By Alix Dietzel, Senior Lecturer in Climate Justice, University of Bristol
There have always been tensions between developed and developing countries in terms of what is ‘fair’. A new book explains what needs to shift.
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By Heshmat Borhani, Lecturer in Bioinformatics, University of Nottingham
When people talk about the coronavirus, they sometimes describe this invisible entity as if it has a personality and even a conscience. If you ask a biology or medical student what a virus is, they will tell you that a virus is not a living organism, or at most that it exists at the border between living and dead – a kind of walking dead.
For biologists who specialise in virology, however, this view is not clear-cut. Scientists still disagree on whether viruses are truly alive or not.
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By Leila Patel, Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
Matshidiso Valeria Sello, Researcher, Centre for Social Development in Africa,, University of Johannesburg
Sadiyya Haffejee, Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg
A 2024 Unicef report found that 23% of South African children experience severe food poverty, eating less than two of the recommended five food groups per day. Unemployment, food insecurity, limited access to basic services and a lack of knowledge about nutrition all contribute to this. The lead researcher of this multidisciplinary…
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By Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
Dissecting a loaded term in international affairs, and what it means for a country to disrupt the prevailing US-led order that is itself now changing.
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By Mathew Schmalz, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
The Catholic Church opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia, but it also doesn’t support treatments that prolong suffering in the face of unavoidable death.
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By Karina Garcia, Researcher and Lecturer in Climate, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá
Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir to funnel in more water, but hundreds of homes stand in the way.
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By David Garofalo, Professor of Physics, Kennesaw State University
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
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By Nancy Dreschel, Associate Teaching Professor of Small Animal Science, Penn State
While you might not like how your trash smells, to your dog it is an appealing buffet brimming with apple cores, banana peels, meat scraps and stale bread.
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By Ron Barrett, Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
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By Peter Kasson, Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
The measles outbreak that began in west Texas in late January 2025 continues to grow, with 400 confirmed cases in Texas and more than 50 in New Mexico and Oklahoma as of March 28.
Public health experts believe the numbers are much higher, however, and some worry about a bigger…
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