Tag: life & news
The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian
Laura Beers, American University
When people use the term “Orwellian,” it’s not a good sign.
It...
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell...
Peyton McCauley, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Melissa Scanlan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
As demand for artificial intelligence technology boosts construction...
What an old folktale can teach us about the ‘annoying persistence’...
Perin Gürel, University of Notre Dame
Fear of reprisals from the Trump administration has made many people cautious about...
AI is about to radically alter military command structures that haven’t...
Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service
Despite two centuries of evolution, the structure of a modern military...
Some pro athletes keep getting better as they age − neuroscience...
Fiddy Davis Jaihind Jothikaran, Hope College
In a world where sports are dominated by youth and speed, some athletes...
The growing fad of ‘microdosing’ mushrooms is leading to an uptick...
Joshua Kellogg, Penn State
Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic – a term used to describe...
Kids need soft skills in the age of AI, but what...
Jennifer L. Steele, American University
For the past half-century, the jobs that have commanded the greatest earnings have increasingly...
Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to...
Faith Kearns, Arizona State University
As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
