This is a summary of a story originally published by the Kenan Institute for Ethics. Behaviorial economist and gun violence researcher Jens Ludwig recently visited Duke University and Durham as part ...

As a demographer who studies American childbearing decision-making and behaviors, I’m increasingly being pulled into the near-constant discourse on how to raise birth rates, spurred by the record low ...

Abducting leaders of other countries, killing nonviolent observers, students too afraid to leave their homes to attend classes. These are, indeed, challenging times to be a teacher. Today’s post is ...

One day, something clicked for Jacob Griffin’s students. Mr. Griffin, a teacher at the NAF Academy of Engineering at Southeast Raleigh High School in North Carolina, found that students who had ...

How did toxic plastics become so pervasive? How do they endanger our health? And what can we do to address this crisis? Hear from Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics. How did toxic plastics become ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Salt Lake Tribune, a nonprofit newsroom in Utah. In late September, Governor Spencer Cox of Utah stood on the shores of the ...

It’s Friday afternoon, and as you watch the last students file onto the bus, your mind races. There’s talk of an off-campus fight involving several of your students—a conflict that began long before ...

Job growth last year was at its lowest outside of a recession since the early 2000s, according to the December jobs report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hiring has also been anemic and ...

IE University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. IE University provides funding as a member of The Conversation EUROPE. Artificial intelligence (AI) isn’t just made up of ...

We tend to think of time as scarce, or unruly – either racing away from us or dragging by painfully slowly. As the years pass, it can feel like time is slipping by faster than ever. Thankfully, ...

A digital detox—as in, ridding ourselves of all the gadgets and gizmos that rule our lives—is a very comforting thought. There are endless notifications to keep on top of, countless new apps to master ...

Food forecasters see a year of quieter tastes: little bursts of pleasure, less-jangling restaurants and healthy foods worthy of the ideal Grandma. Credit...Davide Bonazzi Supported by By Kim Severson ...