Science teachers sacrifice to provide lab materials for students
Emily Cayton, North Carolina State University and M. Gail Jones, North Carolina State University
Whatever salary the science teacher at your local public school makes...
Chemotherapy timing could influence how well the treatment works
Yanyan Yang, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and Aziz Sancar, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Most living organisms –...
How one early 20th-century performer defanged her fat-shamers
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
It’s all-too-common for women – especially those in the public spotlight – to be criticized for their weight....
Why graduation rates lag for low-income college students
Nathan Favero, American University School of Public Affairs
As college students nationwide prepare for graduation, a new analysis has shown that just under half of...
As marijuana goes mainstream, what’s happening to the way we talk about weed?
Frank Nuessel, University of Louisville
For decades, the marijuana industry operated underground, outside the confines of the law.
But even though at the federal level, possession...
Touch forms the foundation of the powerful human-horse relationship
Keri Brandt Off, Fort Lewis College
Two recent films, “Lean on Pete” and “The Rider,” explore the transformative quality of human-horse relationships. Both films...
From the Middle East to the Kentucky Derby, the mint julep has always been...
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
The Kentucky Derby is about more than horses and hats. It’s also where one of the South’s favorite cocktails –...
Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many
Jackson Thomas, University of Canberra; Erin Walker, University of Canberra; Gregory Peterson, University of Tasmania, and Mark Naunton, University of Canberra
Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic...
