Watch SpaceX’s Super Heavy Starship booster hover in mid-air before plunging into the sea (video)
SpaceX video from Starship’s Oct. 13 launch shows the rocket’s Super Heavy booster hovering over the gulf before its dive into the deep.
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Study reveals corporate directors on charity boards drive pro-corporate lobbying
A study in Management Science finds that public charities with corporate directors on their boards are significantly more likely to lobby on behalf of the connected firms’ political interests. More to the point, the research found that nonprofit governance structures…
Q&A: How the Day of Dead took root in the United States
During October in the United States, stores selling Halloween merchandise also are stocking their shelves with Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) decorations, such as plastic marigold garlands and skulls made of sugar painted in vibrant pinks, blues,…
Why Classic Maya cities rose and fell
Why move to a city? And why leave? Urban centers today see populations ebb and flow for a multitude of reasons—the economy, crowds, lifestyle considerations, air quality, the odd pandemic perhaps. As it turns out, it’s sort of always been…
Social media comments can act as ‘quick warning signals’ against misinformation, study shows
Comments from ordinary users on social media platforms can be a force for good, helping others identify false information and navigate what is accurate, new research shows.
Forests contribute to perceived happiness in multiple ways, Finnish study finds
New research from the University of Eastern Finland identifies three main dimensions in perceived happiness associated with Finnish forests: a bond to natural-like forests, happiness coming from activities in forests, such as berry and mushroom picking, and forest management and…
College students’ cyberdeviance linked to economic anxiety and job insecurity
A new study of college students in India has shown that while internet access has become central to academic life, it has also opened the door to troubling forms of unethical or illegal behavior online, ranging from harassment and hacking…
Dry ice may burrow through Mars like sandworms in ‘Dune’
Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt down dune slopes and blast away sand.
Four-year-olds don’t need to sit still to be ‘school ready’
The UK government’s strategy for early years education in England aims to get children in reception “school-ready.” But what school readiness means is debatable.
Homelessness rates vary sharply by race, study shows
The prevalence of homelessness varies across communities by race, with Black communities experiencing disproportionately higher rates of homelessness across both urban and suburban communities, according to research recently conducted in the University of Rhode Island’s Department of Public Health. While…