Walmart’s pay raise highlights how poor we’ve all become
By Mechele Dickerson, University of Texas at Austin
Walmart recently did something that will help its employees, which may very well benefit all lower- and...
Could Ebola mutate faster than we can develop treatments?
By Peter White
As the worst known epidemic of the Ebola virus continues in West Africa, scientists around the world are trying to develop treatments...
Puerto Rico debates whether to fine parents with obese children
By Kyle Turner, University of Oxford
The Puerto Rican government has just tabled a bill that would see parents with obese children fined up to...
Why Monarch butterflies need a helping hand
By Kathleen Prudic, Oregon State University
An iconic North American migration is in jeopardy. The monarch butterfly migrates back and forth from Mexico to Canada...
Will new voter demographics move public opinion on climate change?
By Geoff Feinberg, Yale University and Seth Rosenthal, Yale University
Though public understanding of the need for climate-friendly policies is critical, many Americans remain ill-informed...
Herd immunity and measles: why we should aim for 100% vaccination coverage
By Marcel Salathé, Pennsylvania State University
The measles outbreak traced back to Disneyland has spread to eight states, with as many as 95 cases reported...
The mercury level in your tuna is getting higher
By Paul Drevnick, University of Michigan
Whether man-made sources of mercury are contributing to the mercury levels in open-ocean fish has been the subject of...
Medical tourism isn’t always a fair deal for developing countries
By Ronald Labonte, University of Ottawa
Medical tourism is an awful term. It conveys an image of people from a cold climate flying off to...
