By Valerie Thomas, Professor of Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Countries around the world have been discussing the need to rein in climate change for three decades, yet global greenhouse gas emissions – and global temperatures with them – keep rising.
When it seems like we’re getting nowhere, it’s useful to step back and examine the progress that has been made.
Let’s take a look at the…
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By Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University
Drew Kurlowski, Associate Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University
Congress has played an important role in holding federal agencies accountable since the late 1700s, but oversight can also devolve into a political circus.
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By Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
President Barack Obama’s mockery of Donald Trump in 2011 may have fueled the former real estate mogul’s run for president and his desire to leave his mark on the White House.
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By Marisha Burden, Professor of Medicine--Hospital Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
The current US health care system burdens doctors with heavy patient loads, more administrative work and additional off-hour demands. Doctor-patient interactions suffer as a result.
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By R. Amanda Cooper, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Connecticut
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By Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Research Scientist in Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Breweries nationwide create waste at several stages of the beer-making process. Repurposing parts of this waste could improve antibacterial drugs.
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By Daniel Schneider, Professor of Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
David Weil, Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University; Harvard Kennedy School
American households have become dependent on Amazon.
The numbers say it all: In 2024, 83% of U.S. households received deliveries from Amazon, representing over 1 million packages delivered each day and 9 billion individual items delivered same-day or next-day every year. In remarkably short order, the company has transformed from an online bookseller into a juggernaut that has reshaped retailing. But its impact isn’t limited to how we shop.
Behind that endless stream of…
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By Jianna Jin, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame
When it comes to inquiring about – ahem – certain products, shoppers prefer the inhuman touch.
That is what we found in a study of consumer habits when it comes to products that traditionally have come with a degree of embarrassment – think acne cream, diarrhea medication, adult sex toys or personal lubricant.
While brands may assume consumers hate chatbots, our series of studies involving more than 6,000 participants found a clear pattern: When it comes to purchases that make people feel embarrassed, consumers…
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By Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
Landor v. Louisiana, one of this year’s highest-profile religious freedom cases, underscores how complex legal protections for free exercise are in the US today.
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By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol
Allison Fulford, Associate Professor, School of Anatomy
Frankenstein’s creature is coming back to life – again. As Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece airs on Netflix, we provide an anatomist’s perspective of her tale of reanimation. Could an assembled body ever breathe, bleed or think?
When Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818, anatomy was a science on the edge of revelation and respectability. Public dissection theatres drew crowds, body snatchers supplied medical schools with illicit corpses and electricity promised…
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