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...
Should female faculty get bonus points to correct for gender bias in student evaluations?
Sara B. Pritchard, Cornell University
Now that most colleges and universities have completed their spring semesters, course instructors are opening up sealed manila envelopes, all...
Curriculum matters when it comes to kindergarten friendships
Lori E Meyer, University of Vermont and Michaelene M Ostrosky, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Friendship is often described as a major outcome of early...
The trouble with using synthetic rhino horn to stop poaching
Diogo Veríssimo, Georgia State University
In 2014, one rhino was killed every eight hours. That was in South Africa alone, where most of the world’s...
The extraordinary life of Whistler’s mother
Daniel E Sutherland, University of Arkansas
Many are familiar with James McNeill Whistler’s portrait of his mother – officially titled Arrangement in Grey and Black,...
How Yersinia pestis evolved its ability to kill millions via pneumonic plague
Daniel Zimbler, Northwestern University and Wyndham Lathem, Northwestern University
The mere mention of the plague brings to mind the devastating “Black Death” pandemic that spread...
