Sleep could give players an edge in the Super Bowl

The surprising reason why insects circle lights at night: They lose track of the sky

Samuel Fabian, Imperial College London; Jamie Theobald, Florida International University; Yash Sondhi, University of Florida

A new study shows how artificial light at night scrambles insects’ normal flight patterns, pulling them off course into orbit around the light.

‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists

Gavin Naylor, University of Florida

‘Jaws,’ published in 1974, terrified the public of sharks, but it also brought shark research into the scientific mainstream.

More than a year after the death of an environmental activist, questions remain on the dangerousness of the Stop Cop City movement near Atlanta

Michael K. Logan, Kennesaw State University; Jennifer Carson, University of Central Missouri

The death of a protester in 2023 at the site of the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center has brought renewed attention to radical environmentalism in the United States.

How Black male college athletes deal with anti-Black stereotypes on campus

Jonathan Howe, Temple University

Black male athletes at Division I schools say they alter their speech, dress and other behaviors to gain acceptance in mostly white academic and athletic settings.

This course examines how conflicts arise over borders

Nita Prasad, Quinnipiac University

Religious, racial and class-based differences often get politicized.

Eating disorders are the most lethal mental health conditions – reconnecting with internal body sensations can help reduce self-harm

April Smith, Auburn University

Many people with eating disorders die from suicide. Improving perception of internal body states, or interoception, can help everyone better care for their own bodies.

Teens on social media need both protection and privacy – AI could help get the balance right

Afsaneh Razi, Drexel University

Social media companies have come under intense pressure to do more to protect teens, but there’s another concern – they could go too far.

What Americans can learn from Danish masculinity

Marie Helweg-Larsen, Dickinson College

American men see manhood in opposition to womanhood. Danes, on the other hand, see manhood as not acting immaturely, as a boy would.

Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake

Duane Jethro, University of Cape Town

Many South Africans have a strong personal relationship with Nelson Mandela. The planned auction felt like a transgression of the moral boundary of familial respect.

Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome

Why are so many robots white?

Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs