Tag: lifeandnews
The trouble with using synthetic rhino horn to stop poaching
Diogo Veríssimo, Georgia State University
In 2014, one rhino was killed every eight hours. That was in South Africa alone, where most of the world’s...
The political work of the Confederate flag
Joseph Crespino, Emory University
The Confederate flag may soon be gone with the wind.
It is a remarkable reversal of fortunes for one of America’s most...
An artificial pancreas has just made giving birth safer for diabetic...
Joan Taylor, De Montfort University
Last week, a British diabetic women became the world’s first to complete a natural vaginal birth using an artificial pancreas....
Is Europe’s Google antitrust probe a ‘war’ against US tech?
Peter K Yu, Drake University and John Cross, University of Louisville
Last month, the European Commission (EC) filed a formal antitrust complaint against Google for...
What does exposure to environmental chemicals mean for our health?
Ivy Shiue, Northumbria University, Newcastle
It is not possible to live in a chemical-free world on Earth. Chemicals are all around us, and some, like...
How climate change is making California’s epic drought worse
Catherine Gautier, University of California, Santa Barbara
This article is part of The Conversation’s series on drought. You can read the rest of the series...
Time to end Europe’s disgrace of holding Greek people hostage
Joerg Bibow, Skidmore College
It was never going to be easy. That much was known from the outset.
Greece’s newly elected government and the country’s creditors...
Tiny beads, big problem, easy fix: why scientific evidence supports a...
Chelsea Rochman, University of California, Davis and Sara Kross, University of California, Davis
Every day, millions of people around the world wash their skin and...
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...
