How the Nazis co-opted Christmas
Joe Perry, Georgia State University
In 1921, in a Munich beer hall, newly appointed Nazi party leader Adolf Hitler gave a Christmas speech to an...
What stories should you be telling kids this holiday season?
Marshall Duke, Emory University
In every culture that anthropologists have ever studied, people tell stories.
Families most frequently tell stories around the time of vacations, family...
When is an aspirin a day to prevent heart attacks too risky?
Craig Williams, Oregon State University
We’ve known for a long time that aspirin can help prevent damage from a heart attack or a stroke if...
Sinatra’s films shattered the postwar myth of the white American male
Karen McNally, London Metropolitan University
Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday on December 12 is being celebrated with all the requisite fanfare: Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary Sinatra:...
Rarity of Jupiter-like planets means…
Rarity of Jupiter-like planets means planetary systems exactly like ours may be scarce
Stefano Meschiari, University of Texas at Austin
Is our little corner of the...
How do we ensure the next generation of workers…
How do we ensure the next generation of workers isn't worse off than the last?
Discussions about the future of work are clearly in the...
Forget about designer babies – gene editing won’t work on complex traits like intelligence
A Cecile JW Janssens, Emory University
This week, scientists gathered in Washington, DC for the International Summit on Human Gene Editing to discuss a technology...
Paris has already given us a modest climate deal – now to ramp it...
Peter Christoff, University of Melbourne
Today, in a renovated aircraft hanger in northern Paris, climate negotiators representing some 195 countries start to hammer out a...
