Tag: life and news
Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious
Brendan Szendro, McGill University
The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their...
The beach wasn’t always a vacation destination – for the ancient...
Marie-Claire Beaulieu, Tufts University
Many of us are heading to the beach to bask in the sun and unwind...
Trump’s push for more deportations could boost demand for foreign farmworkers...
Scott Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh
The U.S. has an important choice to make regarding agriculture.
It...
How bachata rose from Dominican Republic’s brothels and shantytowns to become...
Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Lehman College, CUNY
What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of...
The 3 worst things you can say after a pet dies,...
Brian N. Chin, Trinity College
I saw it firsthand after my cat Murphy died earlier this year. She’d been...
Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population...
Leslie Root, University of Colorado Boulder; Karen Benjamin Guzzo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Shelley Clark, McGill University
Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other...
Brendan Cantwell, Michigan State University
Columbia University agreed on July 23, 2025, to pay a US$200 million fine to...
We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and...
Jennifer Raynor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marine protected areas cover more than 8% of the world’s oceans today, but they...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
