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Education

The Opening of the American Mind: How Educational Podcasts Are Making Us Smarter Citizens

Doug Metzger's Literature and History podcast—a comprehensive historical overview of the literature of the Anglophone world—has already garnered 500,000 downloads. Does his podcast provide a blueprint to intellectualizing our populace?

James McWilliams

News in Brief

When Deafness Is Medicalized: Inside the Culture Clash Over Cochlear Implants

Some fear that, by offering deaf people access to sound, so-called bionic ears could spell the end of the culture built around ASL.

James McWilliams

News in Brief

Waste Not, Want Not … Wait?

Re-assessing how much food we throw out.

James McWilliams

The Lucrative Art of Chicken Sexing

The poultry industry's secret weapon? Uniquely skilled workers who can identify a chick's gender in the blink of an eye.

James McWilliams

Ponso, the only surviving chimpanzee of a colony of 20 apes, is pictured on Chimpanzee Island near the town of Grand Lahou, Ivory Coast, on August 18th, 2017.

Environment

This Absolute Lust for Meat

What chimpanzees on the hunt can tell us about human behavior.

James McWilliams

News in Brief

Should You Thank a Soldier for Their Service?

Maybe think twice about it.

James McWilliams

Environment

Meat, Without All of the Blood and Guts

Is the world finally ready for cellular agriculture, meat grown in a laboratory, or whatever else the latest marketing attempts are calling it?

James McWilliams

Education

Making Homework Matter: Don’t Ban It, Fix It

Administrators, teachers, and parents all seem to have some idea about how to fix homework. Why not ask the students themselves?

James McWilliams

Chester Bennington of Linkin Park performs on stage on May 22nd, 2017, in Burbank, California.

Economics

Is Rock ‘n’ Roll Suffering a Public-Health Crisis?

It's a noble art, but awful profession.

James McWilliams

A photograph from Test of Faith/Duke University Press.

Social Justice

How Can Journalists Cross Cultural Divides in the Age of Trump?

Getting to know a Pentecostal snake handler might provide an answer.

James McWilliams