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History students develop valuable skills in lab setting
The students working with Margaret Newell in her historical research lab at The Ohio State University over the summer spent a lot of time looking at original documents. It was challenging for them…
Organized youth sports are increasingly for the privileged
A sweeping study of U.S. youth sports participation over the past 60 years found that there has been a significant increase over time in kids playing organized sports – but particularly among more…
Ohio State's Shang Zhai Leads Pioneering Research in Clean Energy Solutions
Shang Zhai, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a joint appointment in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University, is spearheading…
How some states help residents avoid costly debt during hard times
A new national study provides the best evidence to date that generous unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic helped reduce reliance on high-cost credit use.
Researchers…
Lake Erie walleye growth is driven by parents’ size, experience
Parent size and the conditions in which actively spawning adults lived are the most influential factors affecting growth of Lake Erie walleye, a new study has found.
The findings surprised…
How the rising earth in Antarctica will impact future sea level rise
The rising earth beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet will likely become a major factor in future sea level rise, a new study suggests.
Despite feeling like a stationary…
How America’s elites may hold the key to lowering murder rates
New crime laws, police funding and similar efforts may have some effect on homicide rates in the United States – but the biggest impact will come from the actions of our political and economic…
The Growing Mental Health Crisis in Our Farming Communities
There has been a large influx of mental health issues in our agricultural communities, but there are those out there looking to turn back that tide. In this episode, we talk to Aaron Wilson, a…
White men weren’t the only ones who profited from slavery
The traditional historical view that white women were rarely involved in buying and selling enslaved people in the United States is not accurate, a new study shows.
Researchers analyzed…