Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia. What is it?

Bruce Willis has received a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. An expert explains the condition and research on it.

Andrew Thurston-Boston U. • futurity
March 1, 2023 • ~12 min

Does Warhol’s image of Prince count as fair use?

The Supreme Court will consider whether Andy Warhol sufficiently transformed Lynn Goldsmith's photo of Prince for it to count as fair use. Here's what that means.

Emily Rosenthal-NYU • futurity
Aug. 12, 2022 • ~11 min

Heard v. Depp trial was not just a media spectacle – it provided an opportunity to discuss the nuances of intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence can take many forms – and it doesn’t always fit society’s stereotypes.

Kellie Lynch, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at San Antonio • conversation
May 23, 2022 • ~8 min

The Heard v. Depp trial is not just a media spectacle – it is an opportunity to discuss the nuances of intimate partner violence

Intimate partner violence can take many forms – and it doesn’t always fit society’s stereotypes.

Kellie Lynch, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, The University of Texas at San Antonio • conversation
May 23, 2022 • ~8 min

Why celebrities have a moral responsibility to help promote lifesaving vaccines

An ethicist argues that choices made by celebrities could impose unjustified risk of harm on others.

Tina Rulli, Associate Professor, Philosophy, University of California, Davis • conversation
March 15, 2022 • ~8 min

The COVID-19 pandemic offers an opportunity to make a healthy shift in body ideals

For many, the pandemic has disrupted daily habits around eating and fitness – which makes it a prime time to shake up old assumptions about achieving an ideal body.

Janet J. Boseovski, Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina – Greensboro • conversation
Nov. 23, 2021 • ~9 min

Happy 50th birthday to Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant that launched farm-to-fork eating

'Local, organic, sustainable' are common buzzwords on US restaurant menus now, but it wasn't always that way. Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse, helped put them there.

Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, Yale University • conversation
July 14, 2021 • ~8 min

We may owe Tom Hanks for a bit of COVID awareness

When Tom Hanks announced his COVID-19 diagnosis in March 2020, researchers acted fast to gauge the announcement's effect on public health.

Jonathan McVerry-Penn State • futurity
Feb. 8, 2021 • ~6 min

VIP patients can be a headache for their doctors

When a celebrity, politician or other influential person checks in, a health care team can feel pressured to give in to a VIP's wishes.

Nancy Nielsen, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Health Policy, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York • conversation
Oct. 7, 2020 • ~6 min

Do celebrity endorsements really help environmental campaigns? We found no evidence

We looked at 181 celeb campaigns in six languages and found no hard evidence that any were effective

Diogo Veríssimo, Research Fellow in Conservation Marketing, University of Oxford • conversation
Sept. 2, 2020 • ~8 min

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