By Kimberly Van Meter, Associate Professor of Geography, Penn State
Nandita Basu, Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair of Global Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology, University of Waterloo
Decades of farmers using more fertilizer than they needed have quietly built up large reserves of nutrients in the soil.
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By Kelley Cours Anderson, Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Charleston
Ashley Hass, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Portland
Breanne A. Mertz, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Tampa
More than 2 in 5 social media marketers say they plan to leave their job within two years, and many cite insufficient mental health support from supervisors.
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By Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
Each June, the nation turns its attention to the U.S. Supreme Court as it hands down some of its most consequential decisions.
Long before a landmark Supreme Court ruling dominates the headlines, it is shaped by a highly structured legal process, much of which takes place out of public view. This procedure involves strict…
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By Federico Caprotti, Professor of Human Geography, University of Exeter
A new basic solar grant made electricity more affordable for families in the Qandu Qandu shack settlement in Cape Town, South Africa.
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By Lydia O'Meara, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
Paula Dominguez-Salas, Assistant Professor of Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Worldwide, women carry the greatest burden of malnutrition. More than two-thirds of women of childbearing age don’t get enough of at least one micronutrient. These are the vitamins and minerals, such as iron, that the body needs in small amounts to stay healthy. A shortage is often called “hidden hunger” because a woman can eat enough to feel full yet still not have enough essential…
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By Luisa F. Escobar Alvarado, Post Doctoral researcher, Università di Torino
Few places in Africa have been as isolated and understudied as eastern Angola, particularly the highlands of the Moxico provinces, a region rich in biodiversity, culture and history. The country’s political past helps explain this isolation. Having achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 after 11 years of war, Angola descended into a civil war that lasted 27 years, one of the longest conflicts in Africa.
Since peace…
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By Joan Silk, Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
Baboons are one of the most widespread of Africa’s primate groups. They range across sub-Saharan Africa and into the Arabian Peninsula.
Baboons’ ability to spread across such a vast geographic area is based on their great ecological adaptability and dietary flexibility. This enables them to flourish in a wide variety of habitats, including deserts, swamps, open grasslands, woodlands and tropical forests.
I am an evolutionary…
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By Tom Comyns, Professor, Strength and Conditioning, University of Limerick
Ian Kenny, Professor, Biomechanics, University of Limerick
A decade of injury data shows lowering rugby’s tackle height cut adult concussions by more than a third – but not for schoolboy players.
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By Klaus Dodds, Faculty Dean, Faculty of Science & Technology, Middlesex University; RAND Europe
Norway’s defence minister, Tore Sandvik, recently warned that Russia must not be allowed to control the Bear Gap. This is a stretch of water that runs roughly 400 miles between Bear Island in the southernmost portion of the Svalbard archipelago and Cape North on Norway’s northern mainland. It serves as the geographical boundary point where the shallow Barents Sea meets the much deeper Norwegian Sea.
Russia has long sought to control the Bear Gap. Control of the waterway would give Russian submarines easier…
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By Ali Jasemi, Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University
By a certain age, the story goes, you should have a few things locked down: a successful career, a loving partner, a couple of children running around in the house that you’ve purchased.
If you miss these markers, dread tends to set in. You may feel everyone else is moving forward, and that somehow you’ve fallen behind. This is one of the most common anxieties we encounter in life. It’s also one of the most misunderstood.
As a developmental psychologist, I want to offer a more accurate and liberating account of what’s actually going on. The feeling of being behind is real.…
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