By Max Davis, Postgraduate Research Student, Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism, University of Bath
Finishing a tough workout always feels good. That is, until a few hours later when those uncomfortable muscle aches start setting in. This discomfort can linger for days – making easy, everyday tasks a challenge.
In search of relief, some recreational gym-goers are adopting the kind of recovery techniques once reserved for elite athletes. Social media and professional sport have helped popularise everything from ice baths and compression garments to massage and recovery supplements.
While…
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By Solon Magrizos, Associate Professor, University of Birmingham
One Sunday morning, Juliet* woke up to an eager delivery driver with a large package she had no recollection of ordering. She was quick to dismiss it as an e-commerce mistake before the card inside helped solve the mystery: “To Sober Juliet, from your friend, Drunk Juliet.”
The fact this story was recounted to us while researching this topic illustrates the rise of a cultural trend that surprisingly few academics have explored. But drunk shopping is a rapidly growing consumption phenomenon.
Intoxicated consumers generate billions of dollars in annual revenue: by one
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By Peter McGowran, Lecturer in Human Geography, Queen's University Belfast
Rinchen Angmu Lama, Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)
Cascading hazards and entrenched inequalities have led to false starts in reconstruction and ongoing suffering since the 2023 disaster in India’s eastern Himalayas.
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By Robert Muggah, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University
The agreement could mark a turning point for public policies on social media precisely because it addresses the architecture of the platforms themselves.
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By J.C. Bradbury, Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University
Research has repeatedly found that stadiums generate little economic benefit, while subsidy referendums often fail when put before voters. Yet team owners continue to receive billions in tax dollars.
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By Kevin B. Johnson, Professor of Pediatrics, Biomedical Informatics and Science Communication, University of Pennsylvania
The case against social media has gotten so well rehearsed that most people can easily merge it into ordinary conversation: It makes people lonely. It sorts them into camps. It hands them a room full of people who already agree with them and calls that a community.
I’ve given this speech myself, with feeling, having read my phone notifications in the host’s powder room 11 minutes earlier.
I am a pediatrician, health communicator and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania,…
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By Francine Berman, Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Honorary Research Professor, UMass Amherst
What do the water system in Flint, Michigan, the electrical grid in Puerto Rico and your search engine have in common? They are all critical infrastructure – systems essential to everyday life.
People expect critical infrastructure to be reliable, to minimize risk and to promote public well-being. When it fails – such as when lead seepage poisoned Flint’s water supply in 2014, or when nearly all of Puerto…
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By Kaylee Marrero, Ph.D. Student and Transdisiplinary Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences Fellow, Florida International University
Matthew DeGennaro, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
If you’ve ever had to prepare a meal for a picky eater, you know it’s not easy. They may not like certain flavors or textures, and there are often foods you have to avoid altogether.
And it turns out, humans aren’t the only species with picky eaters – mosquitoes can also be finicky.
We are biology researchers who study mosquito behavior, and we recently discovered that mosquitoes…
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By Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies, University of Iowa
Berry’s belief that humans have a responsibility to care for God’s creation traces back to the Book of Genesis. So does an opposing argument for environmental exploitation.
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By Jean Lantz Reisz, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
At the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, 1.3 million individuals from 17 countries were living and working in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.
TPS is a humanitarian form of protection from deportation for people who cannot return to their home countries because of an armed conflict, environmental disaster or other extraordinary circumstances.
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