By Stuart McLelland, Deputy Director of the Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull
Could a cheap roll of duct tape help protect your home from flooding? New research suggests it could make a surprisingly big difference.
In controlled tests, correctly applied duct tape on the outside of a household door reduced water leakage by 97-98%. The findings suggest that a simple low-cost measure could substantially reduce the amount of water entering a home during a flood. This is important as one of the key lessons from flood resilience research is that the best time to protect a property is before…
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By Dan Stratton, Lecturer Biomedical Health Science, The Open University
The return of measles shows what happens when vaccination rates fall. Understanding why people distrust vaccines is essential to rebuilding confidence.
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By Maya Tudor, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
More than 25,000 police officers were deployed across New Delhi recently to prevent demonstrations led by India’s new youth-led political movement, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). Government authorities had denied the CJP permission to protest on public-order grounds.
The ensuing security operation saw the authorities shut…
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By Ari Lightman, Professor of Digital Media and Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University
The year 2026 has been an expensive one for social media platforms.
Since March, YouTube and Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, have settled or paid out in multiple lawsuits to the tune of more than US$17 billion for allegedly acting negligently, deliberately designing their platforms to hook kids and misleading…
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By John Paul Helveston, Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University
Sales reveal how many cars people actually bought, but not how many they actually wanted. Prices, on the other hand, show how demand is changing.
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By Peter P. Marra, Dean of The Earth Commons, Professor of Biology and the Environment, Georgetown University
Amy L. Scarpignato, Senior Species Recovery Specialist, Road to Recovery, The Earth Commons, Georgetown University
An early clue came from storks found in Europe with African arrows in their bodies. Today, an atlas reveals hundreds of bird migration routes that are both complicated and remarkable.
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By Gerard Toal, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
Temporary restrictions on crucial Ukrainian guidance system is the latest in a series of setbacks for Kyiv. It also comes amid worsening relations with Washington.
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By Thom Reilly, Professor and Co-Director of the Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, Arizona State University
Secretaries of state are at the center of growing conflict over how election authority should be divided between states and the federal government. There are 26 elections for the job this November.
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By Morgan E. PettyJohn, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington
Jacob Nason, PhD Candidate in Social Work, Michigan State University
Kyla Cary, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Illinois State University
Spurred by #MeToo backlash and post-COVID loneliness, online influencers have built social media networks that give young men and boys a sense of belonging through promulgating misogyny.
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By Jaquelyn Jahn, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Drexel University
Extreme hot and cold temperatures are associated with higher rates of deaths, infirmary admissions and transfers to external medical facilities, researchers found.
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