US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government benefits declined and...
Michael Long, Oklahoma State University and Lara Gonçalves, Oklahoma State University
CC BY-ND
The official...
Atmospheric rivers are shifting poleward, reshaping global weather patterns
Zhe Li, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Atmospheric rivers – those long, narrow bands of water vapor in the...
Why schools still can’t put segregation behind them
Derek Black, University of South Carolina
A federal district court judge has decided that Gardendale – a predominantly white city in the suburbs of Birmingham,...
Fighting malaria is going to take more than just nets
By Utibe Effiong, University of Michigan and Lauretta Ovadje, University of Michigan
In January, the New York Times highlighted how insecticide treated nets meant to...
Pumping CO2 underground can help fight climate change. Why is it stuck in second...
By Howard J. Herzog, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
There are many uncertainties with respect to global climate change, but there is one thing about which...
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...
The #BettyWhiteChallenge highlights the growth of animal philanthropy and the role of rescues
Melissa L. Caldwell, University of California, Santa Cruz
Betty White’s death on Dec. 31, 2021, inspired countless remembrances and...
When race triggers a call to campus police
Brian N. Williams, University of Virginia; Andrea M. Headley, University of California, Berkeley, and Megan LePere-Schloop, The Ohio State University
On a beautiful spring afternoon...
