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How air guitar became a serious sport

  • Written by Byrd McDaniel, PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, Brown University
Matt 'Airistotle' Burns performs during the 2017 Air Guitar World Championships in Finland.Eeva Rihel/Lehtikuva via AP

Advertised as the “greatest thing you’ve never seen,” the 2019 U.S. Air Guitar Championships will take place this summer.

Competitors from around the country will don elaborate costumes, construct fantastical...

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Is there a 'feminine' response to terrorism?

  • Written by Mona Krewel, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern wore a headscarf to comfort mourning family members after the Christchurch mosque shootings.AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File

After a terrorist shot and killed 50 people in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responded differently than most leaders have after similar...

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At work, women and people of color still have not broken the glass ceiling

  • Written by Tesa Rigel Hines, Clinical Instructor, American Politics and Public Policy, Purdue University Northwest
Women of color hold more professional and managerial jobs today than they did in 1996.GaudiLab/shutterstock.com

Did you notice the race of your barista this morning? What about the sex of your mechanic?

I have observed that when I shop, most of the employees look like me. When I go to work, most of my co-workers look different from me.

If my...

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Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it

  • Written by Jan Rydzak, Research Scholar and Associate Director for Program, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford University
It might seem easy to shut off internet services, but it can be dangerous.Olesya Zhuk/Shutterstock.com

In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its residents’ access to social media and online messaging systems, including Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube,...

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Is an 'insect apocalypse' happening? How would we know?

  • Written by Brian Lovett, PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
Is this dragonfly thriving, or just hanging on?Chris Luczkow/Flickr, CC BY

Insects scuttle, chew and fly through the world around us. Humans rely on them to pollinate plants, prey on insects that we don’t get along with, and to be movers and shakers for Earth’s ecosystems. It’s hard to imagine a world without insects.

That’s...

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Uber's $9 billion IPO rests on drivers' 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting

  • Written by Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Uber’s upcoming initial public offering may be one of the biggest in history, with the ride-hailing company expected to raise up to US$9 billion.

That’s good news for its early investors and executives, who could reap $1.3 billion from the IPO.

For the potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who do it as their largest or main...

Read more: Uber's $9 billion IPO rests on drivers' 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting

Uber drivers report 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting

  • Written by Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Uber’s upcoming initial public offering may be one of the biggest in history, with the ride-hailing company expected to raise up to US$9 billion.

That’s good news for its early investors and executives, who could reap $1.3 billion from the IPO.

For the potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who do it as their largest or main...

Read more: Uber drivers report 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting

Recalls of medical devices and drugs are up - can anyone predict when it will happen next?

  • Written by George Ball, Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Nearly all medical product recalls are voluntarily issued by firms, instead of mandated by the FDA.wavebreakmedia/shutterstock.com

From the valsartan blood pressure drug contamination that exposed thousands of patients to cancer-causing impurities, to a massive pacemaker recall undertaken to fix a hazardous software bug in half-a-million cardiac...

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The value of trees: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Jennifer Weeks, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
Just off Washington Square in New York City.Frej Berg/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Trees are leafing out across much of the United States, providing a welcome transition from winter to spring. It’s easy to take this annual process for granted, but scholarship shows that trees provide all kinds of value. And we certainly miss them when they’re gone....

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What the Greek tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremism

  • Written by Elizabeth A. Bobrick, Visiting Scholar in Classical Studies, Wesleyan University
A scene from playwright Roy Williams' modern adaptation of Antigone for the Pilot Theatre.Flickr/Robert Day photo, CC BY-SA

In a Greek tragedy written in the middle of the fifth century B.C., three teenagers struggle with a question that could be asked now: What happens when a ruler declares that those who resist his dictates are enemies of the...

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