WEIRD FACTS
Voters in Nashville, Tennessee, faced long lines in March 2020. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey – Author Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell 2020 Aug 26 – If you’re looking for the right to vote, you won’t find it in …
Breaking down a geographical technicality. Semisopochnoi Island, top right, is the easternmost point of the United States. Photo from Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon (NASA Earth Observatory) using Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey, via Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain. …
How a Wasteland Shrub Is Becoming the Next Big Thing in Fashion, Vegan wool, Fashion entrepreneur Gowri Shankar
This is what the school day currently looks like in many parts of the U.S. AP Photo/Jessica Hill – Authors Eric M. Anderman, Professor of Educational Psychology and Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement, The Ohio State University Kui Xie, Cyphert Distinguished Professor of …
There’s more going on than just melting glaciers and sea-level rise. Photo by Artem Beliaikin @belart84 on Unsplash – By Maddie Bender, Microbial Disease Epidemiology, Yale University 2019 Sep 25 – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released their …
The health impact of wildfire exposure depends in part on the fire itself and how much smoke a person breathes in, how often and for how long. AP Photos/Noah Berger – Author Luke Montrose, Assistant Professor of Community and Environmental Health, Boise State …
The oleander plant is beautiful but deadly because of a toxic chemical called oleadrin. Alvesgaspar/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA – By Cassandra Quave, Assistant Professor of Dermatology and Human Health; Herbarium Curator, Emory University 2020 Aug 18 – With COVID-19 cases and deaths rising …
An experiment in Botswana suggests a non-lethal deterrent for predatory lions. Image source: Ben Yexly/UNSW – By Robby Berman 2020 Aug 12 – Lions help maintain balance in their ecosystems, but they also kill cattle. The big cats are ambush predators who depend …
National parks across the country preserve and share stories of trailblazing women who dared to imagine a different future. – The 19th Amendment – Tucked away behind the U.S. Capitol and across the street from the U.S. Supreme Court sits a historic building …
Driving for extra cash? Check your car insurance first. by Jim Kreidler Consumer Education Specialist, FTC With more people seeking delivery services during the Coronavirus pandemic, many companies are looking for drivers to shuttle meals, medicine, groceries, and other items to people at …
