Time for an Obamacare checkup: how has it affected businesses so far?
Paula A Amato, Northeastern University
This article is part of a series examining the Affordable Care Act as the Supreme Court considers a challenge that...
Decriminalization doesn’t address marijuana’s standing as a drug of the poor
Chris S Duvall, University of New Mexico
Massachusetts just opened its first marijuana dispensary, with many applauding the move. And as more and more states...
Concrete jungle: cities adapt to growing ranks of coyotes, cougars and other urban wildlife
Peter Alagona, University of California, Santa Barbara
Several times this spring, coyotes made national headlines when spotted roaming the streets of New York, from Manhattan...
Do greener cars lead consumers to hit the road more often?
Jeremy West, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jonathan Meer, Texas A&M University ; Mark Hoekstra, Texas A&M University , and Steven L Puller, Texas A&M...
Why Charleston?
Rhondda R Thomas, <href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/clemson-university">Clemson University
The manifesto that has been attributed to white supremacist Dylann Roof says that Charleston, South Carolina was chosen for...
The pope plays his trump card: teaching the power of moral actions
Kathleen Dean Moore, Oregon State University and Michael Paul Nelson, Oregon State University
When Pope Francis framed climate change as a moral problem and issued...
Experts react as Obamacare survives another near-death experience
Erin Fuse Brown, Georgia State University; Mark Kende, Drake University, and Thomas J Whalen, Boston University
Editor’s note: The Affordable Care Act survived a second...
Our mostly dry planetary neighbors once had lots of water—what does that imply for...
David A Weintraub, Vanderbilt University
We already knew about Venus. We had our suspicions about Mars. Now we’re sure.
Our two closest solar system neighbors once...
