By Karen Stollznow, Senior Research Fellow of Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder; Griffith University
Exaggerating phrases and talking in a sing-song way can actually help, not make it harder, for young children to master speaking a language.
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By Jane Stewart, Associate Professor of Plant Pathology, Colorado State University
David Sterle, Research Scientist in Pomology, Colorado State University
In western Colorado, home to the treasured Palisade peach, cytospora canker is one of the most economically consequential fungal diseases faced by growers.
A recent survey conducted by Colorado State University in Orchard Mesa found that 100% of the orchards have trees infected with cytospora canker. In some orchards, you can smell the sweetness of gummosis, the sweet oozing of sap from a tree that…
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By Michael J. Bustamante, Associate Professor of History, University of Miami
Cubans are using AI image generators to imagine US intervention in their country. The results look straight out of the 1890s.
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By Yan Bennett, Professorial Lecturer, American University
On the issue of contested island, both US and China appear happy to keep with the status quo. Meanwhile, the presence of US Defense chief hints at Washington’s desire for a military ‘hotline.’
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By Graham Finlayson, Professor of Biological Psychology, University of Leeds
Catherine Gibbons, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, University of Leeds
Jason Halford, Professor of Biological Psychology and Health Behaviours, University of Leeds
It’s the ultimate win-win that food scientists have been seeking for over a century. But replacing the sweet stuff turns out to be much harder than anyone imagined.
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By Narmin Nahidi, Assistant Professor in Finance, University of Exeter
New Orleans could be surrounded by sea water in a matter of decades according to new research. The study says the US city has reached a “point of no return”, and that rising temperatures and sea levels mean the process of relocating residents should start immediately.
For the city’s 360,000 residents, the financial effects of climate change will probably arrive before the water itself. Long before streets become permanently…
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By Beth Timmins, Lecturer in Anthropology, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
As war threatens to erase everyday life in Ukraine, artists have turned to puppetry, one of the oldest forms of storytelling. Light enough to travel, intimate enough to gather a crowd and able to capture the attention of children, puppet shows have become resilient tools of resistance, support and relief for the people of a country at war.
Contemporary Ukrainian puppetry is part of a long tradition, from the 16th-century travelling folk theatre known as vertep, to the establishment of theatres in Kyiv and Odesa…
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By Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese Politics; Director, Lau China Institute, King's College London
While the Trump-Xi summit led to few tangible returns, the two leaders did not clash and agreed to continue talking.
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By Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Principle Investigator, Reproductive Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Group, Karolinska Institutet
Polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, will now be used to describe the condition that affects around one in eight women.
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By Sonia Suter, Professor of Law, George Washington University
Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
The court’s decision sends the mifepristone case back to a lower court, which has signaled that it will continue its challenge to the legality of mailing the abortion pill.
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