Yes, I’m searching for aliens – and no, I won’t be going to Area...
Jason Wright, Pennsylvania State University
Editor’s note: What started as an internet joke has generated a stern military warning after more than a million people...
Home birth may start babies off with health-promoting microbes
Joan Combellick, Yale University
For all of human history, babies have been born where their mothers lived – whether in a house, hut or cave....
How the Volkswagen Beetle sparked America’s art car movement
John A. Heitmann, University of Dayton
With a mariachi band playing along, the last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line of a Mexican factory...
Washington state’s big bet on ‘free college’
William Zumeta, University of Washington
Washington state doesn’t have a problem finding educated people to work in its booming high-tech economy – it’s just most...
Counterfeit alcohol, sometimes containing jet fuel or embalming fluid, is a growing concern for...
Monica H. Swahn, Georgia State University
The news about the tragic deaths of several American tourists in the Dominican Republic in May 2019 has created...
How accommodating workers with autism benefits employers — and all of us
Katherine Breward, University of Winnipeg
Companies seek a competitive edge by hiring talented people, yet many capable workers are overlooked because they have autism.
People with...
The real midlife crisis confronting many Americans
Frank J. Infurna, Arizona State University
The way my mom imagined it, midlife was going to be great: counting down days until retirement, spending winters...
‘The Farewell’ highlights tough conversations families face when confronted with death
Nick Iannarino, University of Michigan
To my 87-year-old grandmother, not many subjects are taboo.
She was treated for colorectal cancer in 1996, and she still laughs...
