By Katy Tapper, Professor of Psychology, City St George's, University of London
Christian Reynolds, Reader in Food Policy, City St George's, University of London
Around 40 to 50 times more energy goes into producing, transporting and selling food than can be recovered from recycling it.
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By Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, Brock University
Michael Van Bussel, Assistant Professor in Sport Management, Brock University
A proposed change to football’s offside rule will be tested in Canada from 2026, as FIFA looks for ways to reduce controversy in the VAR (video assistant referee) era.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Legislators attend a session of Mexico City’s Congress on April 24, 2007. © 2007 ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP via Getty Images (Mexico City) – A draft bill to establish a care system in Mexico City risks undermining the rights of people with disabilities and older people due to structural shortcomings and a restrictive budget provision, Human Rights Watch said today.The bill has been framed as an effort to align Mexico City with international human rights law, including the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. While the current proposal recognizes care as…
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By Maya Mueller, Ph.D. Candidate in Architectural Engineering, Drexel University
Isaac Quaye, Ph.D. Student in Geography, Environment and Urban Studies, Temple University
What does gentrification in Philadelphia look like?
“High-rise, modern apartment buildings.”
“(A) modern look that’s so out of place with our traditional row homes that have been here for a hundred years.”
“Six- to seven-floor high-rises with garages in the basement. They charge an extra $200 to park.”
“Gray, industrial looking.”
“The houses are ugly as heck. No architectural style. They’re probably two-bedroom, some probably one. And they usually put a deck up. It’s not geared for kids or families. A lot of steps.”
These are…
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By Zachary Slepian, Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Florida
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.
Are multiverses real? If so, what do they look like? How do you get there without disturbing time? – Emily, age 9, Pune, Maharashtra, India
The idea of a…
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By Nara Parameswaran, Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University
When the Trump administration took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise, a university dean had to figure out on the fly how to support scientists and their work at his school.
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By Ari Berkowitz, Presidential Professor and Graduate Liaison for biology programs; Director, Cellular & Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program, University of Oklahoma
Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks unwitting discrimination against some female athletes.
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By Mary Thurlkill, Professor of Religion, University of Mississippi
Several Shiite communities in South Asia recently refrained from celebrating Eid as they mourned the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. From Nigeria to…
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By Will Glovinsky, Research Assistant Professor of Humanities, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Today’s basic income proponents say cash payments would be good for everyone. In the 1790s, the idea’s inventor argued something else: It was owed to everyone.
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By Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
It’s about more than just beating China. As a space lawyer puts it, a Moon base would come with strategic, economic and scientific advantages.
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