How to train the body’s own cells to combat antibiotic resistance
Zahidul Alam, University of Pennsylvania
Drug-resistant superbugs have threatened human health for decades. The situation is getting worse because of the shortage of new antibiotics....
I studied buttons for 7 years and learned these 5 lessons about how and...
Rachel Plotnick, Indiana University
All day every day, throughout the United States, people push buttons – on coffee makers, TV remote controls and even social...
Acute flaccid myelitis: What is the polio-like illness paralyzing US children?
Jay Desai, University of Southern California
I experienced déjà vu when I took care of a child with acute flaccid myelitis in 2014, one of...
Not so long ago, cities were starved for trees
Sonja Dümpelmann, Harvard University
Many cities, in recent years, have initiated tree planting campaigns to offset carbon dioxide emissions and improve urban microclimates.
In 2007, New...
How childbearing varies across US women in 3 charts
Caroline Sten Hartnett, University of South Carolina
Falling U.S. fertility rates have been making headlines.
These reports tend to focus on a single measure: the average...
New debit card for federal student loan borrowers could save money, but concerns linger
Lewis Mandell, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
The U.S. Department of Education is about to pilot test a new debit card...
America’s public schools seldom bring rich and poor together – and MLK would disapprove
Jack Schneider, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Five decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., many carry on his legacy through the struggle for...
Razor burned: Why Gillette’s campaign against toxic masculinity missed the mark
Alan Abitbol, University of Dayton
Gillette has launched a new marketing campaign, “The Best Men Can Be,” with an ad that has gone viral.
The ad...
