Don’t crush that ant — it could plant a wildflower
Researchers, including Binghamton biologist Kirsten Prior, discussed the ant-seed relationship at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Science magazine reports. Read more
What should replace disputed memorials?
Confederate monuments and other disputed memorials have come down in cities across America. What should take their place? Binghamton historian Anne C. Bailey and others share their views with TIME magazine. Read more
What drives social behavior during the pandemic?
NPR speaks with Binghamton University economist Plamen Nikolov about how the pandemic is altering the way we behave. Read more
Ending the pandemic will require big pharma to put ethics before profits
Access to medicines is usually an ethical problem, not a scientific one, Binghamton scholar Nicole Hassoun writes in FastCompany. And that’s going to complicate the global coronavirus fight. Read more
Democrats are asking the wrong questions to protect charter school students
To assess charter schools, we need to focus on teacher compensation and how students are treated, Binghamton historian Adam Laats writes in The Washington Post. Read more
The ‘manosphere’ is getting more toxic
Men from the less extreme end of the misogynistic spectrum are drifting toward groups that espouse violence against women, according to a new Binghamton University study highlighted in MIT Technology Review. Read more
They sold human beings here
For hundreds of years, enslaved people were bought and sold in America. Today most of the sites of this trade are forgotten, Binghamton historian Anne C. Bailey writes in The New York Times. Read more
