Tag: significant terms
What’s cellulitis? A dermatologist explains
Marjorie Montanez-Wiscovich, University of Florida and Arthur Mark Samia, University of Florida
Your skin usually deflects any bacteria it...
What is a heat dome? An atmospheric scientist explains the weather...
William Gallus, Iowa State University
A heat dome occurs when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over...
What’s a bear market? An economist explains
Vidhura S Tennekoon, IUPUI
A 16th-century proverb advises: “It’s unwise to sell a bear’s skin before catching it.”
What is Afrofuturism? An English professor explains
Julian C. Chambliss, Michigan State University
The new sci-fi musical “Neptune Frost,” set in a Rwandan village constructed with...
What’s a 990 form? A charity accounting expert explains
Sarah Webber, University of Dayton
Most tax-exempt nonprofits must file a 990 form with the Internal Revenue Service every...
What is pay-as-you-throw? A waste expert explains
Lily Baum Pollans, Hunter College
Pay-as-you-throw is a policy that charges people for the amount of trash they toss out. It’s also sometimes called variable-rate...
What is the Fed taper? An economist explains how the Federal...
Edouard Wemy, Clark University
Tapering refers to the Federal Reserve policy of unwinding the massive purchases of Treasury bonds...
What is chaos? A complex systems scientist explains
Mitchell Newberry, University of Michigan
Chaos evokes images of the dinosaurs running wild in Jurassic Park, or my friend’s...
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...
