Gay Men’s Health Crisis showed how everyday people stepped up when institutions failed during the height of the AIDS epidemic – providing a model for today

Despite funding cuts, political scapegoating and internal tensions, thousands of volunteers came together in the 1980s to provide care to a stigmatized community.

Eden Lowinger, Research Assistant in Social Work, Binghamton University, State University of New York • conversation
June 18, 2025 • ~12 min

Heat pumps have a cosiness problem

‘The coal fire was where most of our participants let their minds linger.’

Aimee Ambrose, Professor of Energy Policy, Member of Fuel Poverty Evidence and Trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network, Sheffield Hallam University • conversation
Feb. 17, 2025 • ~7 min

Trailblazing women who broke into engineering in the 1970s reflect on what's changed – and what hasn't

A survey of 251 women engineers who graduated from college in the 1970s sheds light on the experiences of these professional pioneers.

Laura Ettinger, Associate Professor of History, Clarkson University • conversation
Oct. 20, 2021 • ~7 min

Why grandparents should talk to children about the natural world of their youth

Shifting baseline syndrome affects everyone. It's blinding us to the long-term deterioration of wildlife and ecosystems.

Lizzie Jones, PhD Candidate in Zoology, Royal Holloway • conversation
Sept. 1, 2020 • ~5 min

Climate change: why farmers are among our best guides for making sense of topsy-turvy weather

Farmer interviews offer a rich and detailed perspective on extreme weather and climate change.

Paul Merchant, Oral Historian and Researcher, British Library • conversation
July 2, 2020 • ~6 min

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