By Candice Maenza, Research Project Manager, Associate Director of the Center for Translational Neuromechanics in Rehabilitation, Penn State
Robert Sainburg, Professor of Kinesiology and Neurology, Penn State
Rehabilitation from stroke has traditionally focused on improving the function of the most severely affected arm. But training the other arm might actually lead to more gains.
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By Luba Kassova, PhD Candidate, Researcher and Journalist, University of Westminster
In her acceptance speech for best pop vocal album at the 68th Grammy Awards ceremony last night, Lady Gaga shone a light on the challenges that women face in studios. “It can be hard,” she said. “So, I urge you to always listen to yourself and … fight for your songs, fight for yourself as a producer. Make sure that you are heard, loudly,” she continued, placing the onus on women to take control of the fight for equality in music.
Many well-established and new female superstars were indeed heard loudly last night in the broadcast, which clearly made sure to display gender balance in…
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By Estelle Marks, Assistant Professor in Criminology, University of Sussex; King's College London
Modern crime transcends place and space. From burglary to fraud, crime increasingly crosses local, national and digital borders. England and Wales’ geographically restricted police forces are not well equipped to respond.
This is why the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has announced a significant restructuring of the policing system. The proposals include establishing a National Police Service and merging existing local forces areas into larger regional ones.
Currently,…
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By Adam Smith, Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
The western US is a geologists’ dream, home to the Rocky Mountains, the Grand Canyon, active volcanoes and striking sandstone arches. But one landform simply doesn’t make sense.
Rivers normally flow around barriers. The Danube river, for example, flows between the Alps and the Carpathians, twisting and turning to avoid the mountains.
But in north-western Colorado, one river does the opposite.
The intimidatingly named Gates of Lodore marks the entrance to the 700-metre deep Canyon of…
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By Sarah Elaine Eaton, Professor and Research Chair, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Beatriz Antonieta Moya Figueroa, Assistant Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Rahul Kumar, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University
Robert Brennan, Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is now a reality in higher education, with students and professors integrating chatbots into teaching, learning and assessment. But this isn’t just a technical shift; it’s reshaping how students and educators learn and evaluate knowledge.
Our recent qualitative study with 28 educators across Canadian universities and colleges — from librarians to engineering professors — suggests that we have entered a watershed moment in education.
We must grapple with…
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By Matthew Hoffmann, Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of Environmental Governance Lab, University of Toronto
Everyone who cares about climate action must now grapple with how climate politics can function in a new world of uncertainty.
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By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
As the Donald Trump administration in the United States continues to threaten Canadian sovereignty — including a recent suggestion that Alberta could secede from Canada and join the U.S. — Canadians, like many others in the world, finds themselves in a period of extreme uncertainty.
Trump’s continued violations of the…
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By Aaron Thierry, PhD Candidate, Social Science, Cardiff University
In Brownsville, Texas, three members of the Galvan family died after a malfunctioning air conditioner left them exposed to extreme heat. Aged between 60 and 82, all three had chronic health conditions, including diabetes and heart disease. This makes it harder for the body to regulate temperature and increases vulnerability to heat stress.
Nobody arrived to check on them until days after they had died in their apartment in 2024. This isolation also
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By Steve Waters, Professor of scriptwriting and playwright, University of East Anglia
“One must have a heart of stone not to read about the death of little Nell without laughing” was Oscar Wilde’s notorious response to the emotional onslaught of Charles Dickens’s 1841 novel, The Old Curiosity Shop. Having watched two films in two weeks about the death of a child, it offers a clue as to why I cried in only one.
In her journals, the novelist Helen…
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By Rachael Jolley, Environment Editor, The Conversation
This roundup of The Conversation’s climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine.
“Iran is experiencing not one environmental crisis but the convergence of several: water shortages, land subsidence, air pollution and energy failure. All added together, life is a struggle for survival.”
This is the situation inside Iran as described by Nima Shokri, an environmental engineer who works on global challenges related to the environment. Shokri highlights a rarely discussed factor in relation to this year’s massive…
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