By Scott Parrott, Professor of Media Effects, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
Research shows athlete disclosures about their mental health can encourage people to seek help and talk honestly about mental illness. But heckling and backlash threaten that progress.
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By Dara Kass, Adjunct Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University
Elizabeth Tobin-Tyler, Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University
Stephanie Psaki, Distinguished Senior Fellow in Global Health Security, Brown University
Medications used to perform abortions are also widely used to treat severe pregnancy complications, as well as several conditions unrelated to childbirth.
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By Pragati Awasthi, Assistant Teaching Professor, Information Science, Drexel University
AI is now the machine deciding whether your payment goes through. And when it makes a mistake, the system isn’t designed to tell you why.
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By Anat Lior, Assistant Professor of Law, Drexel University
Human therapists have a legal duty to warn authorities and potential targets when patients say they plan to harm someone. The same can – in theory – be required of AI chatbots .
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By Amal Ali, PhD candidate in Social Research Methods, London School of Economics and Political Science
Even after accounting for other factors, black detainees remained more than twice as likely to be strip-searched as their white counterparts.
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By Nathan Schneider, Assistant Professor of Media Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
Leo XIV released his first encyclical on the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, the 1891 papal document on the upheavals of the Industrial Revolution.
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By Josh Holloway, Senior Lecturer in Government, Flinders University
Emily Foley, Postdoctoral research fellow, Flinders University; University of Canberra
Narelle Miragliotta, Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
Rob Manwaring, Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
Federal independent MPs have been in discussions about forming a political party. The irony won’t be lost on some in the Liberal Party, who have long argued the Teal independents already look and act like one.
Many independents already coordinate on policy, vote in similar patterns, and draw on shared fundraising vehicles such as Climate…
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By Justin Morey, Senior Lecturer in Music Production, Leeds Beckett University
Taylor Swift has filed a trademark application covering her voice and stage image. It includes a photo of her performing in her distinctive bejewelled Eras Tour bodysuit and two voice recordings: “Hey, it’s Taylor” and “Hey, it’s Taylor Swift.”
It’s the latest example of the singer using her status and power to challenge industry norms and assert the rights of artists.
In 2014, Swift…
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By Mats J. Olsson, Professor of Experimental Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Humans spend a great deal of time trying to smell good. We wash, deodorise and perfume our bodies daily, suggesting body odour must matter. Yet scientifically, the picture is far less straightforward.
In the animal world, smell is a powerful communication tool. Many species use scent to signal readiness to mate, mark territory or warn of danger. Female moths, for example, release chemical cues that attract males over long distances…
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By James Gilbert, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, University of Hull
There is not yet much research on the effects of heatwaves on bees. What little there is focuses on super extremes of weather that would kill an adult bee.
However, my new research with colleagues shows that UK populations of solitary bees may be much more sensitive than previously thought to the kinds of extreme weather we are now seeing regularly.
To find out what happens to bees…
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