By Donovan McCarty, Director, Housing Justice Clinic at Michigan State University College of Law, Michigan State University
Buying her first home on Detroit’s far east side in 2021 was the moment when a lifelong dream finally came within reach for Kim Page.
“I accomplished something that I always wanted to do,” said Page, who grew up in the city. “I always wanted to buy my own home since I was like 18. I never wanted to rent from anyone.”
Page said she had saved $US15,000 and used $3,800 in cash to buy the single-family brick house on Britain Street. The house, owned by a friend planning to move out of Detroit, was “damaged pretty bad,” Page recalls. But the house was hers to care for, and…
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By Lisa Meierotto, Associate Professor of Global Studies and Environmental Studies, Boise State University
Matthew May, Research Scholar, Boise State University
Rebecca Som Castellano, Director of Human-Environment Systems and Professor of Sociology, Boise State University
Under the second Trump administration, the United States has seen mass deportations and a sharp escalation in immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security says the crackdown pushed nearly 3 million people out of the country in Trump’s first year back in office.
For the first time since the 1960s, the number…
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By Nan Li, Associate Professor of Science Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Several scientific fields rely on visual evidence to illustrate their claims. Inaccurate AI-generated images put the credibility of science at risk.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Australians have become much more gloomy about the economy and increasingly worried about the irresponsible behaviour of the United States in the past year, according to the Lowy Institute’s 2026 poll.
The poll also shows a big decline in support for cultural diversity over the past two years, albeit from a very high level.
Almost six in ten people (59%) are pessimistic about Australia’s economic performance, a 12 point rise since 2025. This is the highest level ever recorded by the poll, which commenced in 2005, much higher than even during COVID or the global Financial…
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By Amanda Lloyd, Researcher in Food, Diet and Health, Aberystwyth University
Alexander Nigel William Taylor, Lecturer in Biopsychology Department of Psychology, Aberystwyth University
Alina Warren-Walker, Food Interventions and Clinical Trial Cohort Assistant, Wellbeing and Health Assessment Research Unit, Department of Life Sciences, Aberystwyth University
Many of us would like to keep our brains sharp as we get older. That has helped create a growing market for “brain-health” supplements. These include fish-oil capsules and postbiotics, the beneficial, non-living compounds and byproducts produced by “good” gut bacteria (probiotics) when they digest dietary fibre or prebiotics.
But assessing these products is complicated.
A study found that omega-3 supplement…
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By Jack McNamara, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of East London
People who did around 90 to 120 minutes of strength training each week have a 13% lower risk of dying from any cause.
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By Thomas Allen, Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering, Manchester Metropolitan University
The men’s football World Cup presents a unique global opportunity to showcase new football technology – from boots and balls to digital systems designed to enhance both officiating accuracy and fan engagement.
The process of bringing these technologies to the game often begins in universities and other research institutions. The academic journal Sports Engineering, of which I am editor-in-chief, publishes peer-reviewed studies that…
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By Nima Shokri, Executive Co-Director, Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg
Amir AghaKouchak, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
The Caspian Sea, the largest inland body of water on Earth, is shrinking. Not fluctuating, not entering another natural cycle, but shrinking.
For decades, scientists and policymakers treated changes in the Caspian as part of the basin’s natural variability. Water levels in the sea have always risen and fallen.
But our new study shows something far more troubling: the current decline is increasingly…
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By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
A ten-year anniversary is a good opportunity to look back on an important decision. Whether that was a marriage, a career move or a decision to leave the EU, a decade feels like an important moment for reflection.
When the UK voted (narrowly) for Brexit on June 23 2016, nobody really knew what would happen next. After all, it had never been done before.
So, what versions of leaving the EU were available at that time?
One option was for the UK to leave the EU but remain in the single…
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By Jane Younger, Senior Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
On a remote beach near Esperance, Western Australia, two sick seabirds have brought the bird flu crisis to Australia.
Testing has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in a brown skua and a giant petrel. Both are species of seabirds commonly found in the Southern Ocean.
H5N1…
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