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TikTok's popular microdramas shrink TV into bite-sized chunks - Jessica Maddox, University of Georgia and Krysten Stein, University of Cincinnati

1 hour ago

How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice -- Ziv Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, University of Michigan, and Vana Goblot, Goldsmiths, University of London

1 hour ago

Denmark's 'hands-off' approach to parenting could offer a blueprint for raising more resilient, self-reliant kids -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Dickinson College

8 days ago

We tested the new World Cup ball – this is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and swerve -- John Eric Goff, University of Puget Sound

1 day ago

Lower East Side street named for 'King of Comics' Jack Kirby, a nod to one of the countless kids of immigrants who shaped the genre -- Miriam Eve Mora, University of Michigan

3 days ago

We studied what happened when financially struggling artists received $1,000 a month, no strings attached, for 18 months -- Joanna Woronkowicz, Indiana University and Doug Noonan, Indiana University Indianapolis

1 day ago

England's 'once in a generation' housing law takes effect as US housing legislation sits in congressional purgatory -- Allyson Gold, Wake Forest University

13 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)

10 months 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

10 months ago

America's teachers are being priced out of their communities − these cities are building subsidized housing to lure them back -- Jeff Kruth, Miami University and Tammy Schwartz, Miami University

6 months ago

What the world can learn from Uruguay as the global housing crisis deepens -- Jennifer Duyne Barenstein, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Daniela Sanjinés, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

2 months ago

'Right to race' laws and the battle over America's local racetracks -- Joshua Vadeboncoeur, Gardner-Webb University

23 days ago

The nonprofit status of NCAA athletic departments is starting to raise questions -- Andrew Urbaczewski, University of Denver

1 month ago

MLB doubles down on gambling with new Polymarket deal -- Michael Delayo, Penn State

1 month ago

My research on wheelchair basketball challenges one of the biggest assumptions about sex differences in sports -- Leanne Snyder, Loyola University Chicago

1 month ago

¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! Speedy Gonzales set to make his triumphant return to the silver screen -- Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder

1 month ago

'Hamnet' is making audiences break down in tears – and upending beliefs about male grief -- Jeanette Tran, Drake University

2 months ago

As the Oscars approach, Hollywood grapples with AI's growing influence on filmmaking -- Holly Willis, University of Southern California

2 months ago

Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets? -- Cynthia Chris, City University of New York

2 months ago

How Dracula became a red-hot lover -- Stanley Stepanic, University of Virginia

2 months ago

Sora's downfall signals broader problems with AI's creative utility -- Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University

10 days ago

Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with -- Anna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina

2 months ago

AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it's already happening -- Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University

3 months ago

Why two tiny mountain peaks became one of the internet's most famous images -- Christopher Schaberg, Washington University in St. Louis

5 months ago

After the execution of James G. Broadnax in Texas, questions persist over use of rap lyrics as evidence -- A.D. Carson, University of Virginia

7 days ago

Motown's Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut -- Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago

7 days ago

Clergy protests against ICE turned to a classic – and powerful – American playlist -- David W. Stowe, Michigan State University

3 months ago

Bad Bunny says reggaeton is Puerto Rican, but it was born in Panama -- Brendan Frizzell, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

2 months ago

'Which Side Are You On?': American protest songs have emboldened social movements for generations, from coal country to Minneapolis -- Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University

3 months ago

Despite all the likes, literallys and dropped g's, English isn't decaying before our eyes -- Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno

20 days ago

Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne's 19th-century novel -- Anastasia Klimchynskaya, Illinois Wesleyan University

1 month ago

Thousands of AI-written, edited or 'polished' books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell's 'novel-writing machines' -- Laura Beers, American University

28 days ago

If using ChatGPT is cheating, what about ghostwriting? The old debate behind a new panic -- Emily Hodgson Anderson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

1 month ago

With AI finishing your sentences, what will happen to your unique voice on the page? -- Gayle Rogers, University of Pittsburgh

