Tag: Global Perspectives
Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change...
Tom Corringham, University of California San Diego
Ask people to name the world’s largest river, and most will probably guess that it’s the Amazon, the...
What is the summer solstice? An astronomer explains
Stephen Schneider, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The summer solstice marks the official start of summer. It brings the longest day and shortest night of the...
How Mandela stayed fit: from his ‘matchbox’ Soweto home to a...
Gavin Evans, Birkbeck, University of London
The spread of the coronavirus has forced millions all over the world to retreat to base and abandon outdoor...
Women in Arab countries find themselves torn between opportunity and tradition
Alainna Liloia, University of Arizona
Arab women, long relegated to the private sphere by law and social custom, are gaining new access to public life.
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What is a super spreader? An infectious disease expert explains
Elizabeth McGraw, Pennsylvania State University
As the emerging Wuhan coronavirus outbreak dominates the daily news, you might be wondering just how the pathogen is working...
Modern tomatoes are very different from their wild ancestors – and...
Hamid Razifard, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Ana Caicedo, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The Big...
Earthquake forecast for Puerto Rico: Dozens more large aftershocks are likely
Richard Aster, Colorado State University
Multiple strong and damaging earthquakes in southern Puerto Rico starting around Dec. 28, 2019 have killed at least one person,...
A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases...
Patricia L. Foster, Indiana University
Public health organizations around the world have been fighting for global eradication of polio since 1988. Through massive vaccination efforts,...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
