“We don’t tend to think of pregnancy as something that someone might very rationally decide not to do because it’s too much of a risk,” says Kate Manne, associate professor of philosophy. “That kind of thought process is obviated by the sense that it’s natural and moral, and perhaps also holy, for women to do this.”

Thomas Seeley, professor emeritus of neurobiology and behavior, explains, “Workers achieve genetic (evolutionary) success not by reproducing themselves, but helping their mother, the colony’s queen, do so.” 

This piece on how urine can be used as a fertilizer notes that Rebecca Nelson, professor of plant science and global development, and colleagues are trying to combine nutrients from urine onto biochar.

“The carbon footprint is the main hurdle we have to clear. Then greenhouses are a no-brainer,” says Neil Mattson, professor of horticulture. 

Jeremy Wallace, associate professor of government, writes this Monkey Cage Q and A analysis about U.S. climate cooperation with China.

“The successful application of the law to sexual harassment ... as a form of sex discrimination in education ... kicked off a normative shift on college campuses,” says Celene Reynolds, a presidential postdoctoral fellow studying Title IX.  

Mary Zick, Ph.D. candidate, and Dr. Phillip Milner, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, have developed a device that can trap carbon dioxide. 

“The urban environments and aquatic environments become hideously polluted while the rural environments are depleted of what they need,” says Rebecca Nelson, professor of plant science and global development.  

Eswar Prasad, economist and professor of international trade policy, writes this piece about what the present crypto crash means for the future of cryptocurrency. 

“It does feel as though what we had in the report is just playing out in live stream when I read the news,” says Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development. 

"Amazon is not willing to recognize having a union," says Kate Bronfenbrenner, the director of Labor Education Research. "One of the problems under our labor law is that if a company refuses to bargain, the worst penalty is a piece of paper saying, 'Go bargain.'"

In this opinion piece, Glenn Altschuler, professor of American studies, discusses the Republican National Committee’s “big tent” and how it has become more of an isolation booth.