By Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
Is a US-China war inevitable? Perhaps that isn’t the lesson leaders should be taking from the ‘History of the Peloponnesian War.’
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By Riley Drake, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stout
An education scholar explains how some teachers and school counselors are quietly resisting what they see as political incursion into the classroom.
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By David Kitchen, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Richmond
When volcanoes like Alaska’s Mount Spurr erupt, the ash can damage people’s lungs, smother crops and kill animals, and the harm can continue to spread long afterward.
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By Kristefer Stojanovski, Assistant Professor of Social, Behavioral and Population Sciences, Tulane University
Paul Shafer, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
After a group of employers refused to provide their employees access to free HIV prevention treatment, the Supreme Court may decide whether insurers are required to fully cover preventive care.
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By Hanna D. Paton, PhD Candidate in Immunology, University of Iowa
Avian influenza infections in the US have been rising over the past year, but there’s no evidence so far that people can infect each other with this strain of the virus.
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By Dannagal G. Young, Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Delaware
Kevin Arceneaux, Director of the Center for Political Research and Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po
Burn it all down? For some Americans who feel they’ve lost social status, that’s exactly what they want DOGE to do.
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By Bedassa Tadesse, Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth
As the US imposes more tariffs, a global backlash is brewing – from subtle trade barriers to strategic countermeasures targeting red-state industries.
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By John Kominoski, Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
Do you know where your drinking water comes from?
In South Florida, drinking water comes from the Everglades, a vast landscape of wetlands that has long filtered the water relied on by millions of people.
But as the Everglades has shrunk over the past century, the region’s water supply and water quality have become increasingly…
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By Rachel Moseley, Co-founder of the Centre for Television History, Heritage and Memory Research, University of Warwick
From the opening moments of the new Disney+ series The Stolen Girl, you could be forgiven for thinking that you’ve happened upon a Scandi-noir crime drama.
From the air, we follow a dark Volvo estate driving a dusty road through a tree-lined mountainous landscape. The palette is cool and desaturated, the music underpinned by a distorted electronic buzz. After the sound of a zip, light picks out the face of a child who seems to have been transported in the cramped and claustrophobic boot of the Volvo, that emblem of (Scandinavian) family road safety. “Who are you?” the child asks.
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By Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster
Wearing outdoor shoes inside can spread of bacteria, allergens, and toxic chemicals — all of which can compromise your health and indoor air quality.
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