Cannabis sales and use are high in Michigan – but federal law means research lags behind
Cannabis users have a variety of products to choose fromArturo Barajas/The Conversation, CC BY-NDHave you been to a licensed cannabis dispensary lately? My team and I often visit them in the Greater L...
Omayma Alshaarawy, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Michigan State University
Christian satellite TV has broadcast evangelical faith – and end-times prophecies – into Iran for decades
Satellite dishes hang from a housing complex in Tehran on March 29, 2026, amid U.S.-Israeli military operations in the region. Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen the United States and Isr...
Febe Armanios, Professor of History, Middlebury College
Seeing women govern encourages support for women in politics – with no apparent backlash among men
Supporters of the South West Africa People's Organization gather at a campaign rally in Windhoek, Namibia, on Nov. 24, 2024.Simon Maina/AFP via Getty ImagesQuotas designed to bring gender parity to pa...
Vladimir Chlouba, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond
Students expect their university will mishandle sexual misconduct, if they ever report it
Although sexual misconduct is common on college campuses, most people do not officially report their…
One-way attack drones: Low-cost, high-tech weapons ‘democratize’ precision warfare
Iran's Shahed drone is essentially a poor man's cruise missile.AP Photo/Efrem LukatskyWars in Ukrain…
Health information delivered as a video game can bridge the communication gap between patients and p…
Video games that convey health information could be a good use of time in doctors' waiting rooms.kal…
Washington DC’s 240 million-gallon sewage spill is a symptom of nationwide trouble
A pipe carries water and raw sewage into the C&O Canal, parallel to the Potomac River.Chip Somod…
Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – th…
Motown's Martha and the Vandellas inspired future generations of girl groups in pop music, including…
As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots?
King Richard's Faire in Carver, Mass., was inaugurated in 1982 and is the longest-running renaissanc…