Satellites have revealed the depth of the extremely rare Death Valley lake that emerged following a rainy winter. Water level data collected by NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) allowed researchers to reach their findings. “This is a really … Read more

Jefferson Currie steps outside his home in Moore County, and the stench of chicken waste lingers in the air. He takes a sip of his morning coffee and grimaces. The coffee tastes like the beans have been roasted with rancid … Read more

The mysteries of how tardigrades survive some of the most extreme environments imaginable have potentially been solved. … “What we saw surprised us,” Bob Goldstein, a tardigrade researcher and biologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said … Read more

Carolina dramatic art alumna Bekah Brunstetter is not a video game aficionado. Yet she has now written not one, but two plays, about the ways that video games can hinder or facilitate human connection. “The Game” is currently having its … Read more

Social media features such as endless scrolling and push notifications are “particularly risky” to young people, whose developing brains are less able to disengage from addictive experiences and are more sensitive to distractions, the American Psychological Association wrote in a report … Read more

This summer, Olympic track and field champions for the first time in history will take home more than gold medals — they’ll also pocket a $50,000 cash prize. … That changed in 1992 thanks to then-IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch, … Read more

During the Little Ice Age, Native North Americans devised whole new economic, social, and political structures. The Atlantic published an excerpt from UNC-Chapel Hill historian Kathleen DuVal’s forthcoming book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America (Penguin Randomhouse). “A common … Read more

Thousands of young students were removed from class for behavior common for kids their age. Children often act out as they learn to regulate emotions. … Suspension can be particularly damaging when doled out to younger students, said Iheoma Iruka, … Read more

Social media companies have collectively made nearly 100 tweaks to their platforms to comply with new standards in the United Kingdom to improve online safety for kids. That’s according to a new report by the U.S.-based nonprofit Children and Screens: … Read more

How to balance justice, and redemption. Punishment, and opportunity. Those are just two of the ethics-balancing questions raised in a new book co-written by a man on death row in North Carolina. It’s called Rap and Redemption on Death Row. … … Read more