A brief history of invisibility on screen
Marc Longenecker, Wesleyan University
What would you do if you could be invisible? Would this newfound power bring out the best in you, instilling you...
Video of 6-year-old girl’s arrest shows the perils of putting police in primary schools
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida
When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids...
Why does Swiss cheese have holes?
Stephanie Clark, Iowa State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Why some of the best-known tunes, like ‘Happy Birthday,’ are the hardest to sing
Bryan Nichols, Pennsylvania State University
Some friends and I recently went to karaoke. You can likely picture the scene: a restaurant adjacent to a bowling...
Girls are reaching new heights in basketball, but huge pay gaps await them as...
Corinne M. Daprano, University of Dayton and Leslie H. Picca, University of Dayton
Women have made great strides in the world of sports over the...
Boomers have a drug problem, but not the kind you might think
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia
Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – are 20% of the population, more...
The Kobe legacy: Should the NBA let high school players skip college?
Nicole Kraft, The Ohio State University
Less than a decade after 18-year-old Kobe Bryant got drafted into the NBA in 1996, the league made all...
What are viruses anyway, and why do they make us so sick? 5 questions...
Marilyn J. Roossinck, Pennsylvania State University
Editor’s Note: You may sometimes have felt like you “have come down with a virus,” meaning that you became...
