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+ why most deans are boring on social media (unlike Phylicia Rashad) US Edition - Today's top story: Why vacations feel like they're over before they even start [View in browser]( US Edition | 11 July 2021 [The Conversation]( Academic rigor, journalistic flair Happy Sunday! The most-read stories on our site this week are displayed below. Editor’s pick: Today is World Population Day. It’s a great excuse to reread this 2018 Derek Hoff article about Paul Ehrlich’s “Population Bomb” book – [assessing it 50 years later](. Hoff is a historian who has studied debates about population growth throughout U.S. history. Ehrlich “got much right, even if many details and his timing were off,” Hoff writes. Emily Costello Managing Editor People tend to reflexively assume that fun events will go by really quickly. Chris Clor/Getty Images [Why vacations feel like they’re over before they even start]( Selin Malkoc, The Ohio State University A new study finds that the feeling is pervasive – and can change the way trips are planned and how money is spent. Students at Howard University are already calling for Phylicia Rashad’s resignation as dean. David Becker/Getty Images for The Blackhouse Foundation [With support for Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad becomes just one of several deans to tweet themselves into trouble]( George Justice, Arizona State University A single Tweet the day before she took over as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University has led to calls for Phylicia Rashad's ouster. A scholar on college deans weighs in on what's next. - [5 children’s books that teach valuable engineering lessons]( Michelle Forsythe, Texas State University; Julie Jackson, Texas State University Picture books and young adult biographies can introduce kids to design-based thinking and engineering habits like creativity and persistence. - [While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world]( Marion Werner, University at Buffalo; Annie Shattuck, Indiana University; Ryan Galt, University of California, Davis Roundup may be taking a beating in the US, where three juries have concluded that it gave plaintiffs cancer, but it's still widely used around the globe. - [Far more adults don’t want children than previously thought]( Jennifer Watling Neal, Michigan State University; Zachary Neal, Michigan State University While past studies have placed the proportion of child-free American adults at somewhere between 2% and 9%, a new study found that in Michigan, over 1 in 4 adults don't want kids. You’re receiving this newsletter from [The Conversation](. Not interested anymore? [Unsubscribe](. 303 Wyman Street, Suite 300 Waltham, MA 02451