By Claire B. Wofford, Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
Pundits decried the Supreme Court justices for not focusing on Donald Trump’s conduct when they heard oral arguments in Trump’s immunity case. But a legal scholar says they were just doing their job.
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By Thomas Gift, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
As hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear were called in to clear away a student protest at Columbia University on Tuesday night, the university president Nemat Shafik was saying she had “no choice” but to take this action.
Earlier that day, after defying administrative orders to disband their two-week encampment, a group of Columbia students had broken into…
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By Alejandra Marquez Guajardo, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Michigan State University
When its six-week abortion ban went into effect on May 1, 2024, Florida joined nearly two dozen other U.S. states that ban abortion or greatly restrict it.
These laws came into effect after the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade ended nearly 50 years of the constitutional right to abortion in the United States.
Florida…
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By Kate McNicholas Smith, Lecturer in Television Theory, University of Westminster
Warning: this article contains minor spoilers for Love Lies Bleeding.
The filmmakers behind Love Lies Bleeding (director Rose Glass and her co-writer Weronika Tofilska) are, as Glass describes “obviously … both film nerds”.
The film has a broad archive of references ranging from the works of influential queer filmmaker John…
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By Ben Rider-Stokes, Post Doctoral Researcher in Achondrite Meteorites, The Open University
China is attempting to recover the first ever soil and rock samples from the lunar far side. The surface mission, Chang’e 6, named after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang’e, is a predecessor to the successful sample return mission, Chang’e 5, and a part of the Chinese lunar exploration programme.
The mission is set for launch using a long…
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By James Morrison, Associate Professor in Journalism, University of Stirling
The extreme levels of poverty endured by economically inactive people (as highlighted in the government’s own data) are a direct result of deliberate political choices to continually erode benefits.
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By Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
These four tips will help you to regain your autonomy, try new things, and avoid getting stuck in an algorithmic loop.
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By Adam Taylor, Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
In a recent Instagram post, the actor Jameela Jamil revealed she has poor bone density, despite only being in her 30s. Jamil blamed this finding on 20 years of dieting – urging her followers to be aware of the harms diet culture can do to your health.
Bone density is important for many reasons, primarily because it acts as a reservoir for many of the important minerals our bones need to function well. Many factors can affect your bone density – and as Jamil has pointed out, diet is one component that has a significant effect on bone health.
Bone is a living…
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By Bernardino D'Amico, Associate Professor, School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University
A hemp renaissance could transform the construction industry – this fast-growing crop sequesters or stores carbon and has multiple environmental benefits and practical applications.
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By Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School
Electric power generation in the U.S. is shifting rapidly away from fossil fuels toward cleaner and lower-carbon sources. State clean energy targets and dramatic declines in the cost of renewable electricity are the most important reasons.
But fossil fuel plants still generate 60% of the U.S. electricity supply, producing air, water and land pollutants and greenhouse gases in…
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