How colonial violence in Tasmania helped build scientists' reputations and prestigious museum collections
New research shows the uncomfortable and shocking truth behind a revered scientist’s reputation.
Jack Ashby, Assistant Director of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, University of Cambridge
• conversation
Nov. 29, 2023 • ~6 min
Nov. 29, 2023 • ~6 min
Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S.
Chronic stress from living with systemic racism and gun violence can lead to increased symptoms of PTSD and depression as well as elevated cortisol levels.
Ruby Mendenhall, Associate Professor in Sociology, African American Studies, Urban and Regional Planning and Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign •
conversation
May 3, 2023 • ~8 min
May 3, 2023 • ~8 min
Antisemitism on Twitter has more than doubled since Elon Musk took over the platform – new research
New research shows that antisemitic posts surged as the ‘free speech absolutist’ took over the social media giant. And it has settled at a higher level since.
Carl Miller, Research Fellow, King's College London •
conversation
March 20, 2023 • ~8 min
March 20, 2023 • ~8 min
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