Here’s how to encourage more girls to pursue science and math careers
Jilana Boston, New York University and Andrei Cimpian, New York University
Women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM. In the field...
Shelter design can help people recover from homelessness
Jill Pable, Florida State University
Some 544,000 people in the United States have no shelter every night, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and...
The monster festival: A pilgrimage to small town America
Joseph P. Laycock, Texas State University
One of my hobbies is dragging my patient wife to small towns to study beliefs and practices related to...
Pre-existing conditions: The age group most vulnerable if coverage goes away
Marcia G. Ory, Texas A&M University
A widely shared New Yorker cartoon heralded “70 as the new 50” with the implications that being 50...
How do Americans really feel about interracial couples?
Allison Skinner, Northwestern University
According to the most recent U.S. census, approximately 15 percent of all newlywed couples are interracial. More interracial relationships are also...
Thriving after depression: Why are scientists ignoring good outcomes?
Jonathan Rottenberg, University of South Florida and Todd Kashdan, George Mason University
In the wake of suicides by Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, we as...
State takeovers of schools are about political power, not school improvement
Domingo Morel, Rutgers University Newark
When states take over local school districts – like they’ve done or are trying to do in Kentucky, Georgia...
Schools are buying ‘growth mindset’ interventions despite scant evidence that they work well
Brooke Macnamara, Case Western Reserve University
Ten years ago, after over two decades of research on this topic, Carol Dweck – the Stanford University developer...
