The Conversation - George Washington's legacy on slavery

Can coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation? A psychologist explains why there’s no substitute for shut-eye

Kimberly Fenn, Michigan State University

While a cup of joe or a brief nap during an all-nighter might help you feel a little more alert, it won’t offset cognitive impairments from sleep deprivation when you’re performing complex tasks.

Images of Jesus have always been complex and contradictory − this class looks at how pop culture imagines him, from cartoons to musicals

Jeannie Sellick, Bowdoin College

Is Jesus a peacemaker or a warrior? A socialist or a capitalist? Depending on whom you ask, American Christians see Christ as all these things and more.

Potentially faulty data spotted in surveys of drug use and other behaviors among LGBQ youth

Joseph Cimpian, New York University

Potential inaccuracies in CDC high school surveys may have created an exaggerated perception that LGBQ youth engage in risky behaviors, new research shows.

3 reasons we use graphic novels to teach math and physics

Sarah Klanderman, Marian University; Josha Ho, Marian University

Graphic novels pair text and images to explain complex topics – from thermodynamics to abstract math – without alienating STEM-averse students.

What Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s canceled cage match says about masculine anxiety

Kristen Barber, University of Missouri-Kansas City

‘Performances of virility’ tend to coincide with beliefs that masculinity is either in crisis or under attack.

NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior

Jim Bell, Arizona State University

Liftoff to the distant asteroid is scheduled for Oct. 5, 2023 – the beginning of a six-year journey to one of the most unusual objects in the solar system.

Mobile robots get a leg up from a more-is-better communications principle

Baxi Chong, Georgia Institute of Technology

A study found that adding legs does more for you than having a good sense of the ground around you − if you’re a mobile robot.

Ohio voters kept it easy to pass a constitutional amendment protecting abortion − but also for the majority to someday limit other rights

Edward L. Lascher Jr., California State University, Sacramento; Joshua J. Dyck, UMass Lowell

The recent push in Ohio to pass a constitutional amendment was seen as a move to curb abortion rights. It failed. Two scholars say the ballot measure was really about minority rights in a democracy.

Where will Trump go on trial first? How federal and state prosecutors and judges work out conflicts

Darryl K. Brown, University of Virginia

Trump has trial dates set for three of his four criminal cases. But generally, state and federal prosecutors will coordinate to make sure that their dates don’t overlap.

War in Ukraine is a warning to China of the risks in attacking Taiwan

Oppenheimer often used Sanskrit verses, and the Bhagavad Gita was special for him − but not in the way Christopher Nolan’s film depicts it

Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management – rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fiber packaging instead