By Sherif El-Tawil, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
A civil engineer explains why ships taking out bridges is rare, and describes how bridge builders protect the structures from ship collisions.
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By Kevin Collins, Senior Lecturer, Environment & Systems, The Open University
An international subcommittee of geologists recently voted to reject a proposal to make the Anthropocene an official new geological epoch, defined by humanity’s enormous impact on the planet. Assuming some protests do not overturn the ruling, it will now take another decade for the decision to be reviewed. That may seem a long time given climate change concerns, but it is of course far less than a blink in planetary terms. The Earth can certainly wait, even if we can’t. But sometimes big ideas…
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By Panizza Allmark, Professor Visual & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University
Purple was highly valued and associated with royalty, power, and prestige in various ancient cultures, including the Roman and Byzantine Empires. So how did red creep its way in?
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By David Tombs, Howard Paterson Chair of Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago
Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.
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By Oscar Davis, Assistant Professor in Philosophy and History, Bond University
Svend Brinkmann’s idea of thoughtfulness is not just about exercising our rational powers to solve puzzles, but the existential dimensions of thinking.
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By Christopher Rudge, Law lecturer, University of Sydney
Champions of xenotransplantation see it as the solution to organ shortages across the world. But this technology has other applications.
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By Maria Nicholas, Senior Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education, Deakin University Andrew Skourdoumbis, Associate Professor in Education, Deakin University Ondine Bradbury, PhD Candidate, Monash University
New research finds teachers tend to have tailored approaches to help students performing below standard, but not for their gifted peers.
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By Mary Jane Logan McCallum, Professor of History, University of Winnipeg Susan M. Hill, Director of the Centre for Indigenous Studies; Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies and History, University of Toronto
U.S. laws on the repatriation of Indigenous artifacts and remains still uphold inequities in the relationships between Indigenous people and the agencies holding their materials.
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By Kaylee Byers, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences; Senior Scientist, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University Sarah Robinson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society, Simon Fraser University
A government program in British Columbia discovered the presence of chronic wasting disease in deer. Now, managing the spread of the disease is a priority.
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By GroundViews
A story of resilience and resistance emerges in the struggle between farmers and the authorities in Uva Province over a land-grab of maize fields for a proposed sugarcane factory.
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