Wealthy Americans know less than they think they do about food and nutrition
Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State University
Socioeconomics play a significant role in attitudes about food – especially concerns about safety...
The deaths of 76 Branch Davidians in April 1993 could have been avoided –...
Catherine Wessinger, Loyola University New Orleans
Twenty-five years ago, on February 28, 1993, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents attempted to execute a “dynamic...
Night owls may have 10 percent higher risk of early death, study says
Kristen Knutson, Northwestern University and Malcolm von Schantz, University of Surrey
Do you wake up bright eyed and bushy-tailed, greeting the sunrise with cheer and...
Why double-majors might beat you out of a job
Matthew J. Mayhew, The Ohio State University and Benjamin S. Selznick, James Madison University
Two college majors are better than one. That is the...
Local media struggle to hold Sinclair accountable
Andrea Hickerson, Rochester Institute of Technology
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s stations are under renewed scrutiny following Deadspin’s release of a montage of anchors reading the same...
Genes and environment have equal influence in learning for rich and poor kids, study...
Jeffrey Roth, University of Florida
More than 40 years ago, psychologist Sandra Scarr put forth a provocative idea: that genetic influence on children’s cognitive abilities...
Colleges must confront sexual assault and sexual harassment head on
Tricia Serio, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the past month the National Science Foundation and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators both introduced measures that...
Why is it so stressful to talk politics with the other side?
Melanie Green, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
People disagree all the time, but not all disagreements lead to the same levels...
