'Plastic-free' fashion is not as clean or green as it seems

While natural fibre textiles like cotton have generated an environmentally friendly reputation in recent years they might be just as bad as microplastic textiles like polyester and Nylon.

Kieran Phelan, PhD Researcher in economic geography, University of Nottingham • conversation
June 2, 2020 ~6 min

5 ways eating in a pandemic is improving your relationship with food – and why you should stick with them

A nutritionist shares five habits becoming more common during the pandemic that she hopes will continue. Eating family meals together is just the start.

Stephanie Meyers, Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist, Instructor in Nutrition, Boston University • conversation
June 1, 2020 ~7 min


Drink labels are too tricky about juice vs. junk

Juice labels make it too hard for parents to sort out what's actually from fruit and what's full of sugar, research finds.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
April 17, 2020 ~6 min

Coronavirus: three misconceptions about how animals transmit diseases debunked

Zoonotic diseases can emerge closer to home than you realise.

Olivier Restif, Alborada Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Cambridge • conversation
April 16, 2020 ~7 min

Coronavirus: three misconceptions about how wildlife transmit diseases debunked

Zoonotic diseases can emerge closer to home than you realise.

Olivier Restif, Alborada Lecturer in Epidemiology, University of Cambridge • conversation
April 16, 2020 ~7 min

Coronavirus infecting Australian jobs: vacancy rates down since early February

Job ads are 12% lower than expected this year.

Marian-Andrei Rizoiu, Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Technology Sydney • conversation
March 22, 2020 ~6 min

Are the banks strong enough to withstand the coronavirus crash?

Bank stocks have taken a hammering in recent weeks. It is all beginning to look very 2008. 

Sumon Bhaumik, Chair in Finance, University of Sheffield • conversation
March 20, 2020 ~7 min

Why companies shouldn’t label clothes ‘adaptive’

"Calling an item of clothing adaptive can alienate and exclude people living with disabilities."

Sheena Rice-Missouri • futurity
Feb. 6, 2020 ~3 min


Marketing tool measures PR in good times and bad

A new tool can help organizatons check up on their relationships with public stakeholders, which can help public relations and marketing in times of crisis.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Jan. 3, 2020 ~3 min

Extremely hot weather can hurt a company’s market value

Hot weather can ding a company's market value, which researchers say is evidence that the market recognizes climate risks, but undervalues them.

Julia Ann Easley-UC Davis • futurity
Nov. 6, 2019 ~3 min

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