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Blurry, morphing and surreal – a new AI aesthetic is emerging in film - Holly Willis, University of Southern California

19 hours ago

'For the very first time I really enjoyed sex!' − how lesbian escort agencies became a form of self-care in Japan -- Marta Fanasca, Università di Bologna

19 hours ago

Dorothy Allison was an authentic voice for the poor, capturing the beauty, humor and pain of working-class life in America -- Lennard J. Davis, University of Illinois Chicago

1 day ago

Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes -- Jose Valentino Ruiz, University of Florida

13 days ago

An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet -- Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis

19 hours ago

Compassion amid chaos − how one of America's greatest poets became a lifeline for wounded soldiers -- Richard Gunderman, Indiana University

7 days ago

Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media's WNBA coverage -- Molly Yanity, University of Rhode Island

1 month ago

Up against Hank Greenberg, baseball's first Jewish superstar, antisemitism struck out -- Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University

1 month ago

What White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf can learn from the last team to lose 120 games -- Nick Hirshon, William Paterson University

1 month ago

50 years after the first procedure, Tommy John surgery is more common than ever − especially for young athletes -- Ted Spiker, University of Florida and Kevin W. Farmer, University of Florida

1 month ago

The best horror movie you've never seen -- Scott Malia, College of the Holy Cross

26 days ago

What James Earl Jones can teach us about activism and art in times of crisis -- Dominic Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles

2 months ago

ChatGPT and the movie 'Her' are just the latest example of the 'sci-fi feedback loop' -- Rizwan Virk, Arizona State University

4 months ago

How 'Dune' became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology -- Devin Griffiths, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

4 months ago

Bradley Cooper, Cillian Murphy and the myths of Method acting -- Scott Malia, College of the Holy Cross

4 months ago

Photographer Louis Carlos Bernal memorialized the barrios at the US-Mexican border -- Rebecca Senf, University of Arizona

2 months ago

How the surrealists used randomness as a catalyst for creative expression -- Mark Robert Rank, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

4 months ago

From shrimp Jesus to fake self-portraits, AI-generated images have become the latest form of social media spam -- Renee DiResta, Stanford University; Abhiram Reddy, Georgetown University, and Josh A. Goldstein, Georgetown University

4 months ago

'Hidden mother' photos don't erase moms − rather, they reveal the labor and love that support the child -- Andrea Kaston Tange, Macalester College

4 months ago

As the stars of hip-hop's golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music -- A.D. Carson, University of Virginia

16 days ago

By not lip-syncing Amy Winehouse's songs, actress Marisa Abela confronts impossible expectations in 'Back to Black' -- Katherine Meizel, Bowling Green State University

4 months ago

The science behind Ariana Grande's vocal metamorphosis -- Lydia Kruse, Purdue University

3 months ago

Missy Elliott tours as a headliner − and it's about time -- Elliott H. Powell, University of Minnesota

3 months ago

'Born in the USA' turns 40 − and still remains one of Bruce Springsteen's most misunderstood songs -- Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

4 months ago

As more Americans go 'no contact' with their parents, they live out a dilemma at the heart of Shakespeare's 'King Lear' -- Jeanette Tran, Drake University

22 days ago

The whip-poor-will has been an omen of death for centuries − what happened to this iconic bird of American horror? -- Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver

28 days ago

Hemingway, after the hurricane -- Verna Kale, Penn State

30 days ago

The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due -- Dennis Wilson Wise, University of Arizona

1 month ago

Nationalism is not patriotism: 3 insights from Orwell about Trump and the 2024 election -- Mark Satta, Wayne State University

20 days ago

US states are finally starting to put in place protections for the kids of family vloggers -- Jessica Maddox, University of Alabama

2 days ago

US government tries to rein in an out-of-control subscription economy -- David Arditi, University of Texas at Arlington

19 days ago

Farms to fame: How China's rural influencers are redefining country life -- Mitchell Gallagher, Wayne State University

29 days ago

Congress is trying to force carmakers to keep AM radio − it should also use this opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past -- Matthew Jordan, Penn State

1 month ago

How organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the 'scab' -- Ian Afflerbach, University of North Georgia

2 months ago

What America's first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation -- Matthew Wynn Sivils, Iowa State University

4 months ago

Records of Pompeii's survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives -- Steven L. Tuck, Miami University

4 months ago

What the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy fossil reveals about nudity and shame -- Stacy Keltner, Kennesaw State University

4 months ago

How the 18th-century 'probability revolution' fueled the casino gambling craze -- John Eglin, University of Montana

4 months ago

How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality -- Anya Jabour, University of Montana

2 months ago

Colorado is home to the longest-running gay rodeo in the world -- Rebecca Scofield, University of Idaho and Elyssa Ford, Northwest Missouri State University

4 months ago

Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people -- Laurie Marhoefer, University of Washington

4 months ago

Transgender regret? Research challenges narratives about gender-affirming surgeries -- Harry Barbee, Johns Hopkins University; Bashar Hassan, Johns Hopkins University, and Fan Liang, Johns Hopkins University

4 months ago

I documented dozens of shrines to people who've died in North Philly − here's what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma -- Gordon Coonfield, Villanova University

2 months ago

A short history of the rise, fall and return of Detroit's Michigan Central Station -- Mila Puccini, Wayne State University and Jeffrey Horner, Wayne State University

4 months ago

'Yellowstone' highlights Montana's long-forgotten connection to the Confederacy -- Randi Lynn Tanglen, University of North Dakota

12 days ago

In 'Nobody Wants This,' rom-com gets century-old tropes with a new twist – the cute rabbi -- Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder

1 month ago

Bob Newhart was more than an actor or comedian – he was a literary master -- Mark Canada, Indiana University Kokomo

3 months ago

Creative life after death − or yes, you can control spinoffs from beyond the grave -- Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia and Reid Kress Weisbord, Rutgers University - Newark

2 months ago

'Homicide: Life on the Streets' laid the groundwork for Peak TV – and it's finally available to stream for new and old fans of the series -- Summit Osur, Quinnipiac University

2 months ago

Why do people have different tastes in music? A music education expert explains why some songs are universally liked, while others aren't -- Jane Kuehne, Auburn University

2 days ago