Dianna Cohen: Tough truths about plastic pollution
Anne F. Broadbridge: A day in the life of a Mongolian queen
As dawn breaks over a moveable city of ten thousand yurts, Queen Boraqchin readies her kingdom for departure to their summer camping grounds. While her husband, the grandson of Genghis Khan, is out raiding, she juggles the duties of managing flocks, family and a city of thousands. Anne F. Broadbridge outlines a day in the life of a Mongolian que...
Dan Kahan: Are Smart People Ruining Democracy?
Is political polarization over the reality of climate change, the efficacy of gun control, the safety of nuclear power, and other policy-relevant facts attributable to a simple deficit in public science literacy? Dan Kahan reviews study results showing that polarization on complex factual issues rises in lockstep with culturally diverse citizens...
Dan Cohen: The Use and Abuse of Passion in our Time
Dan Cohen is a junior at Homestead High. Secretly, he is actually a Timelord who has plagiarized his entire speech from a future Homestead TEDx Event. When he’s not saving the universe or studying for his APs he loves reading, writing, and going vegan for 3 hours at a time. Although most people think that he is allergic to dairy, the truth is th...