Jay Stafstrom, a doctoral student in biological sciences, camped for two months in a Florida state park to study the creature, finding that it uses its gigantic eyes to capture bigger prey at night.
A May 17 LiveScience report on the study, which was co-authored by Eileen Hebets, biological sciences, appeared on Mashable, CBS News, Fox News Science, Yahoo and other outlets across the United States. The Daily Mail in the United Kingdom compared the spider's eyes to night vision goggles in a May 17 article. Cosmos, an Australian literary science magazine, covered the story on May 23. Other stories appeared on Discovery News and Science Daily.
After a Wisconsin city voted to fine parents whose children bullied others at school, Business Insider interviewed Eve Brank, law and psychology, for a May 5 article about whether such policy would work.
In a German-language article published May 18 in the Rheinische Post,Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies, commented on a newly released trailer for Assassin's Creed, a movie based on the popular video game. Dixon offered his theory why video game-based movies have yet to score at the box office. In addition, Dixon's video discussion of pioneering African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux was included in a May 12 No Film School article.
On May 12, the Los Angeles Times published an op-ed by Rhonda Garelick,English and fine and performing arts, analyzing the appeal of public figures such as Sheryl Sandburg and Donald Trump. She said both offer "can-do" stories of success without acknowledging the privileges that gave them an advantage. Garelick currently is serving as a visiting professor of comparative literature at Princeton University. Her op-ed was carried by many California papers affiliated with the Times, as well as the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Sidney Morning Herald in Australia and the Athens, Georgia, Banner-Herald.
John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse penned a May 2 column for theWashington Post's Monkey Cage political science blog. Offering a reason for Donald Trump's popularity, they discussed their research that shows many Americans are dismissive about core features of democratic government like debate and compromise.
Inside Higher Ed interviewed Kevin Smith, political science for a May 11 story about criticism from U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake, (R-Arizona) about social science research, including Smith's study of political belief.
