Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh
Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on little sleep, raising concerns that fatigue...
DEI programs are designed to help white people too – here’s how
While diversity, equity and inclusion may on the surface seem focused on certain groups, in fact DEI programs benefit people from all walks of...
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep 400 million pilgrims safe at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep 400 million pilgrims safe at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
Milad Haghani, UNSW Sydney
Imagine a gathering so...
Birkin handbags, Walmart’s ‘Wirkin’ and the meme-ification of class warfare
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
In previous eras of internet culture, mockery of the rich and famous was usually relegated to far-left forums.
But as 2025 begins,...
So Long President Jimmy Carter 1924-2024
This morning Wall Street held a moment of silence for President Jimmy Carter - may he rest in peace.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of...
What’s the point of giving gifts? An anthropologist explains this ancient part of being human
Chip Colwell, University of Colorado Denver
Have you planned out your holiday gift giving yet? If you’re anything like me, you might be waiting until...
Autoworkers, Boeing machinists, cannabis drivers: Labor unions are mobilizing in new and old industries alike
Robert Forrant, UMass Lowell
What do violinists, grocery store clerks, college dorm counselors, nurses, teachers, hotel housekeepers, dockworkers, TV writers, autoworkers, Amazon warehouse workers and...
Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’ − creating a path for treatment
Bupe Bus
Margaret Lowenstein, University of Pennsylvania
A mobile team offering medication treatment to people with opioid use disorder showed promise in getting patients in Philadelphia...
Online romance scams: Research reveals scammers’ tactics – and how to defend against them
Fangzhou Wang, University of Texas at Arlington
In the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” victims exposed notorious con artist Simon Leviev, who posed as a...
‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop
The popular phrase ‘knowledge of self’ – invoked by numerous rappers who adhere to Islam – is nearly a millennium old. Paul Hawthorne for Getty Images