Russia is now reliant on heavy artillery in Ukraine
Alexander Hill, University of Calgary Vladimir Putin had clearly hoped his invasion of Ukraine would be over quickly and not involve prolonged fighting for large […]
Forest fire terminology explained: Backfires, Fuel, Prescribed burns and more
David Godwin, University of Florida Wildfires fueled by dry, windy conditions have destroyed dozens of homes in Texas and threatened hundreds of others there and […]
Why of millions of people all over the world listen to Joe Rogan’s podcasts
Matt Sienkiewicz, Boston College and Nick Marx, Colorado State University Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan is caught in a spiral of controversies. It began when […]
Geothermal plants can provide clean energy while producing a massive supply of lithium
Bryant Jones, Boise State University and Michael McKibben, University of California, Riverside Geothermal energy has long been the forgotten member of the clean energy family, […]
Dunkology 101: How the NBA could take a more scientific approach to scoring the slam dunk
Justin Barber, University of Kentucky I grew up watching some of the greatest slam dunk artists in the world. Shawn Kemp was one of my […]
MLB’s new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players’ biggest grievances
Victor Matheson, College of the Holy Cross “People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball,” second baseman Rogers Hornsby once said. […]
The ‘hot hand’ is a real basketball phenomenon – but only some players have the ability to go on these basket-making streaks
Konstantinos Pelechrinis, University of Pittsburgh and Wayne Winston, Indiana University March Madness is here, and basketball fans are making predictions: Who will be the Cinderella […]
Deltacron: what scientists know so far about this new hybrid coronavirus
Luke O’Neill, Trinity College Dublin In many countries, as restrictions lift and freedoms are restored, there’s a general feeling that the pandemic is over. There […]
How Russia is using intellectual property as a war tactic
Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London and Alina Trapova, University of Nottingham As part of its deadly assault on Ukraine, Russia has taken the rare […]
Ukraine war: people are fighting and dying for Vladimir Putin’s flawed version of history
Félix Krawatzek, University of Oxford and George Soroka, Harvard University Vladimir Putin invoked history to justify his country’s invasion of Ukraine. To cement that message […]