Tag: life & news
A brief history of congressional oversight, from Revolutionary War financing to...
Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Drew Kurlowski, Coastal Carolina University
Routine congressional oversight hearings usually don’t make headlines....
Brewery waste can be repurposed to make nanoparticles that can fight bacteria
Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Washington University in St. Louis
Modern beer production is a US$117 billion business in the United...
Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and...
Rohan Grover, American University and Josh Widera, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
When the Trump administration gave...
The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers,...
Andrew Edelblum, University of Dayton and Abby Frank, University of Oregon
“Sex sells” has been a mantra in marketing...
Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I...
Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder
On Nov. 11 each year, a curious holiday takes over China. What began...
America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these...
Jeff Kruth, Miami University and Tammy Schwartz, Miami University
For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable,...
Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now − what...
Serdar Yalçin, Macalester College
The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder...
Trump is changing student loan forgiveness rules – barring some public...
Jennifer L. Steele, American University
The Trump administration has tried to upend many facets of American life, and many...
EXPLORING NATURE
Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US...
Alex Krasnok, Florida International University
Every bridge has parts that drivers never see: steel buried in concrete, welds tucked...
