Social Sciences

Body Perception

Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Models Got Thinner and Thinner over 23 Years

Youth Violence

When Violence and Mandated Reporting Laws Collide

Power of Music

How Cambodian Music Recalls Ancestors and Brings Comfort

Climate Change

How to Deal with Climate Skeptics at Thanksgiving Dinner

Maternal Health

Why Black Women Face More Health Risks Before, During, and After Pregnancy

STEM Education

Physics for All: An Online Class Is Expanding the Gateway to STEM

Environmental Archaeology

What Can We Learn from an Ancient Pea?

Social Media

Can Social Media Predict When You’ll Die?

Child Psychology

Are Kids Hardwired for Revenge?

Accolades

BU Researcher Named National Black Child Development Institute Fellow

Vaping

CDC Bias Against E-Cigarettes Is Putting Kids’ Lives At Risk, Says BU Researcher

Mental Health

Transgender College Students Are Up to Four Times as Likely to Experience Mental Health Problems

GUN DEATHS

The FBI and CDC Datasets Agree: Who Has Guns—Not Which Guns—Linked to Murder Rates

Racism

The Internet Is Unmasking Racism. Here’s What That Means to Young People of Color.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

A BU Physicist Is Worried about the Spread of Nuclear Weapons—So He’s Doing Something about It

LGBT Health

A Silent Epidemic? Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Women Receive Less Post-Cancer Treatment Than Everyone Else

Government & Law

To Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Global Democracy

Humanities

How the Japanese Imperial Family, the World’s Oldest Royal Line, Transcends Time

Public Policy

POV: Medicare for All—Is It Feasible?

Infectious Diseases

Measles Outbreak: Getting Vaccinated Is “a Religious Obligation”