Tag: Love
Why fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced
Tera R. Jordan, Iowa State University
Fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced, with the rates falling 18% between 2008 and 2016.
Among American adults, there...
What’s behind the belief in a soulmate?
Bradley Onishi, Skidmore College
The United States appears to be in a romantic slump. Marriage rates have plummeted over the last decade. And compared to...
Is love losing its soul in the digital age?
Firmin DeBrabander, Maryland Institute College of Art
Instagram users have taken to issuing “weekiversary posts,” where they diligently mark the duration of their romances. An...
This trait could be key to a lasting romance
Toni Antonucci, University of Michigan; Kristine J. Ajrouch, University of Michigan, and Noah J. Webster, University of Michigan
Passion and commitment are widely believed to...
How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball’s color line
Chris Lamb, IUPUI
Jackie Robinson will be remembered for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and sacrifice on Jan. 31, the centennial of his birth. By confronting...
Should we scoff at the idea of love at first sight?
James Kuzner, Brown University
For a lecture course I teach at Brown University called “Love Stories,” we begin at the beginning, with love at first...
The lies we tell on dating apps to find love
David Markowitz, University of Oregon
Nearly one-fourth of young adults are looking for love through dating websites or apps.
This relatively new form of courtship...
What Plato can teach you about finding a soulmate
Firmin DeBrabander, Maryland Institute College of Art
In the beginning, humans were androgynous. So says Aristophanes in his fantastical account of the origins of love...
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Study predicts multi-meter sea level rise this century, but not everyone...
Kevin Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research
There’s a new study that’s getting a fair amount of attention in the climate science community and...
