Guilty Pleasures: father of the modern western, king of crime
By Neil Sammells, Bath Spa University
Think of what you skip reading a novel: thick paragraphs of prose you can see have too many words...
What do world university rankings actually mean?
By Steven C. Ward, Western Connecticut State University
From the “best beaches” to the “best slice of pizza” to the best hospital to have cardiac...
Why today’s teens aren’t in any hurry to grow up
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Teens aren’t what they used to be.
The teen pregnancy rate has reached an all-time low. Fewer teens are...
What it’s like to be gay and in a gang
Vanessa R. Panfil, Old Dominion University
There are many stereotypes of and assumptions about street gangs, just as there are many stereotypes and assumptions about...
Crowdsourcing competitions often hijacked: study
By Charis Palmer, The Conversation
Crowdsourcing competitions, popular with companies seeking to tap into groups of knowledge, are often diminished by malicious behaviour, according to...
Clinton’s reversal on openness may impact more than her presidential ambitions
By Alasdair S. Roberts, Suffolk University
Does the Clinton email issue represent mere sound and fury or is it a real controversy about government transparency?
Let’s...
There are better ways to quantify how big and bad a hurricane is
Vasu Misra, Florida State University and Mark Powell, Florida State University
This article is part of The Conversation’s series this month on hurricanes. You can...
Why schools still can’t put segregation behind them
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
A federal district court judge has decided that Gardendale – a predominantly white city in the suburbs of Birmingham,...
