The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science
Adam Meyer, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Kristy Ferraro, University of Michigan
Scientists are philosophers, explorers, data collectors and...
From moral authority to risk management: How university presidents stopped speaking their minds
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
Throughout the 20th century, college and university presidents spoke out on everything, from wars to...
Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on...
Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia
Have you ever stopped to wonder how forecasters can predict the weather days in...
Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency
Stephanie Lessing, UMass Boston
Amid growing demands by Democrats to overhaul U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after federal immigration...
50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation
John J. Martin, Quinnipiac University
In 2024, spending on federal elections totaled almost US$15 billion in the United States....
Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter...
Anna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina
When a 5-inch-by-4-inch red chalk drawing of a woman’s foot by Michelangelo...
Crowdfunded generosity isn’t taxable – but IRS regulations haven’t kept up with the growth...
Shelly Tygielski, Indiana University and Pamala Wiepking, Indiana University; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Have you ever received some money through...
Individual donors provide only a small slice of university research funding – but Jeffrey...
Brian Herman, University of Minnesota
Yale University, Columbia University and the University of California, Los Angeles are among the...