1 month ago

The two lives of Chuck Norris -- Ben Pettis, University of Richmond

1 month ago

As Jeff Bezos dismantles The Washington Post, 5 regional papers chart a course for survival -- Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University

3 months ago

The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children -- Rebekah Willett, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amanda Levido, Southern Cross University, and Hyeon-Seon Jeong, Gyeongin National University of Education

3 months ago

CPR on TV is often inaccurate – but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives -- Beth Hoffman, University of Pittsburgh

3 months ago

As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots? -- Katrina Stack, University of Tennessee and Reagan Yessler, Pellissippi State Community College

27 days ago

The costume maker who convinced Hersheypark to embrace candy mascots and 'chocolatize' their old-timey theme park -- John Haddad, Penn State

1 month ago

The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America's most famous female tiger trainer -- Alessandro Meregaglia, Boise State University

2 months ago

Valentine's Day cards too sugary sweet for you? Return to the 19th-century custom of the spicy 'vinegar valentine' -- Melissa Chim, Excelsior University

3 months ago

Large trunks discovered in a basement offer a window into the lives and struggles of early Filipino migrants -- Sam Vong, Smithsonian Institution

4 months ago

What 'gooning' reveals about intimacy in a world cordoned off by screens -- Jennifer Pollitt, Temple University

1 month ago

'My gender is like an empty lot' − the people who reject man, woman and any other gender label -- Canton Winer, Northern Illinois University

6 months ago

Why are women's shoes so pointy? A fashion expert on impractical but stylish footwear -- Michael Watson, University of South Carolina

6 months ago

We've been tracking the number of Americans who identify as transgender – soon, there will be no reliable way to measure them -- Jody L. Herman, University of California, Los Angeles and Andrew Ryan Flores, American University

8 months ago

In his efforts to remake federal architecture, Trump repudiates the 'republican ideals' that have long informed it -- Kevin D. Murphy, Vanderbilt University

28 days ago

Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms -- Jess Reia, University of Virginia

1 month ago

HBO's 'The Pitt' nails how hospital cyberattacks create chaos, endanger patients and disrupt critical care -- Jeffrey Tully, University of California, San Diego and Christian Dameff, University of California, San Diego

1 month ago

Why 'The West Wing' went from a bipartisan hit to a polarized streaming comfort watch over 2 decades, reflecting profound shifts in media and politics -- Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University and Nick Marx, Colorado State University

3 months ago

Life isn't all diamonds – money and fame don't shield the many 'Real Housewives' facing criminal charges -- C. Clare Strange, Drexel University

3 months ago

It's easy making green: Muppets continue to make a profit 50 years into their run -- Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder

3 months ago

Opera is not dying – but it needs a second act for the streaming era -- Christos Makridis, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies

3 months ago

Boom in cremation hides surprising truths about what Americans really want when they die -- Tanya D. Marsh, Wake Forest University

17 days ago

How polling failures, gambling legalization and political gridlock paved the way for the explosive rise of prediction markets -- Parker Bach, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1 month ago

Why do some people treat the Magic Kingdom and Disney adults like cultural abominations? -- Adam Kadlac, Wake Forest University

1 month ago

What is black garlic? How heat and humidity turn a pungent ingredient mild and slightly sweet -- Mavra Javed, Michigan State University

20 days ago

Philadelphia was once a sweet spot for chocolatiers and other candymakers who made iconic treats for Valentine's Day and other holidays -- Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder

3 months ago

A culinary educator and local dining expert breaks down Michelin's debut Philly list − and gives zero stars to the inspectors -- Jonathan Deutsch, Drexel University

5 months ago

How Hershey's chocolate survived an attack from Mars − and adopted a business strategy alien to its founder -- John Haddad, Penn State

6 months ago

Cheers! Welcome to the Nepalese village where everybody knows how to distill -- Geoff Childs, Washington University in St. Louis

13 days ago