Whitney Strub, Rutgers University – Newark Playboy’s decision earlier this month to jettison the nude images in its print edition...
The "Caitlin Clark effect" has driven record growth in the WNBA, yet Clark's rookie season ended prematurely, revealing racial tensions and media biases impacting Black athletes'...
David Delgado Shorter, University of California, Los Angeles; Kim TallBear, University of Alberta, and William Lempert, Bowdoin College We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels...
Ben Zeller, Lake Forest College Heaven’s Gate – also known as the “UFO cult” – burst into American consciousness on March 26, 1997 when law enforcement...
Christopher Nichols, The Ohio State University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
Yii-Jan Lin, Yale University During a campaign speech in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 19, 2024, Donald Trump promised to save the country from immigrants: “I will...
Barry Markovsky, University of South Carolina Most of us still call them UFOs – unidentified flying objects. NASA recently adopted the term “unidentified anomalous phenomena,” or...
Following the downing of several unidentified objects, the U.S. military is focusing on identifying UAPs or UFO, which may include balloons, secret technologies, or atmospheric phenomena.
Molly Yanity, University of Rhode Island The “Caitlin Clark effect,” or the impact on women’s basketball from a ponytailed rookie phenomenon from America’s heartland, is real:...
Lisa Bitel, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the...
