Tag: quick reads
Heart transplant doctors could help more people by accepting donations from...
Leora Yarboro, University of Virginia and Elizabeth D. Krebs, University of Virginia
Heart disease is the top cause of death in the U.S. For some...
Curious Kids: How are cats declawed, and is it painful?
Ilana Halperin, University of California, Davis
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert...
Thanks, ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ for reminding us why inflation matters
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
Marvel recently re-released the final film in its “Avengers” series with extra footage and a post-credit tribute in hopes of...
What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
Stephen Schneider, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the...
May jobs report suggests a slowing economy – and possibly an...
Richard Grossman, Wesleyan University
The latest jobs data suggests an interest rate cut may be imminent.
The Labor Department reported on June 7 that U.S. nonfarm...
The economic cost of devastating hurricanes and other extreme weather events...
Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University
June marks the official start of hurricane season. If recent history is any guide, it will prove to be another...
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...
How soybeans became China’s most powerful weapon in Trump’s trade war
Ian Sheldon, The Ohio State University
Soybeans may not seem all that useful in a war. Nonetheless they’ve become China’s most important weapon in its...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
