How national security gave birth to bioethics
Jonathan D Moreno, University of Pennsylvania
Starting near the end of World War II and continuing until the 1970s, the US government sponsored radiation experiments...
Is today’s university the new multinational corporation?
Jason Lane, University at Albany, State University of New York and Kevin Kinser, University at Albany, State University of New York
A growing number of...
EPA’s Clean Water Rule: what’s at stake and what comes next
Adell Amos, University of Oregon
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers released the long-anticipated Clean Water Rule. The new...
Are parents morally obligated to forbid their kids from playing football?
Kathleen Bachynski, Columbia University
In March 2015, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland shocked football fans when he announced his decision to retire after just...
Stormwater innovations mean cities don’t just flush rainwater down the drain
Jennifer Drake, University of Toronto
This article is part of The Conversation’s series on drought. You can read the rest of the series here.
More than...
Time for an end to parental tough love
Bernadette Saunders, Monash University and Bronwyn Naylor, Monash University
Picture this: you’re standing in a long, slow-moving queue. People around you are disgruntled and complaining....
Darling, I love you … from the bottom of my brain
George Paxinos, Neuroscience Research Australia
In William Shakespeare’s comedy Merchant of Venice, the play’s heroine Portia sings:
Tell me where is fancy bred,
Or in the heart...
Feet on campus, heart at home: first-generation college students struggle with divided identities
Linda Banks-Santilli, Wheelock College
First-generation (FG) college students, or students whose parents have not earned a four-year degree, face unique psychological challenges.
Although perhaps supportive of...
