the characters in House of Cards. I disapproved...
Knowing your child’s reading stage and how to help them
By Ryan Spencer, University of Canberra
Learning to read is a complicated process and parents often wonder if their child is developing reading abilities at...
