Restoring the Great Lakes: After 50 years of US-Canada joint efforts, some success and lots of unfinished business

Cleaning up the Great Lakes was a big job when the US and Canada undertook it in 1972. Today it’s far more challenging.

Daniel Macfarlane, Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, Western Michigan University • conversation
May 19, 2022 • ~10 min

Archaeologists have a lot of dates wrong for North American indigenous history – but we're using new techniques to get it right

Modern dating techniques are providing new time frames for indigenous settlements in Northeast North America, free from the Eurocentric bias that previously led to incorrect assumptions.

Sturt Manning, Director of the Cornell Tree Ring Laboratory and Professor of Classical Archaeology, Cornell University • conversation
April 29, 2020 • ~9 min

During coronavirus hospital surge, a midwife recommends home birth

During a pandemic, a home birth starts looking better every second. Midwives with their specialized skills in low-risk normal birth can be of great service.

Manavi Handa, Associate Professor, Midwifery Education Program, Ryerson University • conversation
March 22, 2020 • ~7 min

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