By Leslie Hahner, Associate Professor of Communication, Baylor University
Scott J. Varda, Associate Professor of Communication, Baylor University
Homes owned by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito have flown flags linked to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and the general effort of Donald Trump and his supporters to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
One, an upside-down American flag, is a longtime symbol of a vessel – or a nation – in distress, which Trump supporters adopted after the 2020 election. It was flown at Alito’s…
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By Benjamin Botsford, Assistant Professor of Opthalmology, UMass Chan Medical School
You may have seen advertisements claiming to eliminate the need for eyeglasses through vision therapy or vision training – basically, eye exercises.
These exercises include putting pressure on or palming the eye; eye movement exercises; or straining to read by using the wrong prescription glasses to “train” the eyes.
As a professor of ophthalmology – and as an eye doctor who has seen thousands of patients – I can tell you that no study to date shows strong evidence…
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By Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan
AIs that can see and hear have captured the public imagination. A machine learning expert explains why the sense of smell has lagged behind – and why that could change.
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By Martin Elvis, Senior Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Institution
The best spots on the Moon for lunar bases are the same spots where scientists want to build telescopes − can these two interests coexist?
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By Jabari M. Evans, Assistant Professor of Race and Media, University of South Carolina
The AI train has left the station. Now, guardrails need to be hastily built to keep the technology from running the music industry off the tracks.
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By David Cohen, Associate Professor of Management and Business, Skidmore College
Christopher Meyer, Lecturer, Zicklin College of Business; Advisor, Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship, Baruch College, CUNY
Sudhir Nair, Associate Professor of Business, University of Victoria
Artificial intelligence is the big thing right now, with industries from finance to health care to retail scrambling to adopt AI or risk being left behind. But
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By Mary Beth Collins, Executive Director of the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This graduate course offers students a rare chance to gain firsthand experience prior to launching their careers and embarking on years of board service.
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By Philip Donkersley, Senior Research Associate in Entomology, Lancaster University
A little corner of the garden set aside for wildlife can make a huge difference, if we all do it.
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By Laura Bertola, Postdoctoral fellow at Copenhagen University, Leiden University
Giraffes, with their distinctive body shape and variations in coat patterns, have long been an example in evolutionary biology teachings. They are a textbook example of how species adapt to their surroundings and survive under harsh conditions. Despite this, scientists and conservationists still grapple with understanding the evolutionary history of giraffes.
Giraffes occur throughout most of the savannah landscapes in sub-Saharan Africa. Fewer…
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By Lode Godderis, Professor in occupational medicine , KU Leuven
In some OECD countries, workers suffering from depression and burn-out make up than two-thirds of those absent for mental-health reasons. Successful reintegration strategies can help them come back.
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