By Cody Pritchard, Doctoral Candidate of Education, University of Tennessee
Jeff Carpenter, Professor of Education, Elon University
Joshua Rosenberg, Assistant Professor of STEM Education, University of Tennessee
New research shows that YouTube is used not just as an occasional supplement, but as a staple of classroom instruction.
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By Daile Zhang, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota
Every year, an estimated 6,000 to 24,000 people are killed by lightning across the world, and many more are injured.
Obviously, there is a wide range in these numbers, and that’s due to the fact that these estimates are built on limited and incomplete information.
I’m a lightning researcher at the University of North Dakota. I study both the physics of lightning and its impact on people. The…
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By Joan Rose, Professor of Water Research; Director, Water Alliance, Michigan State University
US sewage treatment plants likely don’t get rid of all the disease-causing protozoa, and monitoring discharged wastewater for it is difficult.
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By Shayne A. P. Dahl, Assistant Professor, Anthropology, University of Calgary
People around the world are gathering in wilderness settings with the intention to initiate contact with UFOs using various techniques.
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By Jessica Mary Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Literacies and Language, University of Sheffield
Louise Atkinson, Artist Researcher, University of Leeds
Home is often imagined as a physical structure or a fixed point on a map, something stable that we can locate and return to. Yet our earliest experiences of home are rarely so concrete. They are shaped by memory, sensation and emotion, held in fragments of sound, smell, language and feeling.
One Song, a socially engaged arts project by London-based artist Kadir Karababa, is currently on show at The Art House, a creative hub of artist studios, galleries and community workshop…
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By Mine Karatas-Ozkan, Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship (University of Southampton) and Vice-President for Talent Development (EURAM), European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Compassion is an underrated leadership strength among both men and women, and research shows it is an asset that is key to efficient team management, particularly in challenging times.
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By Neil Ward, Professor of Rural and Regional Development at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia
The UK is in the grip of a severe drought. England and Wales received only 9-10% of their normal rainfall in July, and for England it was the driest July since records began in 1836. A fifth heatwave has just been forecast. This is the shape of things to come and is what climate scientists have long predicted.
The drought’s length and severity are affecting UK agriculture and food production. This follows other…
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By Malizgani Paul Chavula, Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, University of Zambia
Cosmas Zyambo, Lecturer & Researcher in Public Healths, University of Zambia
In 2019 Zambia introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme to help more people access healthcare and move the country closer to universal health coverage.
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By Nicole Beardsworth, Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Zambia’s election, scheduled for 13 August, has shaped up into a battle between two alliances. The ruling United Party for National Development alliance is backed by 15 smaller parties. The Tonse-Pamodzi Alliance is headed by presidential newcomer Brian Mundubile and his running mate, Makebi Zulu.
The Tonse-Pamodzi alliance includes a group of smaller political parties without parliamentary representation, and many of the remaining structures of the
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By Alix Violet Freckelton, Research Fellow - Sun, Stars, and Exoplanets, University of Birmingham
A solar eclipse is a rare, visually striking phenomenon. The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, temporarily hiding our star – a geometrical alignment spanning millions of miles.
A partial solar eclipse occurs when the Moon doesn’t fully block the Sun, resulting in a gentle dimming of the sky. A total solar eclipse, however, dramatically plunges a daytime sky into blackness.
Everything has to be perfect for this to happen. An astonishing cosmic coincidence means that solar eclipses as viewed from Earth are spectacular – and unlike those anywhere else in the solar system.
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