By Mark Bartholomew, Professor of Law, University at Buffalo
Samuel Becher, Professor of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Retailers are racing to hand your shopping over to AI. Consumers are right to be wary – and not just about privacy.
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By Shawn Datchuk, Associate Professor of Special Education, University of Iowa
There are many literacy textbooks available but no clear way to determine which ones are the best – and most likely to turn kids into better readers.
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By Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, Clinical Professor of Literacy Studies, Drexel University
The Philadelphia School District is rolling out a Flyers-branded app that’s supposed to get kids moving by following an avatar on a screen.
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By Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder
The increasing percentage of Americans who are not married or in a long-term partnership is testing employers, marketers and religious institutions.
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By Shelley Mitchell, Senior Extension Specialist in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University
In an urbanized and globalized world, most kids aren’t directly connected to agriculture. School gardens can help them learn where their food comes from.
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By Fannie Frederikke Baden, PhD Candidate, Art History and Visual Studies, Lund University
Can we ever really understand Chernobyl? These five shows and videogames give a pretty good glimpse of what the disaster entailed.
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By Lukas Slothuus, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex
In 2022, Sweden took a rare step: the country banned all fossil fuel production.
The quirk is that Sweden has never actually produced any fossil fuels. So why would a country with no fossil fuel production decide to ban such production?
In a newly published study, I explain the curious case of this ban – and how it boosted Sweden’s reputation as a global leader on climate issues.
Sweden…
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By Daphnée B. Ménard, Doctorante en droit, avocate, LL.B., LL.M. , L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Although some laws now recognize animals as sentient beings, they’re still treated as property. This contradiction is a societal choice. Has the time come to challenge it?
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By Marie-Francoise Roy, emerita professor in mathematics
Academia isn’t strong on gender equality. Women are under-represented throughout, in the research workforce and even more so as leaders in scientific organisations. This is true for science academies (prestigious bodies within national science systems) and scientific unions (international organisations representing disciplinary communities).
Women today make up nearly a third of the global research workforce. According to Unesco, they accounted for 31.1% of researchers worldwide in 2022 – up from 29.4%…
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By Krystal Tolley, Principal Scientist, University of Johannesburg
Tropical rainforests are known for their unique biodiversity, with species found nowhere else on Earth. But nearly 30% of tropical rainforest has been destroyed or has become seriously degraded since 1990. Many of these forests have not been fully explored for their biodiversity. This means that the world may be losing species before they are even discovered by modern science.
In…
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