By Marco A. Janssen, Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Afreen Siddiqi, Research Scientist in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Parvathy Prem, Planetary Scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Landing on the Moon can disturb its environment – people are discussing how to balance those concerns with political and economic goals.
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By Jessica Maddox, Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, University of Georgia
Krysten Stein, Assistant Professor of English and Communication, University of Cincinnati
As TikTok invests in short-form scripted series, it’s leaning into the same storytelling, advertising and viewing habits that defined television.
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By Ryan Leack, Assistant Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
What should we call the words that this ultramodern technology produces? For clues, a professor looks to some of the world’s earliest authors.
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By Dale Manning, Associate Professor in Public Policy and Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
Anya Nakhmurina, Associate Professor of Accounting, Yale University
Eli Fenichel, Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Yale University
Most Americans tend to think about bats only around Halloween, but the U.S. economy benefits from these furry flying mammals every day.
Bats pollinate plants, including many important food crops, when they stop by flowers to drink nectar. Their guano is mined from caves for fertilizer. And they eat a lot of bugs – the…
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By Brian Thornton, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, University of Winchester
For years, victims of crime and those trying to challenge convictions have said that the UK’s system for accessing court records is prohibitively expensive and unnecessarily bureaucratic.
The government has taken steps to improve this transparency. In a recent investigation, I revealed that the government has abandoned its policy of destroying court records. But significant barriers remain for those trying to gain access to those…
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By Pedro DiNezio, Associate Research Professor in Climate Modeling, University of Colorado Boulder
Twin cyclones helped trigger massive ocean warming in the Pacific. But whether that leads to a strong El Niño is still uncertain. Here’s what you need to know.
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By Wafula Yenjela, Research associate, University of the Free State
At the dawn of Kenya’s colonial era in 1902, consumption of home-made alcohol was deeply embedded in society. For instance, among the Mijikenda of coastal Kenya, palm wine was integral (p.290) to traditional ceremonies, such as marriage and initiations, and in ritual offerings.
This partly explains why the colonial authorities did…
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By Ongama Mtimka, Lecturer, Nelson Mandela University
Julius Malema’s skills at building a party and running a tight ship have been bolstered by his charisma and speech-making capability.
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By Gbenga Akinlolu Shadare, Senior lecturer, Buckinghamshire New University
Floods regularly devastate Lagos’s informal workers, but traders and residents have built their own systems to adapt where the state has failed.
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By David Comas, Full Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Instituto de Biología Evolutiva (IBE - CSIC - UPF)
Laura Vilà Valls, Researcher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Instituto de Biología Evolutiva (IBE - CSIC - UPF)
Sudan lies at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East. It has played a key role in human demographic movements, reflected in the diversity of its cultures and languages. Although much of the country is arid, the Nile River has long acted as a corridor for trade, facilitating…
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