Arts, Ideas, and Travel
by Jensen Bird, 100 Days in AppalachiaDecember 30, 2024 The first time I heard Tyler Childers’ voice I was riding in the passenger seat of a 15-year-old car late at…
by Joshua Kaplan ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Reporting Highlights These highlights…
January 3, 2025 by Dan Falk Our relationship with death is a complex one. At an intellectual level, we understand our mortality, yet we go to great lengths to banish…
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine This record-setting year for heat saw stunning auroras, a map of a brain, a Dengue epidemic, the first look at rocks from…
Mark Boespflug, Fort Lewis College Some years ago, I was in a lively conversation with a software developer about arguments for and against God’s existence. After discussing their merits and…
By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams “So if you’re wondering if Donald Trump is trying to kill your kids, yes, yes he is,” said one critic. Public health advocates, federal lawmakers,…
by Roger Chesley, Virginia Mercury December 13, 2024 Parents in Virginia who don’t vaccinate their young children, a percentage that’s grown over the past decade, are making a risky bet…
Zhongtian Li, University of Newcastle; Christina Boedker, University of Newcastle; Jing Jia, University of Newcastle; Karen Handley, University of Newcastle, and Nirmala Nath, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University…
By Arthur Allen , KFF Health News December 6, 2024 The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the…
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross This autumn, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional to interact with visitors. The installation was a two-month…