By Kimberly Nath, Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, San Juan College
Matthias Aspden was a wealthy Philadelphia businessman who remained faithful to Britain. As a result, he lost his home, property and sense of belonging, and died in exile.
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By Annie Persons, Lecturer in Literature, University of Virginia
Ads from the 19th and 20th centuries shows how the industry has long tried to promote coal as clean and even healthy, despite evidence to the contrary.
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By Yu-Ru Lin, Professor of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh
Hate communities often flourish online for years, raising the question of how they persist. My research team has found that powerful stories keep members of a hate group galvanized, either by repeating the story over and over or by constantly adding fresh accusations and interpretations to it.
I’m a computational social scientist who studies social and political networks. My colleagues and I uncovered these…
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By Miriam Eve Mora, Managing Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan
New York City played a starring role in the golden age of comics. And like Kirby, many of the genre’s most famous artists were Jewish.
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By Aditya Simha, Professor of Management, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
I have been a dog lover ever since I was a kid and have spent years learning about the temperaments and histories of different dog breeds, as well as famous dogs and their adventures. I have attended a variety of dog shows to meet various breeds and talk with their owners, and I’ve also lived with several dogs – including a dachshund, otterhound, German shepherd, Indian spitz and Labrador retriever – over the course of my life.
Beyond my canine concerns, I’m a professor of management who loves teaching…
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By Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
Canada’s shunning of beer, wine and spirits from the US is a textbook example of how market access for politically exposed goods can quickly unravel.
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By Miguel G. Borda, Consultant in Geriatric Medicine, Department of Neurology, Universidad de Navarra
George E. Barreto, Associate Professor in Cell Biology and Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick
The use of dietary supplements has increased sharply in recent years. Vitamins, minerals and other nutritional products are often marketed as simple ways to boost energy, support immunity, protect brain health or even promote longevity. For many people, taking supplements can feel like a sensible, proactive health habit.
But this perception can be misleading. For people who already have adequate nutrition, many supplements…
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Economist Jiao Wang talks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the way China has diversified its export markets away from the west.
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By Beverley O'Hara, Lecturer in Public Health Nutrition, Leeds Beckett University
For many people interested in health and wellbeing, the idea of ultra-processed food, or UPF, has become more than a technical term in nutrition research. In public debate, it often serves as shorthand for wider concerns about modern, industrially produced food.
Those concerns are not baseless. A large body of research has found associations between high UPF intake and poorer health outcomes. But the evidence is not always easy…
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By Pedram Vousoughi, Post Doctoral Researcher in Biological Sciences, University of Limerick
The question sounds simple. The answer, once you examine the actual measurement science behind it, is more interesting than either “yes” or “no”.
The houseplant-as-air-purifier idea can be traced to a 1989 US study, conducted for Nasa as part of research into closed-loop life…
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