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Social Sciences Jun 16, 2025

Q&A: Sports arenas: The importance of politics, fan response and public money

Since World War II, professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey teams in the United States have commonly used public money to help build new venues or to facilitate teams moving to a new city. Onlookers sometimes ...

Political science Jun 16, 2025

Colorado's fentanyl criminalization bill won't solve the opioid epidemic, say people most affected

Colorado passed the Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Bill in May 2022. The legislation made the possession of small amounts of fentanyl a felony, rather than a misdemeanor.

Education Jun 16, 2025

Research highlights vital role psychologists can play in school safety

First, it was Columbine in 1999, followed by Sandy Hook in 2012, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018, Oxford High School in 2021, and Robb Elementary School in 2022. These are just a few of the most notable mass ...

Plants & Animals Jun 13, 2025

Pangolins in Nigeria may be hunted for food rather than illicit scales trade

The vast majority of pangolin hunting in African forest landscapes is done for meat consumed by people in the region, rather than for scales shipped to East Asia, a new study led by the University of Cambridge suggests.

Plants & Animals Jun 12, 2025

Why can't we stop feeding monkeys? Experts explain the reasons behind a dangerous habit

We've seen it happen. For example, a visit to the Ouzoud waterfalls in Morocco's High Atlas led to an encounter with a group of nearby tourists feeding chips—supplied by the tour guide—to some waiting Barbary macaques. ...

General Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics Jun 12, 2025

Q&A: Âé¶¹ÒùÔºics and the value of scientific disappointment

Sharing disappointing results with a world of researchers working to find what they hope will be the "discovery of the century" isn't an easy task, but that is what Penn State theoretical physicist Zoltan Fodor and his international ...

Ecology Jun 11, 2025

Famous Ice Age 'puppies' likely wolf cubs and not dogs, study shows

New analysis of the remains of two 'puppies' dating back more than 14,000 years ago has shown that they are most likely wolves, and not related to domestic dogs, as previously suggested.

Environment Jun 11, 2025

A California dairy tried to capture its methane, and it worked

A giant, balloon-like tarp stretches over a lagoon of manure on a Central Valley dairy farm, concealing a quiet but remarkable transformation. Methane, a potent climate-warming gas, is being captured and cleaned instead of ...

Environment Jun 11, 2025

No packaging, no problem? The potential drawbacks of bulk groceries

The bulk distribution model has been in the news again lately, with well-known brands such as The Laughing Cow making their way into French supermarkets. Stakeholders in the bulk sector are seeking to introduce innovations ...

Social Sciences Jun 11, 2025

Rethinking poverty: Comprehensive poverty measurement looks beyond traditional income-based metric

Although living standards have generally improved globally over the past three decades, stark and persistent inequalities remain—both between countries and within them, particularly between urban and rural areas. These ...

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