By Holly Willis, Professor of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
In a world where algorithms increasingly shape everyday life, many works of art are beginning to reflect how intertwined we’ve become with computational systems.
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By L. Beril Toktay, Professor of Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
Abhinav Shubham, Ph.D. Candidate in Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
Donghyun (Daniel) Choi, Ph.D. Candidate in Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
Manpreet S. Hora, Professor of Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
Microsoft, Walmart and a few other high-profile companies made news for scaling back their public climate commitments. However, a closer look at the numbers shows commitments are still booming.
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By Alex Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
Is it possible to bridge America’s stark political divisions?
In the wake of a presidential election that many feared could tear the U.S. apart, this question is on many people’s minds.
A record-high 80% of Americans believe the U.S. is greatly divided on “the most important values”. Ahead of…
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By Vinny Negi, Research Scientist in Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh
Type 1 diabetes develops when the body destroys its own insulin-producing cells. Using stem cells to replace them could be a way to get around donor shortages and transplant complications.
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By Nicholas Money, Professor of Biology, Miami University
Mold growth happens in damp indoor areas and is difficult to prevent. It can be an annoyance but usually isn’t harmful to your health.
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By Biswa Das, Associate Professor of Community and Regional Planning and Extension Economist, Iowa State University
Although many US cities have recovered from economic downturns during the COVID-19 pandemic, they still are losing young families in large numbers. Here’s how that trend degrades urban life.
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By Marta Fanasca, Marie Curie Global Fellow, Università di Bologna
Since many Japanese women still find it difficult to explore and discuss their sexual desires with their partners, the services have become popular among all women, not just lesbians.
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By Samuel Fury Childs Daly, Associate Professor of History, University of Chicago
In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in African politics, is back.
Coup leaders have suppressed protest, gagged…
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By Annie Snelson-Powell, Associate Professor of Business and Society, University of Bath
ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods has urged president-elect Donald Trump to not take the US out of the Paris agreement on climate change. “We need a global system for managing emissions”, he said in an interview at the annual UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Though Woods’ words were unusually high profile and direct, some of his equivalents at rival fossil fuel firms have expressed similar…
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By John A Gittings, Post-doctoral Researcher: Department of Biology, University of Athens
When tiny marine plants are exposed to mineral enriched dust blown into the sea from the land, they bloom over thousands of kilometres, potentially cooling the planet.
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