By Mark Schroeder, Professor of Philosophy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
There are few greater feelings than the sense of heartfelt gratitude to another human being who has done you a solid. Sincere thanks and reciprocation are part of the glue that binds us in human relationships.
But sometimes you’re just not feeling it. You know that you have benefited from what someone has done for you, but you don’t really feel grateful to them for doing it. Most teenagers go through this period with their parents. Maybe you take your partner or colleague for granted.
For me,…
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By Aldo Romero, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University
Imagine shining a flashlight across a dark room. You can predict exactly what the light will do: travel in a straight line from one point to another. That seems obvious, because in the world we see around us, light appears to follow a single, clear path.
Quantum mechanics paints a far stranger picture.
If you zoom in to the atomic scale, light does not behave as though it follows only one straight route. Instead, a particle of light explores every path available to it at once. One path may indeed be the straight line across the room. But others could involve the light bouncing…
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By Brett R. Chloupek, Professor of Geography, Northwest Missouri State University
More than a century after the Treaty of Trianon, its monuments have produced a visible political landscape that Péter Magyar will continue to embrace.
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By Sarah Ayer, Senior Academic in Sports Management, Bournemouth University
If children don’t want to attend a competition or continue with a sport at all, they should be able to say so.
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By Gareth M. Thomas, Reader in Sociology, Cardiff University
On football pitches across the UK, thousands of people in their 50s, 60s and 70s are proving that the beautiful game does not have to end with age. Walking football is a variation of running football (or soccer) mostly targeted at older people.
But what’s it like to play football later in life? According to the walking footballers I interviewed for my latest research, the sport has become a way for them to push…
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By Douglas Field, Lecturer in 20th century American Literature, University of Manchester
Ray Carney is back in the concluding chapter of the Harlem Trilogy, and finally trying to kick his criminal side hustle.
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By Annaliese Grant, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Carrie Grant, Associate Professor of English, Towson University
Stories about young queer people coming of age and finding love have touched people across age and identity, bringing healing after the AIDS crisis and harsh upbringings.
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By Jan Zalasiewicz, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
Colin Summerhayes, Marine Geologist and Oceanographer, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Martin J. Head, Professor of Earth Sciences, Brock University
Imagine almost every person on Earth doing nothing but making cups of tea, day and night, one every second – and pouring every single one into the sea.
It sounds absurd. Yet it helps us picture one of the biggest changes happening to our planet.
Although we experience global warming through hotter air and record-breaking heatwaves, the atmosphere is only a sideshow, which we happen to especially notice because we live within it. The more important feature is that the ocean is absorbing some 90%…
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By Mareike Riedel, Senior lecturer in law, Macquarie University
Australian universities will have to adopt their own definitions of racism as of next year. This includes antisemitism, Islamophobia and racism towards First Nations people.
It is to make complaints easier and clearer, and enhance safety and inclusion on campus. But according to the new rules, introduced by the federal government this week, universities will not have to…
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By Hamid Merchant, Head of Department for Bioscience, University of East London
Thousands of students heading to university or residential college this autumn will be eligible for a free meningococcal group B (MenB) vaccine, following an outbreak in Kent earlier this year that was linked to two deaths. From July 20, participating pharmacies across England will offer MenB vaccinations to eligible students. Here’s what you need to know.
What is the vaccine?
The MenB vaccine helps protect against meningococcal group B bacteria, which can cause meningitis and septicaemia – serious infections that can rapidly become life-threatening.
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