By Janine Mendes-Franco
“Birds are among the most visible symbols of our natural heritage, inspiring national pride and reminding us that our islands are home to extraordinary biodiversity found nowhere else on earth.”
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By Max Carter-Brown, Lecturer, Evolutionary Biology, Anglia Ruskin University
I’m standing in a deconsecrated church in Lambeth, London, now home to the Garden Museum. It has a warm and pleasant atmosphere, undeniably a church, yet far removed from its original purpose. On this quiet Friday morning, I met with Emma House, the lead curator of the exhibition Seeds of Exchange. We wandered around the exhibit, which is deceptively small for the scale of its story, crossing continents, cultures, languages and time.
Seeds of Exchange: Canton and London in the 1700s tells a story…
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By Susanne Masters, PhD Candidate, Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Margret Veltman, Researcher, Evolution, eDNA, Genomics and Ethnobotany, University of Oslo
Each spring, the meadows and hillsides of the Mediterranean draw tourists to admire flowering orchids. But in some regions, these astonishing blooms are steadily declining – or at risk of disappearing altogether.
Collection for trade is depleting these wild orchids. It’s not their flowers but their tubers that have most value. Tubers are underground storage organs that sustain plant growth and development. Harvesting them effectively kills the plant.
International trade in orchids is
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By Kirsten Stevens-Wood, Senior Lecturer, Cardiff Metropolitan University
As global crises drive up costs and uncertainty, intentional communities offer ideas for how to share resources, cut bills and build resilience together.
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By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
Many analysts feared the war in Iran waged by the United States and Israel would have disastrous consequences for Ukraine.
A range of issues resulting from the conflict have in fact hurt Ukraine. But the biggest consequence of the war, both globally and for Ukraine, has been its impact on oil.
Money,…
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By Benjamin Freeman, Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
Shreyas Arashanapalli, Graduate Student in Evolutionary Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Males aren’t the only angry birds defending their territory. A clever test finds which songbirds step up to fight off intruders and the role monogamy plays.
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By John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
The US Constitution gives states control of elections. An executive order by President Trump aims to take away that control. A former federal judge says a president can’t just deny the Constitution.
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By Maximilian Brichta, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia
Once seen as often dry and sometimes intimidating, personal finance advice is a far cry from what it was in your grandparents’ day.
It’s not just the array of new online tools, from banking apps to exotic new investing options, such as cryptocurrency. Social media has created a platform for “finfluencers” – nonprofessional personal finance influencers who have become an increasingly common source of advice for young people, whether it’s accurate or not.
While most Americans over 64 say they turn…
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By Michael A Messner, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A review of nearly 100 years of high school yearbooks from Salinas High School in California showcases a nostalgic, not always accurate, version of high school.
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By Nicholas Pellegrino, Research Associate in Public Health Sciences, University of Connecticut
Doug Brugge, Professor of Public Health Science and Community Medicine, University of Connecticut
Misha Eliasziw, Associate Professor of Biostatistics, Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
The gain isn’t huge, but it’s a notable improvement – similar to what people experience when they start exercising more.
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