Want better tips? Go for gold
Na Young Lee, University of Dayton
Although tipping is generally thought to be a voluntary payment meant to express gratitude to a service worker, the...
The Prohibition-era origins of the modern craft cocktail movement
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
With America in the middle of a flourishing craft beer and craft spirits movement, it’s easy to forget that Prohibition...
School shootings prompted protests, debates about best ways to keep students safe: 5 essential...
Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that...
Let them eat more fat? Researcher argues that a balance of types of fat...
Heidi Silver, Vanderbilt University
Public health guidelines, such as the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, have long emphasized reducing dietary fat intake, but nutritionists and other...
More solutions needed for campus hunger
Suzanna Martinez, University of California, San Francisco
A new federal report does a good job of explaining what many researchers have been saying for a...
The forgotten legacy of gay photographer George Platt Lynes
Rebecca Fasman, Indiana University
From the late 1920s until his death in 1955, George Platt Lynes was one of the world’s most successful commercial and...
With foreign bureaus slashed, freelancers are filling the void – at their own risk
Bill Gentile, American University School of Communication
When Time magazine named journalists who faced persecution, arrest or murder as their 2018 Person of the Year,...
When it comes to brain tumors, a patient’s sex matters
Joshua Rubin, Washington University in St Louis
Have you ever wondered why, in most species, males are larger and more ornamented than females? It’s an...
