By Shelley Galpin, Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London
The perils of romance, embarrassing families, self-knowledge and love – all wrapped up in a good dose of social satire – are a winning formula for great TV.
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By John Nielsen-Gammon, Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
William Baule, Research Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University
Forecasters already patch together very rough estimates, and ending NOAA’s ‘billion-dollar disasters’ list means less access to insurance data. Texas’ state climatologists explain why that matters.
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By Natoshia R. Cunningham, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Michigan State University
Chronic pain in children is common. Effective solutions exist − and training community providers is one way to get treatment to kids who need it.
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By Chetan Jaiswal, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Quinnipiac University
Vibe coding is a buzzy phrase that describes using AI language tools to write software. You enter a natural language phrase for what you want – to a point – and get back code.
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By Hysell V. Oviedo, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Research, Washington University in St. Louis
Left and right brains hear speech differently, yet how this divide forms was unclear − until mouse studies showed each hemisphere runs on its own developmental clock.
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By Ana Clara Bobadilla, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
Your brain processes the pleasure of everyday behaviors like eating and drinking similarly to the pleasure of using drugs. Disentangling them requires understanding how memories are formed.
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By Cody Musselman, Preceptor, College Writing Program, Harvard University
Judith Ellen Brunton, Assistant Professor of Religion, Rice University
The Edmonton Oilers are once again vying for hockey’s biggest prize. In some ways, religion scholars argue, the team’s fandom represents devotion to a way of life − and the oil industry.
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By Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
Van Gogh’s painting was inspired by French artist Jean-Francois Millet’s 1860 painting. But he transformed Millet’s composition into an image of hope.
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By Charles Cantalupo, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English, Comparative Literature, and African Studies, Penn State
No African writer has as many major, lasting creative achievements in such a wide range of genres as Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
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By Richard Calland, Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
Instead of disconnected projects driven by external priorities, a country platform enables governments to set the agenda and direct finance to where it is needed.
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