By Chuka Onwumechili, Professor of Communications, Howard University
The 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco, produced thrills and several story lines, some good and others not so good. It ended in a victory for Senegal – their second Afcon championship. While the 1-0 victory over Morocco was deserved, the championship game ended on a sour note as fans invaded the field and the winning country abandoned the game for 16 minutes.
I’m…
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By Normand Mousseau, Directeur de l’Institut de l’énergie Trottier, Polytechnique Montréal et Professeur de physique, Université de Montréal
Roberta Dagher, Professionnelle de recherche, Institut de l'énergie Trottier de Polytechnique Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal
Canada needs to move towards a carbon-neutral economy, and the biomass sectors have a key role to play in this transition.
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By The Conversation Canada, The Conversation
In his new book, psychologist Chris Moore challenges popular assumptions about guilt and explains why this uncomfortable feeling may be one of our most useful.
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By Annie Selak, Director, Women's Center, Georgetown University
Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who presented themselves as white.
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By Carolin Waldner, Assistant Professor of Sustainability Management, ESCP Business School
Andreas Rasche, Professor of Business in Society, Copenhagen Business School
Stephanie Schrage, Professor of Business Administration, University of Kiel
A German NGO supporting water and hygiene initiatives in Uganda sheds light on better ways for aid organisations to serve local communities and integrate staff on the ground.
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By Jonatan Sodergren, Lecturer in Marketing, Bristol University Business School, University of Bristol
Brewing giant Heineken’s advertising campaign promoting its zero-alcohol beer on the London Underground forced its way into the public conversation. By temporarily altering signs and renaming stops to things like Oxf0.0rd Circus and Waterl0.0, the 0.0 brand placed itself inside one of the UK’s most recognisable public institutions.
The Heineken stunt reflects a wider return of offline brand “activations” – when marketers look for the type of presence that can’t be scrolled past in crowded digital environments.…
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By James Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography, UCL
The late 1940s and early 1950s were a golden age for polar mapmaking in the US. Major magazines such as Time, Life and Fortune commissioned a generation of famous cartographers – who had come of age in the second world war – to explain the new geopolitics to a mass audience that was highly engaged after the catastrophic…
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By Laura O'Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University
Framing the Keane-McCarthy spat as an intimate power struggle keeps the film from slipping into nostalgia or easy hero worship.
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
You’re relaxing on the sofa when suddenly your eyelid starts twitching. Or perhaps it’s a muscle in your arm, your leg, or your foot that begins to spasm – sometimes for a few seconds, sometimes for hours or even days. It’s an unsettling sensation that affects about 70% of people at some point in their lives.
Muscle twitches fall into two main types. There’s myoclonus, where a whole muscle or group of muscles twitch or spasm. Then there’s fasciculation,…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
For some women, pregnancy is a time of profound loss. Not all pregnancies progress as expected. One serious complication is ectopic pregnancy, a condition in which a fertilised egg implants somewhere other than the uterus.
The uterus is the only organ designed to stretch, supply blood and safely support a developing pregnancy. When implantation occurs elsewhere, the pregnancy cannot develop normally and poses significant risks to the mother.
In a very small number of cases, implantation…
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