By Faye Davies, Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Theory, Birmingham City University
Since the opening monologue became a fixture of American late night TV in the 60s, hosts have used it to comment on politics and presidents.
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By Catia Nicodemo, Professor of Health Economics, Brunel University of London
The UK’s science minister, Sir Patrick Vallance, has sounded the alarm over the country’s declining investment in medicines. He warned that the NHS risks losing out on important treatments and the country could lose its place at the cutting edge of medical research if spending does not recover. It comes at a sensitive time – this year drugmakers including Merck and AstraZeneca have backtracked on plans to invest in the UK.
Vallance is correct…
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By Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco, Associate Professor School of Philosophy and Art History, University of Essex
New research shows VR can produce immersive digital environments that provide a space where people can mourn, reflect, reconnect and share.
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By Ayse Burcin Baskurt, Senior Lecturer, Applied Positive Psychology, University of East London
Waiting can be boring, which is why we typically do anything we can to avoid it. We fill moments where we have to wait with something to keep our minds busy – such as scrolling on social media, reading the news or listening to a podcast.
But waiting isn’t always bad. Research shows that it can be beneficial as it improves self-control – an ability important for many social, cognitive and mental health outcomes.
Self-control…
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By Konden Smith Hansen, Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies, University of Arizona
Russell M. Nelson pushed the church away from members’ longtime nickname, ‘Mormons’ – a term that has shaped other Americans’ view of the church for 200 years.
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By Neil Marsh, Professor of Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan
Dietary supplement companies tout chromium as a way to boost energy, weight loss and blood sugar control. But the studies behind these claims are either flawed or inconclusive.
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By Carrie Ann Johnson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Iowa State University
Apps and websites that cropped up in the wake of #MeToo can’t fully capture the dynamics that make informal offline networks function.
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By Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
As hundreds of military brass descend on a base in Virginia to be addressed by Pete Hegseth, his newly bestowed title is ‘Secretary of War.’ That means something.
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By Hind Haddad, PhD Student in Higher Education and Student Affairs, The Ohio State University
Matthew J. Mayhew, Professor of Higher Education, The Ohio State University
The division matters because Arab Americans are one of the fastest-growing immigrant communities in the US – especially in Detroit, Warren and Dearborn, Mich.
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By Laura Gail Miller, Ed.D. Candidate in Educational Organizational Learning and Leadership, Seattle University
The McCarthy era in the 1950s was another politically contentious time that raised questions about how politics influences what gets taught in the classroom.
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