By Rebecca Scott, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy, Cardiff University
Fashion has always done more than keep us warm. It’s also a social language, quietly organising ideas of status, taste and belonging.
What made the first The Devil Wears Prada (2006) so satisfying was watching main character Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) learn, often the hard way, that clothes were never just clothes. At first she could not read what clothes signalled in the room. By the end, she understood their language.
The Devil Wears Prada 2…
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By Flynn McGuire, Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Utah
The internet is awash with claims about injectable peptides for fitness, but there’s almost no human research showing they work or are truly safe.
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By Margena A. Christian, Emeritus professor, University of Illinois Chicago
Few people probably know the female songwriters featured in this article, yet Motown relied heavily upon their contributions to cement its place in music history.
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By Laura Baehr, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Drexel University
Only 1 in 4 Americans are meeting the recommended guidelines for exercise. Here are some research-backed ways to keep moving, even when it’s hard.
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By Kimberly Nath, Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, San Juan College
Matthias Aspden was a wealthy Philadelphia businessman who remained faithful to Britain. As a result, he lost his home, property and sense of belonging, and died in exile.
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By Annie Persons, Lecturer in Literature, University of Virginia
Ads from the 19th and 20th centuries shows how the industry has long tried to promote coal as clean and even healthy, despite evidence to the contrary.
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By Yu-Ru Lin, Professor of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh
Hate communities often flourish online for years, raising the question of how they persist. My research team has found that powerful stories keep members of a hate group galvanized, either by repeating the story over and over or by constantly adding fresh accusations and interpretations to it.
I’m a computational social scientist who studies social and political networks. My colleagues and I uncovered these…
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By Miriam Eve Mora, Managing Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan
New York City played a starring role in the golden age of comics. And like Kirby, many of the genre’s most famous artists were Jewish.
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By Aditya Simha, Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
I have been a dog lover ever since I was a kid and have spent years learning about the temperaments and histories of different dog breeds, as well as famous dogs and their adventures. I have attended a variety of dog shows to meet various breeds and talk with their owners, and I’ve also lived with several dogs – including a dachshund, otterhound, German shepherd, Indian spitz and Labrador retriever – over the course of my life.
Beyond my canine concerns, I’m a professor of management who loves teaching…
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By Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
Canada’s shunning of beer, wine and spirits from the US is a textbook example of how market access for politically exposed goods can quickly unravel.
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