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Trump administration aims to slash funds that preserve the nation's rich architectural and cultural history - Michael R. Allen, West Virginia University

5 days ago

'Jaws' and the two musical notes that changed Hollywood forever -- Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder

7 days ago

Sly Stone turned isolation into inspiration, forging a path for a generation of music-makers -- Jose Valentino Ruiz, University of Florida

17 days ago

3D-printed model of a 500-year-old prosthetic hand hints at life of a Renaissance amputee -- Heidi Hausse, Auburn University and Peden Jones, Auburn University

5 days ago

A new book of Edward Gorey's drawings shows what's lost when the artist's sexuality is glossed over -- Elizabeth Wolfson, Washington University in St. Louis

12 days ago

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught with moral peril -- Richard Gunderman, Indiana University

4 days ago

What if universal rental assistance were implemented to deal with the housing crisis? -- Alex Schwartz, The New School and Kirk McClure, University of Kansas

4 days ago

To spur the construction of affordable, resilient homes, the future is concrete -- Pablo Moyano Fernández, Washington University in St. Louis

5 days ago

Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing shortage -- Eran Ben-Joseph, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

4 days ago

Could a bold anti-poverty experiment from the 1960s inspire a new era in housing justice? -- Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Michigan State University

1 month ago

Family homesteads with tangled titles are contributing to rural America's housing crisis -- Jennifer Pindyck, Auburn University; Christian Ayala Lopez, Auburn University, and Rusty Smith, Auburn University

14 days ago

Dismal ticket sales, grumblings from fans and clubs – is FIFA's latest attempt to establish a global club game doomed before it starts? -- Stefan Szymanski, University of Michigan

20 days ago

NCAA will pay its current and former athletes in an agreement that will transform college sports -- Joshua Lens, University of Iowa

19 days ago

Women are reclaiming their place in baseball -- Callie Maddox, Miami University

2 months ago

When algorithms take the field – inside MLB's robo-umping experiment -- Arthur Daemmrich, Arizona State University and Eric S. Hintz, Smithsonian Institution

3 months ago

A Palestinian-Israeli film just won an Oscar − so why is it so hard to see? -- Drew Paul, University of Tennessee

3 months ago

What Amazon MGM's creative control over the James Bond film franchise means for the future of 007 -- Colin Burnett, Washington University in St. Louis

3 months ago

How Oscar-nominated screenwriters attempt to craft authentic dialogue, dialects and accents -- Chris C. Palmer, Kennesaw State University and Mitchell Olson, Kennesaw State University

4 months ago

At Cannes, decency and dress codes clash with fashion's red carpet revolution -- Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, University of Southern California

1 month ago

'Emilia Pérez' was nominated for 13 Oscars. Why do so many people hate it? -- Alejandra Marquez Guajardo, Michigan State University

4 months ago

A portrait taken in North Philly in the 1980s reconnects poet with cherished memories of her own beloved father -- Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, Temple University

17 days ago

Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership -- Beth C. Caldwell, Southwestern Law School

2 months ago

Can animals make art? -- Shawn Simpson, University of Pittsburgh

3 months ago

An artist traces her choices under Putin's Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time -- Stephen Norris, Miami University

3 months ago

'The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop' sings one last encore from beyond the grave -- Xianda Huang, University of California, Los Angeles

21 days ago

When Elvis and Ella were pressed onto X-rays – the subversive legacy of Soviet 'bone music' -- Richard Gunderman, Indiana University

1 month ago

On stage but out of the spotlight − the quiet struggle of being an opening act -- Jeff Apruzzese, Drexel University

2 months ago

Kendrick Lamar's big Super Bowl moment -- Christina L. Myers, Michigan State University

2 months ago

Bob Dylan and the creative leap that transformed modern music -- Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University

6 months ago

Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic -- Gregg D. Caruso, Fairfield University

1 month ago

AI isn't replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it -- Jeanne Beatrix Law, Kennesaw State University

1 month ago

RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there's a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers -- Bradley J. Irish, Arizona State University

1 month ago

AI isn't what we should be worried about – it's the humans controlling it -- Billy J. Stratton, University of Denver

2 months ago

From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase 'pride and prejudice' -- Margie Burns, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

3 months ago

Like today's selfie-takers, Walt Whitman used photography to curate his image – but ended up more lost than found -- Trevin Corsiglia, Washington University in St. Louis

28 days ago

How does a person become famous when they're just a kid? -- Matthew Pittman, University of Tennessee

1 month ago

Trump targets NPR and PBS as public and nonprofit media account for a growing share of local news coverage -- Matthew Powers, University of Washington

1 month ago

The woman who turned the Met Gala into the biggest party of the year -- Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, University of Southern California

1 month ago

Pope Leo XIV's link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migration -- Chelsea Stieber, Tulane University

1 month ago

With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars -- Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University

2 months ago

200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history's greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations -- Marlene L. Daut, Yale University

2 months ago

Trump's vision for Air Force One will turn it from the 'Flying White House' to a 'palace in the sky' -- Janet Bednarek, University of Dayton

1 month ago

The problem with Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center isn't the possibility of 'Cats' -- Joanna Dee Das, Washington University in St. Louis

2 months ago

With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there -- Dawn Szymanski, University of Tennessee

3 months ago

Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law -- Sarah Barringer, University of Iowa

4 months ago

A federal policy expert weighs in on Trump's efforts to stifle gender-affirming care for Americans under 19 -- Elana Redfield, University of California, Los Angeles

5 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg thinks workplaces need to 'man up' − here's why that's bad for all employees, no matter their gender -- Adam Stanaland, University of Richmond

5 months ago

The hidden history of Philadelphia's window-box gardens and their role in urban reform -- Sonja Dümpelmann, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

2 months ago

In pardoning reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, Trump taps into a sense of persecution felt by his conservative Christian base -- Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

24 days ago

Is a 'friend-apist' what we really want from therapy? -- David E. Tolchinsky, Indiana University

2 months ago

The child boss in 'Severance' reveals a devastating truth about work and child-rearing in the 21st century -- Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut

3 months ago

Why 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' almost didn't air − and why it endures -- Stephen Lind, University of Southern California

6 months ago

'Love Is Blind' contestants count as employees − new US government agency finding could shake up reality TV production -- David Arditi, University of Texas at Arlington

6 months ago

Is AI sparking a cognitive revolution that will lead to mediocrity and conformity? -- Wolfgang Messner, University of South Carolina

25 days ago

Why you should think twice before using shorthand like 'thx' and 'k' in your texts -- David Fang, Stanford University

2 months ago

America is becoming a nation of homebodies -- Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Morris, Clemson University, and Sam Speroni, University of California, Los Angeles

3 months ago

The Michelin Guide is Eurocentric and elitist − yet it will soon be an arbiter of culinary excellence in Philly -- Tulasi Srinivas, Emerson College

25 days ago

Nutrition Facts labels have a complicated legacy – a historian explains the science and politics of translating food into information -- Xaq Frohlich, Auburn University

17 days ago