By Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
In 1976, fans could score a ticket to the MLB All-Star Game for $6. In 2026, tickets start at over $200.
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By Angela J. Narayan, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Denver
Observing how grown-ups operate provides children with information on how they can shape their worlds to get what they want and avoid what they don’t want.
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By Achim Zeileis, Professor of Statistics, University of Innsbruck
In times past, when we wanted to know which team would win the World Cup, we had to turn to seers with crystal balls, use divination via tea leaves, or hope for Paul the Octopus to tell us what would happen.
But modern data science can provide a better alternative. As part of a team of statisticians, I helped train a machine learning algorithm to predict the most likely course of the tournament.
Probabilistic forecasts and loaded…
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By Robert Kubinec, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
Alexis Montambault-Trudelle, Postdoctoral Fellow in International Studies, Université Laval
Since the beginning of the Iran war, Saudi Arabia has been grappling with how best to respond to the expansion of Middle East conflict.
Having issued condemnations of Tehran’s strikes on the kingdom – and other Gulf states – in response to the initial U.S. and Israeli action in late February, Saudi Arabia has since reportedly initiated more direct action. Indeed, in May, speculation mounted that the kingdom had…
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By Melissa Scanlan, Professor and Director of the Center for Water Policy, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Will Matuska, Water Policy and Science Communications Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Both legally and practically speaking, getting to the water’s edge isn’t as straightforward as it might seem – or as many people might like.
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Volodymyr Zelensky recently suggested that the war in Ukraine was beginning to turn in his country’s favour. The Ukrainian president insisted that Russia was “losing the initiative each day”.
These comments came days after Zelensky wrote an open…
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By Alan Shipman, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
US economic growth is picking up again after a slowdown towards the end of 2025. According to price data released on May 28, US GDP grew by 1.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026. This is despite energy prices rising and consumer confidence falling since the US president, Donald Trump, went to war with Iran in February.
Confronted by higher prices for gasoline and a range of other everyday products, US households are spending more in total, rather than cutting…
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By Clare Willsdon, Professor of the History of Western Art, University of Glasgow
Social change made leisure gardens accessible to all – not just kings and aristocrats – at the same time as ‘the great horticultural movement’.
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By Jeran Cloete, PhD Candidate in Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University
Dian Spear, Senior research scientist, Stellenbosch University
Jessica da Silva, Principal Scientist
Lavhelesani Dembe Simba, Lecturer (Entomology), University of Fort Hare
Peter J Carrick, Honorary Research Fellow at the Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, University of Cape Town; and Founder and Director of Nurture Restore Innovate (NRI), University of Cape Town
Conservationists analyse overwhelming volumes of ecological data in their work. For example, they might need to process decades of weather data or the movements of millions of insects. Up until now, these scientists and decision makers have had to manually find and sort information, then use statistical tools which often oversimplify the source information.
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools now promise to help with all that. But can they deliver on the promise?
They are far…
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By Alan Hirsch, Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
Several key actions that could help are not yet on the table, including mobilising other political parties as well as civic society to fight anti-foreigner hysteria.
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