Tag: Books
What ‘Walden’ can tell us about social distancing and focusing on...
Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut
Seeking to bend the coronavirus curve, governors and mayors have told millions of Americans to stay home. If you’re...
3 ways that big data reveals what you really like to...
Anjana Susarla, Michigan State University
Anyone who’s watched “Bridget Jones’s Diary” knows one of her New Year’s resolutions is “Not go out every night but...
What big data can tell us about how a book becomes...
Albert-László Barabási, Northeastern University
The average American reads 12 or 13 books a year, but with over 3 million books in print, the choices they...
Why it matters that teens are reading less
Jean Twenge, San Diego State University
Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago. But today’s teens...
A long fuse: ‘The Population Bomb’ is still ticking 50 years...
Derek Hoff, University of Utah
“The battle to feed all of humanity is over,” Stanford biologist and ecologist Paul Erhlich declared on the first page...
For baby’s brain to benefit, read the right books at the...
Lisa Scott, University of Florida
Parents often receive books at pediatric checkups via programs like Reach Out and Read and hear from a variety of...
Ivanka Trump’s deeply political tome
Ani Kokobobo, University of Kansas
By and large, critics have taken Ivanka Trump at her word about her new book, “Women Who Work.”...
EXPLORING NATURE
Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space...
Martin Elvis, Smithsonian Institution
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully...
