The dark side of creativity
By Lynne Vincent, Vanderbilt University
Creativity – the generation of novel and useful ideas, products, or solutions – is seen as a valuable trait for...
Reef fish smell like coral as they seek to evade predators
By Rohan Brooker, Georgia Institute of Technology
The animal kingdom is full of incredible examples of camouflage, with animals resembling objects found in their environment...
What would happen to the climate if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases today?
By Richard B. Rood, University of Michigan
Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. We know this from billions of observations, documented in thousands of journal papers...
Theory of Everything debunks myth of Hawking as disembodied mind
By Declan Fahy, American University
Early in The Theory of Everything, the student Stephen Hawking strides across the grounds at Cambridge University in the 1960s,...
How Arkansas is expanding Medicaid without actually expanding Medicaid
By Colleen M. Grogan, University of Chicago
Upon the signing of the Affordable Care Act on March 23, 2010, the public was promised that all...
Being drug free shouldn't be a requirement to receive housing
By Miriam Boeri, Bentley University
Over the past decade, drug use in the US has risen dramatically, with heroin use reaching epidemic proportions.
The country’s...
Eyetracking technology knows your subconscious pizza desires … or not
By John M. Henderson, University of South Carolina
If you prefer to order your pizza without going through all the trouble of actually speaking, Pizza...
What your hand grip says about your strength through life
By Richard Dodds, University of Southampton
More of us are living longer, but a crucial qualifying factor needs to be considered: namely whether this added...
