Tag: Amazon
How corporate takeovers are fundamentally changing podcasting
John Sullivan, Muhlenberg College
At first glance, it may seem as though Big Tech can’t figure out how to...
Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
John Logan, San Francisco State University
April 1, 2022, may go down as a pivotal day in the history...
Why toy shops — and Amazon — are tapping into paper...
Joanne E. McNeish, Ryerson University https://narrations.ad-auris.com/widget/the-conversation-canada/why-toy-shops-%E2%80%94-and-amazon-%E2%80%94-are-tapping-into-paper-catalogues
Did you receive them? Found in many mailboxes in this second pandemic holiday...
Cellphone bans in the workplace are legal and more common among...
Richard Carlson, South Texas College of Law Houston
Cellphones in the workplace can be a distraction – but they...
Paying with a palm print? We’re victims of our own psychology...
Pam Briggs, Northumbria University, Newcastle
The online retail giant Amazon has moved from our screens to our streets, with...
Misinformation-spewing cable companies come under scrutiny
Joshua Braun, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Looking at political violence in the U.S., a New Jersey state legislator sent...
Tiny treetop flowers foster incredible beetle biodiversity
Caroline S. Chaboo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The big idea
Biologists have long known that rainforest treetops...
Peatlands keep a lot of carbon out of Earth’s atmosphere, but...
Julie Loisel, Texas A&M University
Peatlands are a type of wetland where dead plant material doesn’t fully decompose because it’s too soggy. In these ecosystems,...