By Nicholas John Wheeler, Professor of International Relations Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham; BASIC
Marcus Holmes, Professor of Government; Faculty Affiliate, Global Research Institute, William & Mary
The summit between Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and US president, Donald Trump, reportedly covered a lot of ground. The two leaders are said to have discussed trade, technology and the war in Iran, agreeing that Strait of Hormuz should be kept open. But the most potentially hazardous issue they covered was the future of Taiwan, which Xi said if handled poorly, could lead to conflict and “an extremely dangerous situation”.
The danger is not simply that Xi and Trump disagree over Taiwan’s…
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By Aliyu Ibrahim Nagidi, PhD Candidate, Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull
Ben Kolosz, Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of Renewable Energy and Carbon Removal, University of Hull
Martin Taylor, Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Hull
The Humber estuary in northern England is ideally suited to access abundant clean energy and massive carbon dioxide (CO₂) storage sites.
This region is home to the world’s largest offshore wind farm, which will generate enough electricity for up to 6 million homes when completed by 2027. Further from the coast in the southern North Sea, lies a giant vault on the seabed that can safely…
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By Kent Jones, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College
Rebuffed by the Supreme Court, President Donald Trump is seeking to exploit a different tariff tool to regain leverage. Whether it succeeds remains in question.
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By Marianne Holdzkom, Professor of History, Kennesaw State University
The founding generation in America was not of one mind. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson differed on crucial ideas, but exemplify the capacity for people to disagree and yet work for a common cause.
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By Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Adam Eichen, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst
Jesse Rhodes, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Most Trump supporters remain in his camp, but some independents, young people and Black Americans who voted for the president in 2024 would not do so again in an election do-over.
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By Lisa Kewley, Director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Smithsonian Institution
Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the universe. It pulled in gas and small companion galaxies, slowly building up the bright central region and sweeping spiral arms we see today.
In a new study published in March 2026, my colleagues and I used this galaxy’s chemical fingerprints to reconstruct its life story in detail.
Astronomers want to know how spiral galaxies like our own Milky…
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By Marco A. Janssen, Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University
Afreen Siddiqi, Research Scientist in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Parvathy Prem, Planetary Scientist at the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Landing on the Moon can disturb its environment – people are discussing how to balance those concerns with political and economic goals.
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By Jessica Maddox, Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, University of Georgia
Krysten Stein, Assistant Professor of English and Communication, University of Cincinnati
As TikTok invests in short-form scripted series, it’s leaning into the same storytelling, advertising and viewing habits that defined television.
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By Ryan Leack, Assistant Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
What should we call the words that this ultramodern technology produces? For clues, a professor looks to some of the world’s earliest authors.
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By Dale Manning, Associate Professor in Public Policy and Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
Anya Nakhmurina, Associate Professor of Accounting, Yale University
Eli Fenichel, Professor of Natural Resource Economics, Yale University
Most Americans tend to think about bats only around Halloween, but the U.S. economy benefits from these furry flying mammals every day.
Bats pollinate plants, including many important food crops, when they stop by flowers to drink nectar. Their guano is mined from caves for fertilizer. And they eat a lot of bugs – the…
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