By Mend Mariwany, Producer, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Maxim Samson speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the hidden lines that explain variations in everything from access to education to animal species
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By Dr Mohamed Shaheen, Lecturer in Structural Engineering, Loughborough University
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on 26 March was a shocking and tragic event. Six people remain unaccounted for in the disaster, which saw the world’s third largest continuous truss bridge fall into the Patapsco river. The cause was Singapore-flagged container ship, the Dali, which veered off course, colliding with one of the bridge’s supports,…
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By Johann Kirsten, Director of the Bureau for Economic Research, Stellenbosch University
A meal or food shopping experience can be more interesting and enjoyable when you know more about a particular product, like what region it came from and the culture that shaped it. Knowing what makes the food “unique” can improve the tasting experience. Think about drinking an ice-cold glass of “real” Champagne from France or the satisfaction of serving your dinner guests “Parma ham” from Italy’s Parma region. In 1994 the…
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By Grace Marie Jones, Associate Professor, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University
A higher consumption of sugar leads to worse health outcomes, so we need to be mindful of the added sugar we eat.
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By Ozan Aksoy, Associate Professor in Social Science, UCL
Millions of voters in Turkey will head to the polls on March 31 to elect mayors in local elections. These elections are seen as crucial both for the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which has been in power since 2002, and the opposition. The last time Turkey held local elections, in March 2019, Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost key cities such as Istanbul…
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By Beth Johnson, Professor of Television & Media Studies, University of Leeds
“Little word of warning. You don’t want to mess with me”, Nelly Jackson tells highwayman Isambard Tulley in the opening minutes of Renegade Nell. The Disney+ fantasy adventure series is the latest show from Happy Valley writer, Sally Wainwright. Nell has inadvertently stumbled on Tulley and his gang robbing a group of wealthy travellers in the woods. The date is 1705 and Nell is returning to her family tavern in Tottenham, widowed, after her husband, Captain Jack…
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By Julian Owen, Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Physiology, Bangor University Eloise Kirby, PhD Candidate, Bangor University
Despite the fact that there are similar injuries in men and women’s rugby, women should not be viewed merely as smaller versions of men.
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By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
The neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced in 2015 that he could soon be capable of performing the world’s first human head transplant procedure. This would mean that it would be possible to remove someone’s head, and graft it onto the neck and shoulders of another person. As of yet, this has only been performed on cadavers and not on living humans. But suppose you want to keep the face that you’ve already got? Or have grown tired…
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By Tonya Lander, Stipendiary Lecturer in Biology, University of Oxford Matthias Becher, Associate Research Fellow in Behavioural Ecology, University of Exeter
Wild bees pollinate the crops and wild plants that feed us and sustain entire ecosystems, but many of the world’s 20,000 bee species are in decline. Loss of habitat is chiefly to blame, especially the loss of plants that provide pollen and nectar for bees to feed themselves and their brood (their eggs, larvae and pupae). Falling numbers of bees and other insect pollinators have prompted governments to respond. In the UK, Europe and US, “pollinator planting” initiatives have taken root, yet species continue…
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By Craig Smith, Lecturer in Law, University of Salford
Generative AI – technology such as ChatGPT that creates content when prompted – is affecting how solicitors, judges and barristers work. It’s also likely to change the work they are being asked to do. This means that the way lawyers are trained needs to change, too. In education, there can be a tendency to see generative AI as a threat, including as a means for students to cheat.…
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