By Jamey Jacob, Executive Director, Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education, Oklahoma State University
These electric aircraft take off and land vertically so they don’t need runways. And they promise a quieter, more accessible and less polluting form of short-distance air travel than helicopters.
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By Naomi S. Baron, Professor Emerita of Linguistics, American University
“Pat the Bunny,” the 1940 classic touch-and-feel book, is still in print – a testament to the value of touch in introducing infants and toddlers to the world of reading. Later, when children reach school age, a common technique for teaching the alphabet is using hands-on manipulation, such as forming letters out of clay.
But as these students get older, the role of touch diminishes – to the students’ detriment. Today’s reading assignments are…
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By Suzanne OConnell, Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
Alton C. Byers, Senior Research Associate, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder
Mountain tourism brings revenues to Nepal but leaves a mess behind. Local and international groups are offering new cleanup strategies.
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By Stephen Wooding, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Heritage Studies, University of California, Merced
Cassava’s many assets would seem to make it the ideal crop, except for one drawback: It’s highly poisonous. Human ingenuity has made cassava edible for millennia.
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By James L. Fitzsimmons, Professor of Anthropology, Middlebury
Some people fear that breaking a mirror can lead to seven years of misfortune. The history of this superstition may go back to the ancient Greeks and Romans, who ascribed mysterious powers to reflected images.
As a scholar of the Indigenous religions of the Americas, I know that the ancient Maya had a different take on cracked mirrors. During…
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By Christopher Ewing, Assistant Professor of History, Purdue University
Hate crime legislation is often touted as a progressive tool to end violence and champion inclusion. Its origins tell a more complicated story.
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By Thaddeus L. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
Natasha N. Johnson, Clinical Instructor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
Research has shown that anti-gun violence programs have more success when they address root causes such as generational poverty, easy access to guns and a lack of affordable housing.
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By Ryan M. Armstrong, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Oklahoma State University
The Book of Job and ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ both make fun of preachy know-it-alls and resist conventions of their genres.
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By Ehiaze Ehimen, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Environmental Research Innovation and Sustainability (CERIS), Atlantic Technological University
Thomas Robin, Research Officer, Centre for Environmental Research Innovation and Sustainability (CERIS), Atlantic Technological University
Biogas systems that generate cooking gas from plant waste can be relatively low-cost to set up. They come with environmental and health benefits for rural people who have only firewood to cook with.
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By Prinola Govenden, Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg
There is much to celebrate about the critical role the media have played in 30 years of democracy. But challenges remain.
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