How to teach and parent better in the age of big data
Katie Headrick Taylor, University of Washington
At the parent-teacher conference, I sat across the table from my first grader’s teacher in a chair made for...
Sleeping fish? From sharks to salmon, guppies to groupers, here’s how they grab a snooze
Michael Heithaus, Florida International University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
How to destroy a ‘forever chemical’ – scientists are discovering ways to eliminate PFAS,...
A. Daniel Jones, Michigan State University and Hui Li, Michigan State University
PFAS chemicals seemed like a good idea...
Our First Dive Into the New Open Payments System
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, Sep. 30, 2014, 9:47 p.m.
The federal government unveiled data Tuesday detailing 4.4 million payments made to doctors and teaching hospitals...
Itching to get away this summer? Remember the six stages of transformative travel
Jaco J. Hamman, Vanderbilt Divinity School
In June 2022, I set off on a 10,650-mile, six-week motorcycle trip from...
New ammunition in the battle to save North American bats from white-nose syndrome
By Chris Cornelison, Georgia State University
It’s been roughly eight years since white-nose syndrome (WNS) was first documented decimating bat populations in upstate New York....
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...
There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is...
Jill Vasbinder, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
In January 2020, 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon created what would become one of...
