Can public service announcements take a bite out of Shark Week?
Suzannah Evans, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and Jessica Gall Myrick, Indiana University, Bloomington
This week, millions of Americans will tune into...
Forecasting dead zones and toxic algae in US waterways: a bad year for Lake...
Donald Scavia, University of Michigan
Over the past two decades, scientists have developed ways to predict how ecosystems will react to changing environmental conditions. Called...
Inequality can be addressed only if we start talking about the ‘working class’
Barry Eidlin, McGill University
In the 2016 presidential race, candidates from both major parties are looking for ways to address inequality.
Partly, they must do so...
How does aging affect athletic performance?
Christopher Minson, University of Oregon
I remember the moment a few years ago while watching TV when I realized that if I were riding in...
In focus: New Horizons’ crisp images shed new light on the origins of Pluto...
Scott Kenyon, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Eighty-five years after Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, we’re finally getting an up-close and personal look, thanks to NASA’s New...
Sepsis: the largely unknown condition that puts one million people in the hospital each...
Hallie Prescott, University of Michigan and Theodore Iwashyna, Monash University
Most Americans have never heard of it, but according to new federal data, sepsis is...
Should there be a dress code for doctors?
Vineet Chopra, University of Michigan and Sanjay Saint, University of Michigan
If you live near a hospital, you’ve probably seen the sight: a young physician...
After school shootings, students fare poorly in math, English
Louis-Philippe Beland, Louisiana State University and Dongwoo Kim, University of Missouri-Columbia
While school shootings have received widespread media attention, their impact on enrollment and...
