By Marie Helweg-Larsen, Professor of Psychology, Dickinson College
A few US towns have banned cigarette sales to anyone born after a specific date, and several states are considering this path. A psychologist explains why such measures often face stiff resistance.
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By Kar-Hai Chu, Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Maggie Slavin, Research Program Supervisor, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
As childhood vaccination rates in Allegheny County decline, The Conversation asked experts why parents are opting out and how to protect vaccination policy.
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By Nathaniel M. Tran, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago
Periwinkle Seljord-Solberg, Graduate Student Assistant in Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago
An increasing number of laws aim to roll back LGBTQ+ people’s ability to access health care, leading to cascading effects on their well-being.
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By Patrick M. Shober, Postdoctoral Fellow in Planetary Sciences, NASA
A newly identified meteor shower reveals that intense heat is fragmenting a previously unknown asteroid as it passes too close to the Sun.
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By Debra Kelly, Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Cultural Historian, University of Westminster
Director François Ozon’s new film adaptation of Albert Camus’s novel L’Étranger (The Outsider, 1942) confronts a considerable task: turning a brief, philosophical novel into a cinematic experience.
Though the book is short, it is dense and readers often discover it requires multiple readings. Camus’s spare prose conceals profound questions about morality, society and human existence. Translated into over 75 languages with millions of copies sold, The Outsider has inspired stage, screen, radio and even
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By Robert B. Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
Donald Trump’s false claims about the Iran War, Epstein files, tariffs and inflation have left some supporters who have traditionally believed all he says feeling duped and abandoned. Why now?
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By Kevin D. Murphy, Professor and Chair of History of Art, Vanderbilt University
US presidents haven’t usually sought to impress their own architectural tastes – much less their names while in office – on national monuments.
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By Jane Wright, Commissioning Editor, Arts & Culture, The Conversation
In the bustling Aberdeenshire town of Braemar, close to the late Queen’s beloved Balmoral, there’s a rather chi-chi hotel called the Fife Arms. Originally a stout stone Victorian building for tweedy country types, it is now a fabulous art-filled mecca of maximalism, attracting celebrities and wealthy Londoners looking for a bit of Highland bling.
There’s a Freud in the lobby, a Picasso in the drawing room, and a winged stag in the dining room, but perhaps most interesting of all, there’s a cocktail bar called Elsa’s, named after Elsa Schiaparelli, the Italian fashion designer. With…
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By Jolel Miah, Senior Lecturer, Health Psychology, University of Westminster
Riz Ahmed’s Bait is an exceptional piece of television. Not only for its satirical exploration of the entertainment industry, but for the psychological narrative running underneath it.
At its heart, the Prime Video series is a quietly devastating study of the pressures placed upon British‑Pakistani men. What appears to be an eccentric comedy about a struggling actor auditioning for James Bond soon reveals itself to be a nuanced…
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By Christoph Siemroth, Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Economics, University of Essex
The price of oil has changed a lot in the last few weeks. There have been dips as well as peaks, but generally, since the the start of the US-Israeli attacks on Iran at the end of February, the black stuff has been getting more expensive.
As a direct result, petrol and diesel prices in the UK have also rocketed.
Motorists have felt the steep rise on petrol station forecourts, while some fuel sellers have been accused…
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