By David Shiffman, Faculty Research Associate in Marine Biology, Arizona State University
America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately harm the fishing industry itself.
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By Joshua M. Pearce, John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
Every year, American universities spend millions of dollars patenting inventions developed on their campuses. Big names such as Stanford and the University of California system lead the pack in patent activity, but hundreds of other universities are also trying to strike gold by monetizing intellectual property. The idea is simple: By investing in patents and…
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By Nicole M. Bennett, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography and Assistant Director at the Center for Refugee Studies, Indiana University
Under the guise of efficiency and fraud prevention, the federal government is breaking down data silos to collect and aggregate information on virtually everyone in the US.
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By Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
Some Department of Justice attorneys have recently been fired or have resigned, refusing to follow directives from the Trump administration that they felt violated the law, legal ethics or both.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A re-elected Albanese government will take the unprecedented step of buying or obtaining options over key critical minerals to protect Australia’s national interest.
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By Thomas Gift, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
A few days ago, in a move that attracted international attention, the White House threatened to strip Harvard University of US$2 billion (£1.5 billion) in federal funding, potentially revoke its tax-exempt status and even prevent it from enrolling international students if it didn’t…
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By Helen Owton, Lecturer in Sport and Fitness, The Open University
As the sun rises over the river Thames on marathon day this year, tens of thousands of cheering spectators will fill the streets and a record-breaking 56,000 adrenaline-fuelled runners will gather at the starting line of the TCS London marathon.
At the start of the gun, the stampede of runners will surge forward bringing the streets of London alive with the rhythmic thud of trainers, the sweat of determination, and the roaring of the crowd shouting: “Come…
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By Eslem Ben Arous, MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow, Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH)
Eleanor Scerri, Independent Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Our human species emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago but scientists don’t yet have a clear picture of what kind of natural environment we evolved in. Until recently, the dominant idea was that grasslands and savannahs were the ecological “cradle” of human beings. Environments like rainforest were considered to be barriers…
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By Imraan Valodia, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Climate, Sustainability and Inequality and Director, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Tax experts usually refer to the three Es in taxes – equity, efficiency and ease of administration. A VAT increase, done properly, would tick all the boxes.
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By Steve Schifferes, Honorary Research Fellow, City Political Economy Research Centre, City St George's, University of London
Growth forecasts for the US and other advanced economies have been sharply downgraded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the wake of dramatic swings in US president Donald Trump’s economic policy. But could the uncertainty and the turmoil in financial markets eventually be enough to push the world into a recession?
The IMF says that global growth has already been hit by the decline in business and consumer confidence as “major policy shifts” by the US unfold.…
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