Student law reviews are new front in protests

There’s a strange history of white journalists trying to better understand the Black experience by ‘becoming’ Black

Alisha Gaines, Florida State University

These endeavors end up turning the complexity of Black life into a stunt.

American womanhood is not what it used to be − understanding the backlash to Dobbs v. Jackson

Linda J. Nicholson, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

A historian of gender and women’s rights explains how women’s protests focused on their rights evolved from the 1960s through the present.

Politics is still both local and personal – but only for independents, not for Democrats or Republicans

Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, University of Maryland; Joshua J. Dyck, UMass Lowell

Independents’ political views and policy preferences reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day. Democrats and Republicans have different sources for their views.

Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat – but there are solutions

Hanqin Tian, Boston College; Eric Davidson, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Rona Louise Thompson, Norwegian Institute for Air Research

The most comprehensive assessment yet of a powerful greenhouse gas shows which countries are driving the increase, and which ones are successfully cutting emissions.

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism – but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse

Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder

Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures around the world – and represented in the US.

African elephants address one another with name-like calls − similar to humans

Mickey Pardo, Colorado State University

Humans aren’t the only animals that have names for each other − and studying animals that use names can teach researchers more about how human names evolved.

Paris 2024 Olympics to debut high-level breakdancing – and physics in action

Amy Pope, Clemson University

Olympic breakdancers spin on their heads and backs, then freeze in funky poses. How? It’s all about physics.

Wastewater surveillance reveals pathogens in Detroit’s population, helping monitor and predict disease outbreaks since 2017

Irene Xagoraraki, Michigan State University

Detecting infectious agents in sewage is only the first step. Researchers are working on developing reliable ways to translate surveillance measurements to case numbers and infection predictions.

How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth

Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University

Researchers are interested in whether who you’re communicating with and how you’re interacting affect how likely you are to lie.

Can the US give cricket a lasting embrace – or will it always be dogged by comparisons with baseball?

Richard Thomas, Swansea University

The US may have beaten a cricketing giant in Pakistan, but moving the game forward will be an even sterner challenge.

How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater? A geotechnical engineer explains the construction tricks

Eye exercises to improve sight – is there any science behind them? An ophthalmologist explains why you shouldn’t buy the hype

American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited, too

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