Tag: Europe
COVID-19: examining theories for Africa’s low death rates
Kevin Marsh, University of Oxford and Moses Alobo, African Academy of Sciences
As the threat of a COVID-19 pandemic emerged earlier this year, many felt...
Python skin jackets and elephant leather boots: How wealthy Western nations...
Maria Ivanova, University of Massachusetts Boston and Candace Famiglietti, University of Massachusetts Boston
Three-quarters of new and emerging infectious diseases in humans originate in wildlife....
Which cheek and how many? In France and beyond, a kiss...
Mathieu Avanzi, Sorbonne Université
In the English-speaking world, friends and family generally greet each other with a wave, handshake or hug, depending on their degree...
Trump is flouting global trade rules with China yet embracing them...
Charles Hankla, Georgia State University
Just as America’s trade war with China may be winding down, its troubles with Europe seem to be growing.
On Oct....
The surprising decline of entrepreneurship and innovation in the West
Wim Naudé, United Nations University
The idea that we are living in an entrepreneurial age, experiencing rapid disruptive technological innovation on a scale amounting to...
Brexit: An ‘escape room’ with no escape
Terrence Guay, Pennsylvania State University
Brexit is beginning to look a lot like an “escape room” with no exit.
An escape room is an increasingly popular...
What’s behind Italy’s crisis and why it matters
Bruno Pellegrino, University of California, Los Angeles
Editor’s note: Italy managed to form a government after briefly slipping into political crisis, which sent markets around...
Why the offshore wind industry is about to take off
Matthew Lackner, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Erin Baker, University of Massachusetts Amherst
There are only five wind turbines operating in U.S. waters today. But...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
