Charlie Kirk talked with young people at universities for a reason – he wanted American education to return to traditional values
Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah, shortly before he was shot and killed. Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images Conservative activist Charlie Kir...
Daniel Ruggles, PhD Candidate in Politics, Brandeis University
How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media ban
Riot police fire tear gas into crowds of demonstrators in Kathmandu on Sept. 8, 2025.Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty ImagesDays of unrest in Nepal have resulted in the ousting of a deeply unpopular gove...
Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind
Social media often serves up disturbing images but you can minimize your exposure.Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty ImagesWhen graphic videos go viral, like the recent fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk...
Annie Margaret, Teaching Assistant Professor of Creative Technology & Design, ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder
Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence
Punishment by tar and feather of Thomas Ditson, who purchased a gun from a British soldier in Boston…
Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces …
NASA’s Perseverance rover explores Mars' Jezero Crater.NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS, CC BY-NCAs the P…
‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
While developing his theory of natural selection, Charles Darwin was horrified by a group of wasps t…
Parasitic worms bury themselves in the brains of moose and elk – a new test can help diagnose these …
The difficult-to-detect meningeal worm is spread by white-tailed deer and is a notorious killer of m…
Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for deca…
The NIH is a node in an interconnected system producing health and medical advances. Anchalee Phanma…
Beauty sleep isn’t a myth – a sleep medicine expert explains how rest keeps your skin healthy and yo…
Getting enough sleep is one of the most accessible and powerful ways to maintain healthy skin.Tatyan…
Social scientists have long found women tend to be more religious than men – but Gen Z may show a sh…
Students leave after attending a Catholic Mass at Benedictine College on Dec. 3, 2023, in Atchison, …