April 10, 2024
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Using research to solve societal problems starts with building connections and making space for young people
One or two or 10 studies won’t solve our most complex societal challenges. Big problems require collaborations beyond academia. Orbon ... -
Helping children eat healthier foods may begin with getting parents to do the same, research suggests
Everyone agrees kids should eat healthy foods. But parents are often left out of that message. skynesher/E+ via Getty Images Kelley Gullo Wight, ...March 30, 2024 -
Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
Creating the alphabet took thousands of years. kovalchuk/iStock via Getty Images Plus Jane Sancinito, UMass Lowell Curious Kids is a ...March 30, 2024 -
As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans
Healthy corals like these on Australia’s Lady Elliot Reef could disappear by the 2030s if climate change is not curbed. Rebecca Spindler, CC ...March 30, 2024 -
Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical burdens for families and schools
School meal waivers that started with the COVID-19 pandemic stopped with the end of the public health emergency. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe ...March 19, 2024 -
Gifts that live on, from best bodices to money for bridge repairs: Women’s wills in medieval France give a glimpse into their surprising independence
Women’s wills and last testaments provide a more nuanced picture of life in the Middle Ages than medieval stereotypes allow, such as that ...March 5, 2024 -
Betty Smith enchanted a generation of readers with ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ − even as she groused that she hoped Williamsburg would be flattened
Betty Smith’s novel sold millions of copies in the 1940s. Weegee/International Center of Photography via Getty Images Rachel Gordan, ...March 5, 2024 -
Could the days of ‘springing forward’ be numbered? A neurologist and sleep expert explains the downside to that borrowed hour of daylight
While that ‘extra’ hour of sunlight in the evenings can be exhilarating, it comes with significant health trade-offs. Anna ...March 5, 2024