By Kate Coleman-Minahan, Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Colorado enshrined the right to abortion in its Constitution, but it still requires minors to seek consent from a parent.
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By Kate Kilpatrick, Philadelphia Editor
Philly’s opioid addiction crisis is constantly evolving. Local health care workers and researchers explain some of the latest substances, side effects and treatments.
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By Stephanie Balkwill, Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles
The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a Buddha or as a patron of Buddhists.
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By Joseph Jones, Assistant Professor of Media Ethics and Law at Reed College of Media, West Virginia University
The editorial section of a newspaper is a way for society to have a conversation with itself. Should news outlets limit these conversations?
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By Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
The phrase “international rules-based order” has long been a fixture in global politics.
Western leaders often use it to describe a framework of rules, norms and institutions designed to guide state behavior. Advocates argue that this framework has provided the foundation for decades of stability and prosperity, while critics question…
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By Omano Edigheji, Associate Professor of Practice, University of Johannesburg
Nigeria has abundant human and natural resources but remains mired in underdevelopment. There are high levels of poverty, corruption, unemployment and inequality. The country…
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By Alanna Rebelo, Senior Researcher, Agricultural Research Council
Karen Joan Esler, Distinguished Professor of Conservation Ecology, Stellenbosch University
Patricia Holmes, plant ecologist, Stellenbosch University
Tony Rebelo, Scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute
Hundreds of ancient fynbos species could regrow and restore a former pine plantation on Cape Town’s Table Mountain, but only if the remaining pine trees are removed.
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By Emmanuel Ojo, Associate Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
A review of research over two decades points to steps that can make education systems more resilient in times of crisis.
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Ukrainian public attitudes about having nuclear weapons have shifted significantly in 30 years. Kyiv may consider setting up a nuclear programme.
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By Frankie Dytor, Research Fellow, literature, art history and gender studies, University of Exeter
When Bernard Berenson learned that Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre Gallery in Paris, the art critic heaved an enormous sigh of relief. Finally, he reflected, he could remove himself once and all from the dangerous influence of the work. “She had simply become an incubus,” he recalled years later, “and I was glad to be rid of her.”
At long last, Berenson had freed himself from the vampiric face of the Mona Lisa.
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