By Erin Harrop, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Denver
Colorado requires middle, junior high and high school coaches in public and private schools to attend training on mental health. Currently, training is required to cover concerns specific to young athletes such as anxiety disorders, depression and suicide prevention.
These training requirements result from 2026 legislation called Alyssa’s Youth Concussion and Mental Health Protection Act. It was named after a young athlete…
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By Julianna Pillemer, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, New York University
If given the chance to gain thousands of admirers for your work, would you take it?
The artists who my colleagues and I interviewed as part of our research on content creators did – and many went on to question whether it was worth it.
Mark, an illustrator with millions of followers, revealed a deep sense of dread about what was once his dream: to make a living creating art and sharing it online. (We used pseudonyms to protect the privacy of the people we interviewed.)
“The thing that…
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By Geronimo Bejarano Cardenas, PhD Candidate, Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University
Grace Mackleby, Research Scientist of Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
Hospitals are tasked with making patients better, but when the hospital that provides care also owns the insurance company that pays for that care, the incentives get more complicated.
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By Kristina P. Brant, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State
Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary financial and psychological stress.
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By Sander van der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology in Society, University of Cambridge
Rachel O'Boyle, PhD Candidate, Social Decision-Making Lab, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge; Academia Sinica
Every summer is getting hotter. Wildfires are blazing, and the worst is yet to come. There’s nothing to be done – we’re doomed! Sound familiar?
This “climate doom” narrative can dominate the news cycle, particularly on social media, which is known to attract negativity.…
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By Animesh Datta, Professor of Quantum Information Science, University of Warwick
In the global race to build bigger and better quantum computers, researchers have taken a step forward. A new machine called Helios is a radically different system compared to other quantum computers.
Quantum computers harness the power of quantum mechanics, the laws that govern how physics operates at atomic and sub-atomic scales. Among various designs for such machines, Helios is a trapped-ion quantum computer, which means it uses charged atoms suspended in free space using electromagnetic fields.…
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By Adam J Smith, Associate Professor in 18th-century Literature, York St John University
On its surface, Samuel Abrahams’ Lady appears to be a familiar entry in the recent “eat the rich” cinematic trend, trailing in the wake of high-profile films like Saltburn, Parasite, The Menu and Triangle of Sadness. However, there is more to this surrealist film.
Here the setting is Ravenhyde Hall, a country estate in Suffolk where Lady Isabella (played by Sian Clifford) resides in eccentric isolation. The 40-something Isabella has decided that she is “aristocracy’s answer to the…
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By Marco Antonsich, Reader in Political Geography, Loughborough University
For the second time in a row, Italy has topped the medal table at the European Athletics Championships. With a total of 22 medals (ten of them gold) Italy pipped host nation Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the top spot. Once a nation of footballers – having won the World Cup four times – now Italy is showing itself to be a nation of runners and jumpers.
There are a few explanations for how this has happened. First, Italy offers a distinctive form of public support to its athletes. Many elite sportsmen…
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By Maria Fernanda Barca, Médica, doutora em Endocrinologia e membro do grupo de Tireoide do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Dependent on a delicate hormonal balance, the thyroid gland is adversely affected by ultra-processed foods, among other artificial interventions in our diet.
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By Callum Smith, Historian of Modern British History & Head of Online Learning, Aberystwyth University
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has brought Homer’s epic tale back to the big screen. The film is the latest retelling of a story that is almost 3,000 years old. But why do these ancient Greek stories continue to captivate new generations?
Nolan aside, Stephen Fry’s accessible retelling of Greek myths in 2017 and Disney’s Hercules (1997) film, for example, are part of a much longer tradition of repackaging the ancient world for contemporary audiences.
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