Tag: quick reads
Fungi can help concrete heal its own cracks
Congrui Jin, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Infrastructure supports and facilitates our daily lives – think of the roads we drive on, the...
Skip fights about digital devices over the holidays – instead, let...
Shelia R. Cotten, Michigan State University
Holidays are a time for family and friends to come together, to celebrate and to enjoy each other’s company....
How to put data to work in your neighborhood
Stephanie Shipp, Virginia Tech; Catherine Woteki, Iowa State University; Sallie Keller, Virginia Tech, and Sarah M. Nusser, Iowa State University
Every day, city governments collect...
Who are the Baha’is and why are they so persecuted?
Zackery M. Heern, Idaho State University
The Baha'is are among the most persecuted religious minorities in the world.
In Iran, where the religion was founded, universities...
Why Silicon Valley wants you to text and drive
Jack Barkenbus, Vanderbilt University
As self-driving cars come closer to being common on American roads, much of the rhetoric promoting them has to do with...
Learning by giving: How today’s students can become tomorrow’s philanthropists
Jodi Benenson, University of Nebraska Omaha; David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Lindsey McDougle, Rutgers University Newark
If someone asked...
Will Puerto Ricans return home after Hurricane María?
Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Pennsylvania State University
Even before this year’s devastating hurricane season, the team of demographers I work with at Penn State and the...
Why Hurricane Harvey donors shouldn’t boycott the Red Cross
Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
As with all natural disasters, the public and the business world have reacted with an outpouring of aid for...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
