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Why Russia gave up Alaska, America’s gateway to the Arctic

On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and Russian envoy Baron Edouard de Stoeckl signed the Treaty of Cession. With...

What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

Every vehicle built after 1981 has a unique vehicle identification number, or VIN. The location of this string of letters and numbers varies, but...

Animal behavior research is getting better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in – but there’s still room to improve

Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their...

A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll

The news about the Israel-Hamas war is filled with reports of Israeli families huddling in fear from relentless rocket attacks, Israeli tanks and artillery...

On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods

Society Hill, where Sixers star Joel Embiid recently put his penthouse condo on the market for US$5.5 million, has long been one of Philadelphia’s...

Supporting ‘democracy’ is hard for many who feel government and the economy are failing them

Americans, it seems, can both value the idea of democracy and not support it in practice. Since 2016, academics and journalists have expressed concerns...

Many immigrants to the US are fleeing violence and persecution − here’s how the federal government can help cities absorb them

Immigration has become a defining issue in the 2024 elections and a major challenge in many U.S. cities. Over the past several years, wars...

What Shakespeare can teach us about racism

William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy “Othello” is often the first play that comes to mind when people think of Shakespeare and race. And if not...

As humans, we all want self-respect – and keeping that in mind might be the missing ingredient when you try to change someone’s mind

Why is persuasion so hard, even when you have facts on your side? As a philosopher, I’m especially interested in persuasion – not just...

Columbia University protests look increasingly like those in 1968 as police storm campuses nationwide

Columbia University has become the epicenter of student protests over the war in Gaza. In the following Q&A, Stefan Bradley, a history professor at...

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