Why people stay after local economies collapse

How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality

Anya Jabour, University of Montana

A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged the idea that respectable women did not – and should not – experience sexual desire or have sex, except to please men or have children.

In a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests

Brian VanDeMark, United States Naval Academy

The author of a new book about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University explains why using armed troops to respond to protests is a risky strategy.

An unseen problem with the Electoral College – it tells bad guys where to target their efforts

Barry C. Burden, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Electoral College system puts most of the attention on just a few states – and paints a target on those states’ voting systems.

Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of Earth’s climate – and how viruses adapt to climate change

Zhi-Ping Zhong, The Ohio State University; Ellen Mosley-Thompson, The Ohio State University; Lonnie Thompson, The Ohio State University; Matthew Sullivan, The Ohio State University; Virginia Rich, The Ohio State University

From ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 virus species. Reading their genomes tells the story of 41,000 years of climate change.

Each Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding − and so does the celebration of their life together

Shulamit Reinharz, Brandeis University

Jewish traditions to mark a marriage often involve ceremonies and celebrations before the big day, whether it’s a ritual bath or even a fiance’s conversion to Judaism.

Why are teenage girls attracted to boys who hurt them? We talked to high school students to find out

Garazi Lopez de Aguileta, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Media messages normalise gender violence by teaching teenagers – girls and boys alike – that anger is linked to passion and attractiveness.

French police have arrested the founder of Telegram. What happens next could change the course of big tech

Timothy Koskie, University of Sydney

If Pavel Durov is successfully prosecuted, it could lay the groundwork for further legal action against larger tech companies.

Wasps can be pests in New Zealand – but they have potential to be pest controllers too

Jennifer Jandt, University of Otago; Amy Toth, Iowa State University

Research shows wasps are active and useful predators of caterpillars on crop plants, but we need to know more about their full biocontrol potential.

No, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War – it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s

A new ‘guest star’ will appear in the sky in 2024 − a space scientist explains how nova events work and where to look

How US military planning has shifted away from fighting terrorism to readying for tensions and conflict with China and Russia