By Jonah Walters, Postdoctoral Fellow in Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
When coroners shield their records from public view, they’re not just violating the public trust. Often, they’re also breaking the law.
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By Robert Parkinson, Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
A partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials beyond the reach of the people – these are the grievances that drove a revolution.
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By Peter C. Mancall, Distinguished Professor and Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
European colonial powers linked church and state. But the founders of the United States broke from that idea as surely as they broke from Britain.
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By Kimberly Van Meter, Associate Professor of Geography, Penn State
Nandita Basu, Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair of Global Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology, University of Waterloo
Decades of farmers using more fertilizer than they needed have quietly built up large reserves of nutrients in the soil.
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By Kelley Cours Anderson, Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Charleston
Ashley Hass, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Portland
Breanne A. Mertz, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Tampa
More than 2 in 5 social media marketers say they plan to leave their job within two years, and many cite insufficient mental health support from supervisors.
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By Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
Each June, the nation turns its attention to the U.S. Supreme Court as it hands down some of its most consequential decisions.
Long before a landmark Supreme Court ruling dominates the headlines, it is shaped by a highly structured legal process, much of which takes place out of public view. This procedure involves strict…
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By Federico Caprotti, Professor of Human Geography, University of Exeter
A new basic solar grant made electricity more affordable for families in the Qandu Qandu shack settlement in Cape Town, South Africa.
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By Lydia O'Meara, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Paula Dominguez-Salas, Assistant Professor of Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Worldwide, women carry the greatest burden of malnutrition. More than two-thirds of women of childbearing age don’t get enough of at least one micronutrient. These are the vitamins and minerals, such as iron, that the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy. A shortage is often called “hidden hunger” because a woman can eat enough to feel full yet still not have enough essential…
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By Luisa F. Escobar Alvarado, Post Doctoral researcher, Università di Torino
Few places in Africa have been as isolated and understudied as eastern Angola, particularly the highlands of the Moxico provinces, a region rich in biodiversity, culture and history. The country’s political past helps explain this isolation. Having achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 after 11 years of war, Angola descended into a civil war that lasted 27 years, one of the longest conflicts in Africa.
Since peace…
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By Joan Silk, Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
Baboons are one of the most widespread of Africa’s primate groups. They range across sub-Saharan Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula.
Baboons’ ability to spread across such a vast geographic area is based on their great ecological adaptability and dietary flexibility. This enables them to flourish in a wide variety of habitats, including deserts, swamps, open grasslands, woodlands and tropical forests.
I am an evolutionary…
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