By Bernard Laurent, Professeur, EM Lyon Business School
Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’, was published almost 10 years ago. This environmental text sought to move the Catholic Church and its concern with the Earth back into a leading role.
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By Stephanie Hernandez, PhD Candidate, Literature and Music, University of Liverpool
Rather than perpetuate the simplified myth of Lennon as a lone revolutionary figure, the film spotlights Ono’s equally influential role.
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By Richard Hylton, Lecturer in Contemporary Art, SOAS, University of London
Donald Rodney’s art (1961-98) has been familiar to me for many years. But only rarely has it been possible to experience, at close quarters, anything approximating the sheer range and depth of his practice. In his first retrospective exhibition in over a decade and a half, Rodney’s remarkable work is given the platform it deserves.
Spanning painting, drawing, oil pastels, photography, sculptural assemblages, installation and computer-generated art, Donald…
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By Megan Quail, PhD Candidate at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University
Goats have outperformed sheep and alpacas in a series of cognitive tests, suggesting they’re the sharpest minds in the barnyard.
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By Allen Haddrell, Senior Research Associate, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Henry Oswin, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
We’ve long known that environmental factors – from humidity and temperature to trace chemical vapours – can influence how pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and fungi, behave once released into the air. These tiny droplets of respiratory fluid, or aerosols, carry viruses and bacteria and can float for minutes or even hours. But while we’ve been busy focusing on physical distancing and surface cleaning, a quieter factor may have been playing a much bigger role in airborne disease transmission all along: carbon dioxide (CO₂).
During the pandemic, we studied what happens…
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By Heather Kennedy Curtin, Specialist Physiotherapist in Gait Analysis, Trinity College Dublin
Mobility assistance dogs don’t just help children with walking – they also help improve overall quality of life for the children and their families.
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By Sudarno Sumarto, Visiting Professor at the Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Jan Priebe, Team leader 'Health Economics', Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
A study of about 1 million girls in Indonesia suggests government programs can be effective in reducing the number of child brides.
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By David Weinberg, Professor of Astronomy, The Ohio State University
Ashley Ross, Research Assistant Professor of Physics, The Ohio State University
Klaus Honscheid, Professor of Physics, The Ohio State University
Paul Martini, Professor of Astronomy and Physics, The Ohio State University
Scientists have conflicting theories on why the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. New measurements from a massive collaboration complicate these ideas.
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By Marlene L. Daut, Professor of French and African American Studies, Yale University
After being exploited for decades by France, Haiti ended up forking over huge sums of money to its former colonizer. Now, the Caribbean nation’s calls for restitution are becoming harder to ignore.
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By Erik Johnson, Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Stetson University
Matthew deTar, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Culture, Ohio University
The length of Booker’s speech grabbed headlines, but the senator’s media strategy helped sustain attention afterward while disrupting Trump’s public spotlight.
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