By Francesco Grillo, Academic Fellow, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University
Nearly three decades after the first UN climate conference, emissions are still rising. The global system for tackling climate change is broken – it’s slow, cumbersome and undemocratic.
Even Donald Trump may not be totally wrong when he blames the UN for producing “empty words and then never [following] those words up”. If we assess the progress since the first UN Cop climate summit in 1995, the numbers…
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By Dan Gordon, Professor of Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
Instead of wasting hours squatting weights in the gym or pounding miles of pavement in your running shoes, you could instead get all the benefits of a workout just by moving a little bit more like other animals.
“Quadrobics” is the internet’s latest fitness trend. This unconventional training method involves using all four of your limbs during a workout. Proponents claim it’s a highly beneficial form of exercise because of the large number of muscle groups that it uses. By running on all fours, muscles in the shoulders,…
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By Frances Fowle, Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh
The Van Gogh Museum’s new exhibition, Van Gogh and the Roulins – Together Again at Last, celebrates an important family reunion. It brings together 14 portraits of the wife and three children of the postman Joseph Roulin – Vincent van Gogh’s closest friend and supporter while he was based in the southern French town of Arles.
The exhibition is a work of art in itself: tightly focused, beautifully designed and accompanied by an excellent catalogue. Additional works and props (such as Roulin’s chair) contextualise the show, but it is the portraits of the Roulins – Joseph, Augustine, 17-year-old…
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By James R. Elliott, Professor of Sociology, Rice University
Debolina Banerjee, Research Analyst in Geography and Environmental Planning, Rice University
In general, people are moving to safer homes after disasters, but the vast majority are selling, meaning someone else is now taking on that risk. Buyout programs can help.
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By Tom Duszynski, Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Indiana University
Imagine a city street at dusk, silent save for the rising sound of a collective guttural moan. Suddenly, a horde of ragged, bloodied creatures appear, their feet shuffling along the pavement, their hollow eyes locked on fleeing figures ahead.
A classic movie monster, the zombie surged in popularity in the 21st century during a time of global anxiety – the Great Recession, the specter of climate change, the lingering trauma of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The…
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By Brandon Nabors, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Public Health, University of Mississippi
Over half of new HIV diagnoses in the US are in the South. Black men who have sex with men are hit the hardest; for them, preventing HIV is a matter of trust, identity, family and faith.
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By Ediberto Román, Professor of Law, Florida International University
Ernesto Sagás, Professor of Ethnic Studies, Colorado State University
Soon after the NFL’s announcement that Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny would headline the Super Bowl halftime show, conservative media outlets and Trump administration officials went on the attack.
Homeland Security head Kristi Noem promised that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “would be all over the Super Bowl.” President Donald Trump called the selection “absolutely…
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By Valentina Dargam, Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University
Joshua Hutcheson, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University
With the help of AI, doctors might be able to detect heart disease before it becomes audible to the human ear.
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By Shraddha Lall, Ph.D. Candidate in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Variability in traits and increased individuality in behaviors is something that can evolve in response to selection, definitely in the lab and potentially also in nature.
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By Kate Hua-Ke Chi, Doctoral Fellow, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
The International Energy Agency expects global renewable energy capacity to double by 2030, even with lower growth in the US, but fossil fuels still dominate.
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