Emily Grossberg

Recent Work
a Covergirl makeup product hangs on a display at a store in Haverhill, Mass.
Elise Amendola / APU.S.

What is the history behind wearing makeup?

Art curator Melissa Wolfe
Scripps NewsLife

How do we value art?

Art expert and Co-Chairman of Sotheby's Master Paintings, George Gordon, discusses Portrait of a Man as the God Mars
Virginia Mayo / APLife

How do art appraisers place value on artwork?

A portion of the 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form
Mark Lennihan / APLife

Why is tax filing so complicated?

An illustration depicts cells in an Alzheimer’s affected brain
APScience and Health

Why is there no cure for Alzheimer's yet?

Newborn babies in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York.
Seth Wenig / APPolitics

Why are fertility rates declining?

workers pour concrete on to one of the elevated sections of the high-speed rail that will cross over the San Joaquin River
Rich Pedroncelli / APU.S.

Would high-speed rail work in the US?

Tyre Nichols makeshift memorial.
Scripps NewsU.S.

Memphis residents express outrage over Tyre Nichols' death

Protesters march down the street Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Gerald Herbert / APU.S.

Memphis disbands SCORPION Unit after Tyre Nichols' video release

Rodney Wells, stepfather of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers
Gerald Herbert / APU.S.

The Memphis community reacts to Tyre Nichols’ death

Budweiser cans are lined up in a cooler at the World Cup media center at the Qatar National Convention Center
Ashley Landis / APScience and Health

Why are there no cancer warnings on alcohol labels?

a student looks at questions during a college test preparation class at Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Md.
Alex Brandon / APU.S.

Why some schools are rethinking standardized tests

packages of the medicine Tamiflu by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche are seen in Stuttgart, southern Germany.
Thomas Kienzle / APScience and Health

Explaining The Current Medication Shortages

students display some of their cursive writing work and exercises at P.S. 166 in the Queens borough of New York
Mary Altaffer / APU.S.

Why There's A Debate Over Cursive

U.S. Map showing states with and without death penalty.
Newsy / Death Penalty Information CenterU.S.

Why Is The Death Penalty Process Taking Longer?

bottles of prescription drugs: Lipitor, TriCor, Plavix, Singulair, Lexapro and Avapro are displayed at Medco Health Solutions
Matt Rourke / APScience and Health

How Effective Are Anti-Depressants?

This image shows a scene from the documentary "A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting."
HBO Max via APU.S.

Explaining The Reemergence Of Antisemitism

George Ripley, 72, of Washington, holds up his free beer after receiving the J & J COVID-19 vaccine shot
Jacquelyn Martin / APLife

Why Are Younger Generations Exploring Sobriety?

the U.S. Medicare Handbook is photographed in Washington
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / APPolitics

Why Is Medicare So Complicated?

Dr. Irit Felsen and her parents
Dr. Irit Felsen / NewsyScience and Health

Why Does Intergenerational Trauma Affect Us?

sign of electric car charging space is seen at a beachside car park in Sydney, Australia
Mark Baker / APBusiness

Are Electric Cars Really More Environmentally Friendly?

A car missing its catalytic converter
Matt Rourke / APU.S.

Car Thefts Are On The Rise

Shipping containers in port
Damian Dovarganes / APBusiness

Checking Up On Global Supply Chains

Birth control pills
Rich Pedroncelli / APU.S.

Why Isn't There Consensus On Sex Education?

A plastic bottle
Luca Bruno / APScience and Health

Why Can't We Quit Plastics?

People attend an abortion-rights protest
Rick Bowmer / APPolitics

Explaining The Laws Around Women's Reproductive Health

College graduates
Ringo H.W. Chiu / APU.S.

Why Do We Pursue Four-Year Degrees?

Meat in a grocery store
Matt Rourke / APLife

Why Do Americans Consume So Much Meat?

Heavy traffic in Chicago
Shafkat Anowar / APU.S.

Why Are U.S. Car Crashes On The Rise?

Parents and their adopted child
Jacquelyn Martin / APU.S.

How Does The U.S. Adoption System Work?