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How Skateboarding Flipped Its White Male Image and Welcomed the Whole World
Embed from Getty Images — Iain Borden, UCL For many, skateboarding still conjures up images of Californian dudes called Brad and Jay tearing up sun-baked swimming pools in the 1970s, their tanned...
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A Psychological Theory to Explain How Music Helps Footballers Prepare for the...
Costas Karageorghis, Brunel University London; Jonathan Bird, Brunel University London, and Marcelo Bigliassi, Brunel University London With the 21st FIFA World Cup in Russia now in full swing, fans...
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Why War Evolved To Be a Man’s Game – and Why That’s Only Now Changing
Alberto Micheletti, University of St Andrews One pattern characterises every war that’s ever been fought. Frontline fighting in warfare is primarily and often almost exclusively a male activity. From a...
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Warrior Women: Despite What Gamers Might Believe, the Ancient World Was Full...
Eve MacDonald, Cardiff University One of the great things about computer games is that anything is possible in the almost endless array of situations on offer, whether they are realistic or fantasy...
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Stop Marginalising Men With Breast Cancer
Kerry Quincey, De Montfort University Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and the leading cancer in women worldwide. Approximately 150 cases are diagnosed in the UK every day – that’s one...
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Hitching a Ride on Social or Political Movements Can Help Firms Profit, and...
Brian Bolton, IMD Business School When African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos famously raised their fists from the medal-winners podium at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, October...
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Fast-Food Chains Use Cute Animal Toys to Market Meat to Children
Kate Stewart, Nottingham Trent University and Matthew Cole, The Open University Being vegan appears to be all the rage in Britain. The news that McDonald’s has launched a new plant-based “Happy Meal”...
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Jair Bolsonaro Can Be Stopped From Trashing the Amazon – Here’s How
Anthony Pereira, King’s College London The inauguration of Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, has triggered fears that rates of deforestation in the Amazon will increase. There are indeed good...
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Palestinian Blogger Delivers Upbeat Message to Millions – But He Can Afford To
Dina Rezk, University of Reading Every day for 1,000 days, 26-year-old Palestinian vlogger Nuseir Yassin published a “one-minute video” on his popular Facebook channel, Nas Daily, sharing his ideas...
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How Climate Change Caused the World’s First Ever Empire to Collapse
Vasile Ersek, Northumbria University, Newcastle Gol-e-Zard Cave lies in the shadow of Mount Damavand, which at more than 5,000 metres dominates the landscape of northern Iran. In this cave, stalagmites...
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People with Depression Use Language Differently
Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi, University of Reading From the way you move and sleep, to how you interact with people around you, depression changes just about everything. It is even noticeable in the way you...
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Seven Charts That Show the World is Actually Becoming a Better Place
Julius Probst, Lund University Swedish academic Hans Rosling has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced economies have no idea that the world is becoming a much better...
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How Lessons in Scandinavian Design Could Help Prisons with Rehabilitation
Yvonne Jewkes, University of Bath and Kate Gooch, University of Leicester For many people who end up in prison, efforts at rehabilitation are hampered by historic, pervasive and deeply embedded social...
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What Britons Get Wrong About Immigration – and Why Politicians Need to Tell...
Bobby Duffy, King’s College London Immigration led the headlines again over the holiday season. Around 100 migrants were found on beaches or rescued from boats in the English Channel, sparking talk of...
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Keeping Fit: How to Do the Right Exercise for your Age
Julie Broderick, Trinity College Dublin The effect of exercise on health is profound. It can protect you from a range of conditions, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers. But the...
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A Danish Word the World Needs to Combat Stress: Pyt
Marie Helweg-Larsen, Dickinson College Danes are some of the happiest people in the world, and they also happen to have a lot of cool words for ways to be happy. You may have heard about “hygge,” which...
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Royal Baby: Did Meghan Markle Have a Home Birth?
Kathi Wilson, McMaster University The Duke and Duchess of Sussex—Prince Harry and Meghan Markle—have announced the birth of their first child, a baby boy. While the world has waited anxiously for news...
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The Good News About Plastic Waste
— Waste plastics contaminate our food, water and air. Many are calling for a global ban on single-use plastics because throwing them “away” often means into our river systems and then into the world’s...
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For Many NBA Players, Finding a Better High School Was Critical to Success
Rob Book, University of Southern Denmark When University of Southern California freshman Kevin Porter, Jr., became a first-round NBA draft pick on June 20, he spoke about the hardships he’d faced. “I...
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7 Favorite Books for Connecting With Your Preschooler
— 7 favourite books for connecting with your preschooler Whether indoors or outdoors, building a makeshift creative space to share the joy of books lays a foundation for early literacy. (Shutterstock)...
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