The #MeToo movement is exposing the scale of powerful men’s abuse of women, the latest example being that of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned Monday. Schneiderman’s dramatic demise may have turned New York politics upside down but the conviction of “America’s Dad,” Bill Cosby, has been painful for Americans across the country. As a role model for so many, he became, writes Vanderbilt’s Hilary Jerome Scarsella, “part of the American self.” So how does a society, she asks, come to terms with the knowledge that a beloved figure has committed sexual assault?

Do chimpanzees “talk” to each other, with their own versions of words and dialects? Biologist Michael Wilson investigates these questions by tracking and recording wild chimps in their natural habitat. Ultimately the insights researchers gain from studying the calls of chimps – human beings’ closest living relative – could help explain the origins of our own language.