Why corporate America fell out of love with the GOP

Chauvin conviction: 2 things to know about jury bias and 2 ways to reduce it

Angela M. Jones, Texas State University

How does pretrial publicity affect jury verdicts? What kind of verdicts are made when the jury is racially diverse? An expert on juries answers questions raised in the wake of the Chauvin verdicts.

Money alone can’t fix Central America – or stop migration to US

Luis Guillermo Solis, Florida International University

Biden's $4 billion plan to fight crime, corruption and poverty in Central America is massive. But aid can't build viable democracies if 'predatory elites' won't help their own people.

Do you really need to drink 8 glasses of water a day? An exercise scientist explains why your kidneys say ‘no’

Tamara Hew-Butler, Wayne State University

If kidneys could talk, they'd tell you not to overdo the water rule you hear all the time. But since they can't talk, they do send signals to your body that enough is enough.

Lab–grown embryos and human–monkey hybrids: Medical marvels or ethical missteps?

Sahotra Sarkar, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts

Researchers have grown the first human-monkey hybrid embryos as well as mouse embryos in artificial wombs late into development. These biomedical breakthroughs raise different ethical quandaries.

You don’t have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences

Lise Eliot, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Rather than distinctly male or female, the human brain is much more like the heart, kidneys and lungs – basically the same no matter the sex of the body it's in.

Best schools often out of reach for disadvantaged students in choice programs

Danielle Sanderson Edwards, Michigan State University

Long distances often preclude families in the Motor City from sending their kids to the best schools in the area, new research shows.

Shakespeare’s musings on religion are like curious whispers – they require deep listening to be heard

Anthony D. Baker, Seminary of the Southwest

Scholars have scoured the works of the great playwright for clues in his faith. A scholar of theology and Shakespeare's works says it isn't as simple as that.

What Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ can teach us about reentering the world after a year of isolation

Joel Christensen, Brandeis University

A scholar of Greek literature writes why we need to turn to the past to understand the present – and the lessons that Homer's hero, Odysseus, holds for us.

No, vaccine side effects don’t tell you how well your immune system will protect you from COVID-19

Robert Finberg, University of Massachusetts Medical School

It's normal for different people to mount stronger or weaker immune responses to a vaccine, but post-shot side effects won't tell you which you are.

Why this trial was different: Experts react to guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin

Alexis Karteron, Rutgers University - Newark ; Jeannine Bell, Indiana University; Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University; Ric Simmons, The Ohio State University

Scholars of policing, law, race and Minnesota history explain the landmark guilty verdicts handed down in the trial for the murder of George Floyd.

Is magic immoral? It played a role in the development of early Christianity

Shaily Shashikant Patel, Virginia Tech

Although many modern people tend to see 'magic' and 'religion' as separate, magic was actually integral to the development of Christianity.

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