David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor
Navigating Apps with Changes in Memory: Join Our Study
December 2, 2025
Weill Cornell Medicine seeks older adults with mild memory loss for a study on improving navigation apps. Participation is valuable,...
‘Doing nothing’ is all the rage – is it a form of resistance, or just an indulgence for the lucky few?
Ingrid Nelson, Amherst College The pandemic has either created too much free time or too little. Kitchen-table commutes and reduced social obligations expand mornings and weekends for some, while caretakers and gig workers are exhausted by the constant, overlapping demands…
US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars with 3 weeks of strict COVID-19 measures
Anna Scherbina, Brandeis University
Texas distorts its past – and Sam Houston’s legacy – to defend Confederate monuments
At least 160 Confederate symbols were removed from public spaces across the United States in 2020, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Even Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy, has removed a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee…
Women used to dominate the beer industry – until the witch accusations started pouring in
What do witches have to do with your favorite beer? When I pose this question to students in my American literature and culture classes, I receive stunned silence or nervous laughs. The Sanderson sisters didn’t chug down bottles of Sam…
January warm spells, March freezes: How plants manage the shift from winter to spring
Richard B. Primack, Boston University Weather patterns across the U.S. have felt like a roller coaster ride for the past several months. December and January were significantly warmer than average in many locations, followed by February’s intense cold wave and…
As death approaches, our dreams offer comfort, reconciliation
Carine Mardorossian, University at Buffalo One of the most devastating elements of the coronavirus pandemic has been the inability to personally care for loved ones who have fallen ill.
How safe is your baby food?
Heavy metals including lead, arsenic and mercury can be found in commercial baby foods at levels well above what the federal government considers safe for children, a new congressional report warns. C. Michael White, University of Connecticut Members of Congress…
There was a time reparations were actually paid out – just not to formerly enslaved people
The cost of slavery and its legacy of systemic racism to generations of Black Americans has been clear over the past year – seen in both the racial disparities of the pandemic and widespread protests over police brutality. Thomas Craemer,…
Debunking the myth of legislative gridlock
President Joe Biden’s US$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan moved steadily through a series of crucial votes in the House and Senate. Its progress toward passage was part of a process known as “reconciliation,” which would allow Democrats to enact the…
46,218 news transcripts show ideologically extreme politicians get more airtime
Joshua P. Darr, Louisiana State University ; Jeremy Padgett, University of Mobile, and Johanna Dunaway, Texas A&M University Committee assignments are normally a blessing for new House members. But some of today’s newer members, like freshmen Republican representatives Marjorie Taylor…
David Stone
Founder & Euro Editor