Tag: Russia
Oil: why higher prices will complicate the energy transition
Jorge Guira, University of Reading
The oil price is on a rollercoaster. Having crashed into negative territory just last...
The Sunburst hack was massive and devastating – 5 observations from...
Paulo Shakarian, Arizona State University
So much remains unknown about what is now being called the Sunburst hack, the cyberattack against U.S. government agencies and...
The Arctic hasn’t been this warm for 3 million years –...
Julie Brigham-Grette, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Steve Petsch, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Every year, sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean shrinks to a...
The UAE’s Mars mission seeks to bring Hope to more places...
Wendy Whitman Cobb, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies
On July 14, a new Mars-bound spacecraft will launch from Japan. While...
With prizes, food, housing and cash, Putin rigged Russia’s most recent...
Regina Smyth, Indiana University
When Russians voted in early July on 200 constitutional amendments, officials rigged the election to create the illusion that President Vladimir...
Will American shale oil go bust?
Jorge Guira, University of Reading
US oil is suffering unprecedented distress, as demonstrated by the benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude price crashing into negative...
3 questions about vodka, answered
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
Towards the end of Ian Fleming’s spy novel “Dr. No,” James Bond orders a vodka dry martini – “Shaken and...
Before Trump eyed Greenland: Here’s what happened last time the US...
William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, University of Alaska Anchorage
Editor’s note: Reports that President Donald Trump has urged aides to look into buying Greenland make us...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
