Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why

(THE CONVERSATION) Most Americans assume that schools are legally required to protect students from sexual harassment and assault under Title IX – the federal law enacted in 1972 that bans sexual ...

Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable

(THE CONVERSATION) From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just ...