Emoticons and symbols aren’t ruining language – they’re revolutionizing it
Lauren Collister, University of Pittsburgh
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In many casual discussions of language and the internet, it’s not uncommon to hear...
Poor doors highlight social costs of growing up in the shadow of wealth
Candice Odgers, Duke University
One of New York City’s newest luxury apartment buildings recently started accepting applications for low-income renters who will use a controversial...
Will more dead actors be coming to a theater near you?
Peter Krapp, University of California, Irvine
On November 30 2013, actor Paul Walker died in a car crash before filming of Furious 7 was complete....
What the writing on the (bathroom) wall reveals about sex and culture
Pamela Leong, Salem State University
Scrawls, doodles and stylized text adorn the walls of public bathrooms in places ranging from elementary schools to dive bars:...
What does it mean to preserve nature in the Age of Humans?
Ben A Minteer, Arizona State University and Stephen Pyne, Arizona State University
Is the Earth now spinning through the “Age of Humans?” More than a...
Could a Supreme Court ruling decide the same-sex marriage argument or set off another...
Robert E. Rains, Pennsylvania State University and Dara E. Purvis, Pennsylvania State University
On April 28, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Obergefell v Hodges,...
Disaster and recovery: The unexpected shall come to be expected
Vincent T Gawronski, Birmingham-Southern College
The full extent of the earthquake disaster in Nepal is still being calculated. With so many remote villages, it...
Seismologists deploy after a quake to learn more, so we can prepare for the...
Ray Russo, University of Florida
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
– William Faulkner
When disasters like the Nepal earthquake strike, seemingly out of...
