Male and female fetuses respond differently to COVID-19

A new study finds that placentas of male and female fetuses respond very differently when a mother is infected with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy.

Anita Slomski and Timothy Gower • harvard
Oct. 19, 2021 • ~4 min

Harvard’s Lieberman says Americans can learn from hunter-gatherers

Sedentary tendencies may be robbing aging humans of a key benefit of exercise: the myriad repair mechanisms that heal the body from the minor dings and tears of hunter-gatherer and farming lifestyles.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 14, 2021 • ~6 min

Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lacking

While online communities may not fully address the isolation LGBTQ youth face in-person, they can serve as an important source of social support and a springboard for civic engagement.

Linda Charmaraman, Director of Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, Wellesley College • conversation
Sept. 28, 2021 • ~6 min

Insulate Britain: blocking roads will alienate some people – but it's still likely to be effective

Climate activists don’t have to be popular to achieve their goals.

Graeme Hayes, Reader in Political Sociology, Aston University • conversation
Sept. 20, 2021 • ~7 min

Five numbers that lay bare the mammoth effort needed to insulate Britain's homes

Insulate Britain, a new environmental campaign group, is right to highlight the need for action on home insulation.

Ran Boydell, Visiting Lecturer in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University • conversation
Sept. 14, 2021 • ~7 min

How would planting 8 billion trees every year for 20 years affect Earth's climate?

Planting a massive number of trees can help slow climate change, but it is only part of the solution.

Karen D. Holl, Professor of Restoration Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz • conversation
Aug. 23, 2021 • ~6 min

New approach could change how we track extreme air pollution events

Study demonstrates the power of low-cost air quality sensors during volcanic eruption.

Stephanie Martinovich | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
June 30, 2021 • ~8 min

A decade since 'the year of the hacktivist', online protests look set to return

The hacktivist collective 'Anonymous' has become just that – but the hacktivism they espoused may be set to return.

Vasileios Karagiannopoulos, Reader in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity, University of Portsmouth • conversation
June 29, 2021 • ~9 min

Why the climate movement must do more to mobilise older people

They hold financial and political power, yet the climate movement is currently dominated by youngsters.

Bradley Hiller, Visiting Fellow, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
June 2, 2021 • ~6 min

Physical activity may help to close the wealth gap in school attainment by improving self-control

Guaranteeing every child the opportunity to participate in certain types of physical activity could support their academic attainment and help to close the

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 20, 2021 • ~7 min

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