What really causes home field advantage – and why it’s on the decline
Konstantinos Pelechrinis, University of Pittsburgh
Never before has the away team won every single game in the World Series, but that’s exactly what happened this...
How much of a difference does the number of kids in a classroom make?
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University
Chicago’s teachers went on strike in October, suspending instruction for the city’s public school students for 11 days.
Educators in the...
‘Joker’ fans flocking to a Bronx stairway highlights tension of media tourism
Laura M. Holzman, IUPUI
New York’s newest tourist attraction isn’t a museum, park or art installation.
It’s a stairway.
Sandwiched between apartment buildings in the Bronx, it’s...
Curious Kids: Why does pizza taste so good?
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Will the NCAA’s move to let college athletes get paid endorsements make a difference?...
Jasmine Harris, Ursinus College
Editor’s note: The NCAA moved on Oct. 29 to allow student-athletes to profit from their image and likeness – something the...
Why we love big, blood-curdling screams
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College
Of all the sounds humans produce, nothing captures our attention quite like a good scream.
They’re a regular feature of horror...
Zombie flu: How the 1919 influenza pandemic fueled the rise of the living dead
Elizabeth Outka, University of Richmond
Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year,...
How forceps permanently changed the way humans are born
Neel Shah, Harvard Medical School
Obstetric forceps look like ninja weapons. They come as a pair: 16 inches of solid steel for each hand...
