By Benika Dixon, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
J. Carlee Purdum, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Houston
Tara Goddard, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
Prisons and jails are difficult to evacuate when wildfires or storms approach. Many of these facilities lack evacuation plans and may keep incarcerated people on-site instead of moving them to safety.
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By Katherine Spoon, Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Isabelle Langrock, Postdoctoral researcher, Le Centre de Recherche sur les Inégalités Sociales, Sciences Po
The number of book bans in the US has soared in recent years. A new study shines light on which types of books and authors are the main targets.
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By Angus Kittelman, Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Missouri-Columbia
Gulcan Cil, Senior Statistician, Oregon Health & Science University
As more states legalize marijuana, researchers are examining the effects of legalization on society. Angus Kittelman, an assistant professor of special education at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and Gulcan Cil, a senior statistician at Oregon Health & Science University, decided to look at the effects of cannabis dispensaries being located near schools. They discuss their research in the following Q&A with education editor Jamaal Abdul-Alim.…
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By Joelle Rollo-Koster, Professor of Medieval History, University of Rhode Island
I’m a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So it was more or less mandatory for me to see the new movie “Conclave.”
Based on Robert Harris’ 2016 novel,…
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By Adam Seagrave, Associate Professor of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership, Arizona State University
Stephanie Shonekan, Professor and Dean, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland
A history course created amid the upheaval of the Black Lives Matter movement invites students to have honest conversations about race. Now in its seventh year, it uses music to build bridges.
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By Tatsiana Kulakevich, Associate Professor of Instruction in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida
Donald Trump has vowed to bring peace to Ukraine. But talk of a ‘deal’ has led to questions over Trump’s commitment to Kyiv.
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By Jamie Thompson, Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Reading
Few plant families are as iconic as the resilient, spiky cactus, thriving in the driest deserts and as well as decorating our offices and homes. Their success in both environments comes down to extreme adaptations for surviving with little water – whether braving the brutal sun or enduring weeks of neglect from busy “plant parents”. But there’s much more to the around 1,850 cacti species than their ruggedness. Here are six surprising facts about this succulent plant family that you…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
An unhealthy diet and an indolent life are well known causes of heart disease and stroke. But sleep apnoea – where people temporarily stop breathing while asleep because their airway collapses – is also a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
While the solutions for an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise are clear, the solutions for sleep apnoea are less clear. There are expensive and hard-to-cope-with Cpap (continuous positive airway pressure) machines that help you to breathe while you sleep. And there…
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By Rui Silva, Lecturer in Economics, University of East Anglia
Anger and resentment have become the accepted currency of populist politicians. Donald Trump is generally the first example that comes to mind, but Europe has its fair share of these leaders too, from Viktor Orban in Hungary and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands to Marine Le Pen in France and Giorgia Meloni in Italy.
These politicians portray life, the economy, and society in the present as being far worse than in the past. This is because of immigration, globalisation, taxation, corruption, and the excessive influence of politicians and intellectuals. And by positioning themselves…
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By John Strawson, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
The sacking of Yoav Gallant could be a pivotal moment in Netanyahu’s determination to reshape Israel in his own political image.
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