Rethinking Holocaust education for Gen Z

Yoga: Modern research shows a variety of benefits to both body and mind from the ancient practice

Herpreet Thind, UMass Lowell

Yoga’s surge in popularity in the past decade has spurred more research into its effects. The combination of physical movement and mindfulness provides a wide range of health benefits.

Horror and anguish are playing out on repeat following the latest mass shooting – and the mental health scars extend far beyond those directly affected

Arash Javanbakht, Wayne State University

Even people who are only indirectly exposed to these repeat tragedies, such as first responders and those affected by media coverage, can experience profound and long-lasting grief.

Grassroots AIDS activists fought for and won affordable HIV treatments around the world – but PEPFAR didn’t change governments and pharma

Dan Royles, Florida International University

The US PEPFAR initiative has brought HIV medication to millions of people globally. Behind this progress are the activists that pressured politicians and companies to put patients over patents.

Parsing which foods are healthy and which are less so isn’t always straightforward – a new rating system aims to demystify the process

Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University; Jeffrey B. Blumberg, Tufts University; Paul F. Jacques, Tufts University; Renata Micha, Tufts University

The Food Compass system scores foods based on variables like the amounts of refined grains and sugars, processing and healthful ingredients. People who ate better-scoring foods had better overall health.

How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom

Viola Franziska Müller, University of Bonn

Instead of using the secret routes along the Underground Railroad to find freedom in the North, thousands of enslaved Black people fled to free Black communities in Southern slaveholding states.

Device transmits radio waves with almost no power – without violating the laws of physics

Joshua R. Smith, University of Washington; Zerina Kapetanovic, Stanford University

A wireless transmitter uses almost no power and at first glance appears to violate the laws of physics. It’s actually a clever use of physics that could one day transmit data from tiny remote sensors.

Lots of people believe in Bigfoot and other pseudoscience claims – this course examines why

Craig Foster, State University of New York College at Cortland

A university course teaches students why people believe false and evidence-starved claims, to show them how to determine what’s accurate and real and what’s neither.

New passport rankings show that the world is opening up – but not for everyone

Patrick Bixby, Arizona State University

A passport from the United Arab Emirates will get you into far more destinations than one from Afghanistan. Gaps like this have big implications for people’s ability to travel, reside and work.

Copper transformed way the world works before: it’s about to do so again

Why can’t the West agree on how much military support to send to Ukraine?

Deepfakes: faces created by AI now look more real than genuine photos