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Professor Stephanie Hughes and students categorizing various types of waste in January 2020.

Garbology is the study of trash. This is why students love it

A professor lends worms to students, takes them to sewage processing plants and encourages them to answer their own questions about garbage. Sometimes, they even make a career out of it.

After allegations against Win Butler, an existential crisis lingers for Montréal

Ever since frontman Win Butler was accused of sexual misconduct by several people in 2022, Arcade Fire's hometown scene has struggled with how to respond.

Aquatic plants and debris are exposed by the falling water levels at the Kakhovka Reservoir. Researchers say that the draining of the reservoir by Russian forces are but one example of the war's effect on Ukraine's water supply.

A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war

Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.

First-grade teacher Kimberly Pate, 52, worked for nearly two decades as a classroom assistant. Through the Mississippi Teacher Residency, she'll earn a master's degree plus dual certification in elementary and special education, all at no cost. "How could you pass that up?" she laughs.

What we do (and don't) know about teacher shortages, and what can be done about them

Limited national data suggest teachers are plentiful, but many districts that serve some of the most vulnerable students would beg to differ.

1 in 4 people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water, the U.N. says

The U.N. World Water Development Report 2023 painted a stark picture of the huge gap that needs to be filled to meet U.N. goals to ensure all people have access to clean water and sanitation by 2030.

An unhoused individual sleeps under an American flag blanket in New York City on Sept. 10, 2013. In 2021, approximately 11% of Americans lived below the federal poverty line.

Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor

Poverty, by America author Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year: "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty."

At Monday night's Love Rising event in Nashville, Tenn., artists including Allison Russell, Jason Isbell, Maren Morris, Joy Oladokun and Amanda Shires, along with drag artists, united against new legislation targeting drag performances and transgender people.

'Where am I going to be free to be who I am?'

Due to a new Tennessee law limiting drag performances, many drag artists, as well as trans, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming musicians, worry about their prospects in Nashville and beyond.

A Ukrainian soldier launches a DJI Mavic 3 drone in Bakhmut, Ukraine, near the frontline with Russian troops on Feb. 18. Ukrainian forces have been using drones for reconnaissance and directing artillery fire. But the Ukrainians have also modified them to conduct attacks on Russian ground forces.

A Chinese drone for hobbyists plays a crucial role in the Russia-Ukraine war

There's lots of talk about China supplying weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine. But one Chinese product already plays a key battlefield role - a cheap, popular, off-the-shelf, commercial drone.

Need a consultant? This book argues hiring one might actually damage your institution

A new book argues the consulting industry is weakening businesses, harming the government, and distorting the economy.

'Benjamin Banneker and Us' traces generations of descendants of the mathematician

Rachel Jamison Webster learned she is related to Benjamin Banneker at a cousin's wedding. The news was unexpected, not only because of Banneker's place in history but also because the author is white.

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