Why are fewer and fewer Americans fixing their noses?
Laurie Essig, Middlebury College
Americans love cosmetic surgery.
Last year in the U.S., there were 1.8 million plastic surgeries and nearly 16 million nonsurgical procedures, like...
Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment
Fabian V. Filipp, University of California, Merced
Because of advances in drug design and precision medicine, researchers have been able to target certain molecules within...
Why are Sinclair’s scripted news segments such a big deal?
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
On March 31, Deadspin produced a video showing a chorus of local news anchors delivering the exact same scripted speech...
Fabiano Caruana is poised to do what no American has done since Bobby Fischer....
Daaim Shabazz, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Whenever a glimmer of chess talent is spotted in the United States, people often ask: “Is this...
Improving the lives of those with dementia – by using memories of baseball
Michael Ego, University of Connecticut
Dementia can be caused by a number of diseases, but the most common is Alzheimer’s, which affects 5.7 million people...
I treat patients on Medicaid, and I don’t see undeserving poor people
Audrey M Provenzano, Harvard University
As more states join Kentucky in trying to impose work requirements for people who receive Medicaid, I could not help...
Culture of trust is key for school safety
Calvin Morrill, University of California, Berkeley and Michael Musheno, University of Oregon
When we first visited the school that is the focus of our forthcoming...
New federal program tackles spiraling costs of college textbooks
MacKenzie Smith, University of California, Davis
College students will keep more money in their pockets thanks to a new US$5 million pilot program approved as...
