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Classic literature still offers rich lessons about life in the deep blue sea

When OceanGate, the deep-sea exploration enterprise, created a promotional video for its ill-fated US$250,000-per-head trip to see the wreck of the Titanic, it told...

Children, like adults, tend to underestimate how welcome their random acts of kindness will be

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. From expressing gratitude to surprising someone with a mug of hot chocolate on...

A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are...

Female physicists aren’t represented in the media – and this lack of representation hurts the physics field

Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie “Oppenheimer,” set for release July 21, 2023, depicts J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic...

Strep throat can easily be confused with throat infections caused by viruses – here are a few ways to know the difference

“My sore throats, you know, are always worse than anybody’s.” So declares Mary to Anne in “Persuasion,” Jane Austen’s 1817 book. Most of us...

Putting a price on exoskeleton assistance puts users in the driver’s seat of honing the tech

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. My colleagues and I have used a tool from economics to measure the...

Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP – push back against one-party politics

Top leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dropped a bombshell in June 2023 by telling their flock to vote for...

Anti-LGBTQ laws in the US are getting struck down for limiting free speech of drag queens and doctors

Nearly 500 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures in the U.S. in 2023. Many of those bills seek to reduce or eliminate...

How climate change intensifies the water cycle, fueling extreme rainfall and flooding – the Northeast deluge was just the latest

A powerful storm system that hit the U.S. Northeast on July 9 and 10, 2023, dumped close to 10 inches of rain on New...

Liberal CEOs were more likely to exit Russia following its invasion of Ukraine than more conservative corporate leaders

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Companies led by liberal-leaning CEOs were more likely to leave Russia following its...

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