Why Does Anorexia Often Lead to Excessive Exercise?
A new study looks at why anorexia often causes excessive exercising and the genes that make people vulnerable to the condition. Read more ›
Revealing A Famous Brooklyn Statue’s Link to Confederate Monuments
The man who sculpted Green-Wood Cemetery's famous Minerva statue in Brooklyn also created several Confederate monuments and shared opinions on art with the Nazis.
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Incarceration Impacts HIV Risk Among Black Queer Men
A new study looks at the impact of incarceration on the physical and psychological health of Black sexual minority men. Read more ›
Pangolin: The Strange Endangered Mammal You Probably Never Heard Of
The Sunda pangolin (of Southeast Asia) is an enigmatic creature — and one of the world's most endangered animals. New research sheds light on this obscure animal. Read more ›
Genes Preventing a Deadly Illness Could Also Lead to Kidney Diseases
Millions of African Americans carry genes that protect them from a disease called sleeping sickness. Now, researchers are working to determine why those same genes make people vulnerable to chronic kidney diseas Read more ›
A New Approach to Treating Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common cause of cancer deaths for women in the U.S. Now, CUNY researchers are working on a new targeted therapy to combat the disease. Read more ›
Before COVID-19, Another Pandemic Upended the Art World: The 1918 Flu
An art history professor draws parallels between the art world during the 1918 flu pandemic and the state of the art world today, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more ›
Health Care Workers with COVID-19 Face Dire Outcomes
New research has found that healthcare workers exposed to COVID-19 face poor outcomes due to inadequate income, health insurance, and sick leave. Read more ›
Fighting for the Right to Bargain and Unionize
A proposed rule by the National Labor Relations Board would deny tens of thousands of graduate assistants on the nation's private campuses the right to engage in collective action to improve their working conditions. Read more ›