Tag: lifeandnews
I’m an OB-GYN Treating Women with Zika: This is What it’s...
Christine Curry, University of Miami
As a medical student, I remember reading books about the early days of the HIV epidemic and wondering what it...
Are Soaring Levels of Income Inequality Making us a More Polarized...
Christos Makridis, Stanford University
Political polarization today is greater than it’s been in recent history – at least since the 1970s. To see that, one...
What the Favorite TV Shows of Trump Supporters Can Tell us...
Aaron Duncan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
According to new data, supporters of Donald Trump prefer to get their news from television and enjoy watching crime dramas.
These...
Philosophical toolkit in tow, scholar travels to conflict zones
Carlos Fraenkel, McGill University
Over the past few years, I’ve organized philosophy workshops around the world: with students at Palestinian and Indonesian universities, Hasidic Jews...
What is behind the magic of Sesame Street?
Travis Wright, University of Wisconsin-Madison
What is it about the long-time favorite television show, Sesame Street, that has allowed it to influence generations of viewers?
A...
The trouble with using synthetic rhino horn to stop poaching
Diogo Veríssimo, Georgia State University
In 2014, one rhino was killed every eight hours. That was in South Africa alone, where most of the world’s...
The political work of the Confederate flag
Joseph Crespino, Emory University
The Confederate flag may soon be gone with the wind.
It is a remarkable reversal of fortunes for one of America’s most...
An artificial pancreas has just made giving birth safer for diabetic...
Joan Taylor, De Montfort University
Last week, a British diabetic women became the world’s first to complete a natural vaginal birth using an artificial pancreas....
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...
