Perspectives

Plastics are everywhere, yet few get recycled. On an episode of the “Discovery Files” podcast, Arpita Bose, in Arts & Sciences, discusses her research on purple bacteria and how they might help solve the plastic problem.

Robust privacy protocols are not just a legal necessity; they are crucial for maintaining trust between patients and providers. Such measures will ensure that AI’s capabilities enhance patient care and do not become instruments of exclusion, write Richard Cote and Mary Mason.

Teachers, caregivers, and communities alike need to encourage adolescents to seek necessary, preferred, and identity-affirming support, writes Ilana Seff.

New research shows that these individuals still say they love their partners and have no desire to leave them, but they feel a total loss of intimacy, emotional connection and desire in their marriages, writes Liberty Vittert.

The museum selfie can serve as a way of appropriating art and creating more meaningful experiences, writes Elizabeth Hunter.

I don’t reject what Minnesota nice purports to offer. But it is not a simple and straightforward cultural value adopted by – and equally applied to – everyone, writes post-doctoral fellow Giang Nguyen-Dien.

In the latest episode of the “This is Cancer” podcast, hear the story of a teenage athlete’s battle with cancer and efforts to get back on the football field.

Bestselling author and illustrator John Hendrix, of the Sam Fox School, has published the graphic novel “The Mythmakers,” which explores the extraordinary friendship between literary giants C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. 

“Engineering the Future,” a podcast from McKelvey Engineering, has released a new season focused on women in engineering. Here, materials scientist Patty Weisensee discusses her journey from music to mechanical engineering and how she maintains a healthy work-life balance.

In barking about cats and dogs in Springfield, Trump, Vance and their right-wing supporters are spreading the same kind of anti-Haitian rhetoric that has sown a harmful distrust of Haitian migrants for over a century, writes Nathan Dize.