Tag: life & news
Mom’s prenatal hardship turns baby’s genes on and off
By Suzanne King, McGill University
In January 1998 five days of freezing rain collapsed the electrical grid of the Canadian province of Québec. The storm...
Northern soul trademark win shows music subcultures belong to fans
By Enrico Bonadio, City University London
Some good news for soul music lovers from an unlikely source: a recent trademark decision by the UK’s Intellectual...
Tobacco Settlement Funds Sprinklers, Golf Carts and a Grease Trap
by Cezary Podkul ProPublica, Oct. 24, 2014, 10:48 a.m.
A central tenet of government finance is that money borrowed over the long term should be...
This year’s economics Nobel is yet another triumph for the blackboard...
By David Spencer, University of Leeds
It’s that time of year again – when academic economics, thanks to the Nobel Prize announcements, is thrust into...
Stand by your Maine: country music’s Northern roots
By Clifford Murphy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
This past June, radio conglomerate Clear Channel (now known as iHeartRadio) announced it was converting Boston’s 101.7...
Absentee voting doesn’t increase turnout and leads to more mistakes
By Thad Hall, University of Utah
Although the midterms are typically referred to as federal elections, there is no federal entity that governs the conduct...
How tests and wrong answers help us remember what we learn
By Nate Kornell, Williams College
Teachers give tests to find out what their students know. But tests do a lot more than that and can...
Most disappointing headline ever (No, chocolate will not improve your memory)
By Ian Musgrave
This morning I woke to the most disappointing headline ever. “A Bite to Remember? Chocolate Is Shown to Aid Memory” was prominent...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
