By Robert I. Harris, Assistant Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology
Suspending the federal gas tax, which would require Congress to agree, would drop gas prices only about 4% – less in high-cost states like California.
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By Thomas Fraise, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Copenhagen; Sciences Po
AI-powered cyber-security: the rise of new frontier platforms like Mythos highlights nuclear arsenals’ potential weak spots, and complicates the gambles inherent in nuclear deterrence.
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By Stephan Blum, Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
Stefan Baumann, Assistant Professor of Egyptology, KU Leuven
Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy: a fragment of Homer’s Iliad. It wasn’t placed beside the body, but inside the mummy’s abdomen. But the real surprise isn’t just where the fragment was found. It’s how it got there. To understand, we must go back – to the Iliad itself, and to what it became in the Roman world.
In The…
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By Holly Tessler, Senior Lecturer, Music Industries; Programme Leader, MA Beatles, Heritage and Culture, University of Liverpool
The museum will feature seven floors of never-seen-before material, rotating exhibitions, a fan store and the recreation of the studio where Let it Be was recorded.
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
The military parade through Moscow’s Red Square on May 9, “Victory Day”, is the pinnacle of Russia’s annual celebrations marking the end of the second world war. Televised live and watched by millions, including invited foreign dignitaries, the Victory Day parade is all about showcasing Russia’s status and pride.
The first Victory Day parade was held in 1945 amid the triumph and relief at the defeat of Nazi Germany. A second was held in 1965 – but only two more were staged by the Soviet Union, in 1985…
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By Vinicius de Carvalho, Director, King's Brazil Institute and Senior Lecturer for Brazilian Studies, King's College London
Boriana Alexandrova, Senior Lecturer in English & Related Literature, Centre of Women's Studies, University of York
Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, Lecturer in Screen Industries, King's College London
Karolina Watroba, Lecturer in German Studies, Department of European Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh
Marion Gibson, Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures, University of Exeter
Narguess Farzad, Senior Lecturer in Persian Studies, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS, University of London
This year’s International Booker Prize shortlist presents a diverse and intriguing array of books that all demonstrate the highly creative imagination and inventiveness of their authors – and translators, of course.
Readers are invited to immerse themselves in six richly told tales from Bulgaria to Brazil and several points in between. Across these novels, we meet the unreliable narrator of a meta-fiction, a failed modern witch, a family of Iranian émigrés, a filmmaker compromised by the Nazis, a brutal prison warden, and a gender-traversing figure who seeks to save their own skin by…
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By Paul Hough, Lecturer Sport and Exercise Physiology, University of Westminster
While some people can spring out of bed at six in the morning and go straight into their day, others prefer to wake up later as they’re most productive in the afternoon or evening. This difference is due to your chronotype – the biological tendency to prefer certain times of day for sleep, waking and activity.
But these aren’t the only factors affected by your chronotype. A growing body of research also suggests…
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By Michael Mayowa Farayola, PhD Graduate, School of Computing, Dublin City University
If artificial intelligence (AI) systems shape decisions that affect people’s lives, they should do so fairly. This should be a given considering that potential applications for AI include automated hiring systems, as well as tools used in education, finance and criminal justice.
But ensuring the fairness of AI systems is far more complex than it might sound. Despite years of research, there is still…
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By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University
Nadine Wehida, Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University
B12 is vital for red blood cells, nerves and DNA, but unexplained high levels may point to an underlying health problem.
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By Meera Karunananthan, Assistant Professor, Human Geography, Carleton University
Critics warn Ontario’s new water laws could shift control of public water systems to arms-length corporations, paving the way for private profit at public expense.
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