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Three Reasons Why Major League Baseball Attendance Is Slumping
Many Major League Baseball teams are witnessing big drops at the box office this season. Newhouse School Professor Brad Horn, former vice president for communications and education at the Baseball Hall of Fame, suggests three reasons why. There’s a cold, harsh…
Physicists Reveal Why Matter Dominates the Universe
Syracuse University’s Sheldon Stone helps discover matter-antimatter asymmetry in charmed quarks Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) have confirmed that matter and antimatter decay differently for elementary particles containing charmed quarks. Distinguished Professor Sheldon Stone says the…
Odds of Perfect Bracket Are 1 in 9.2 Quintillion, so Why Do We Play?
The odds are, quite frankly, astronomical. If you are sitting down today to fill out your NCAA bracket, know this: the odds of getting it 100 percent correct are 1 in 9.2 quintillion (a number string 19 digits long). But…
Why are People Throwing Cheese at Their Babies?
Newhouse School Professor Makana Chock offers insight on the latest—and very odd—viral phenomenon.
A President’s Best Friend: Why Bush and Other Veterans Benefit from Service Dogs Like Sully
Dozens of media outlets have published the photo of late President George H.W. Bush’s service dog Sully sitting beside his casket. Sully will stay with the Bush family until President Bush is buried in Texas on Thursday, and he’ll join…
Faculty/Staff Registration Open for ‘Why Sleep is So Important’ Webinar
Quality, restful sleep—and getting enough of it at the right times—is essential to one’s health and well-being. However, surveys conducted by the National Sleep Foundation reveal that 60 percent of American adults report having sleep problems a few nights a…
Flashbacks, Nightmares and Memory Burn – Why Sexual Assault Victims Stay Silent
With the FBI background investigation report now passed to the White House, a Senate vote could come as early as Friday on the future of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. His nomination has been under immense spotlight following reports of…
Why You Can’t Stop Playing That Song
Alice Sterling Honig, professor emerita at Falk College, was interviewed by Refinery29 for a story about human behavior. Hoing, researcher in child development and human behavior explains some of the reasons why a song may be on repeat for weeks straight. She…
Why China Could Win in the Tariff Talks, according to Professor Mary Lovely
As trade threats between the United States and China continue, President Trump has been facing opposition from within his own GOP. This contrasts with the Chinese government, who have extended greater power to their president, Xi Jinping. For CNBC, Maxwell…
Why Celeb Documentaries are in Fashion
With documentaries like HBO’s ‘Andre the Giant’ and ‘Being Serena,’ we are seeing a new wave of ventures premiering more and more documentaries based on the lives of celebrities. Why is this? For Moneyish, Newhouse professor and director of the…