Linda E. White, Middlebury For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of the...
Kelsey Juliana, a lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit over responsibility for climate change, speaks at a 2019 rally in Oregon. AP Photo/Steve Dipaola Hannah Wiseman,...
Tatooine’s moisture farming equipment stands in the desert of Tunisia, where parts of the ‘Star Wars’ movie series were filmed. Véronique Debord-Lazaro via Flickr, CC BY-SA...
A true advertising face-plant happens when a commercial is both tone-deaf and completely forgettable. spxChrome/iStock via Getty Images Matthew Pittman, University of Tennessee What makes something...
Students ask questions during a social studies class on American politics. AP Photo/John Minchillo Lightning Jay, Binghamton University, State University of New York Can you tell...
The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasibility project. AP Photo/Francois Mori Jesse Rhoades, University of North Dakota and Rebecca...
Neither party – Democrats nor Republicans – is doing a better job at fixing crime. Carl Ballou – iStock/Getty Images Plus Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Harvard Kennedy...
Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Oxford The death of Pope Francis has been announced by the Vatican. I first met the late Pope Francis at the...
Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system. NASA via AP Benjamin Roulston, Clarkson University Powering spacecraft with...
This is a close-up photo of an ordinary garden fly. Amith Nag Photography/Moment via Getty Images Nicholas Green, Kennesaw State University Curious Kids is a series...
