Baltimore Key Bridge: how a domino effect brought it down in seconds

We’ll need to learn the lessons from this disaster.

Mohamed Shaheen, Lecturer in Structural Engineering, Loughborough University • conversation
March 28, 2024 ~5 min

The total solar eclipse in North America could help shed light on a persistent puzzle about the Sun

The eclipse will allow scientists to get rare measurements of the Sun’s atmosphere.

Huw Morgan, Reader in Physical Sciences, Aberystwyth University • conversation
March 27, 2024 ~7 min


US coastal flooding could affect 500,000 people by 2050

In just the next 26 years, as many as 500,000 people living in 32 coastal cities in the US could experience significant flooding.

Lon Wagner-Virginia Tech • futurity
March 6, 2024 ~8 min

Demand for computer chips fuelled by AI could reshape global politics and security

The effects of AI’s growth on global security could be difficult to predict.

Alina Vaduva, Director of the Business Advice Centre for Post Graduate Students at UEL, Ambassador of the Centre for Innovation, Management and Enterprise, University of East London • conversation
March 4, 2024 ~8 min

Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail

A new study shows how often lightning strikes and how it behaves, often hitting the ground with multiple strikes from the same flash.

Chris Vagasky, Meteorologist, University of Wisconsin-Madison • conversation
Feb. 27, 2024 ~7 min

Driver’s license laws may improve health for undocumented immigrant moms and babies

Laws that allow undocumented immigrants to get driver's licenses boost the overall health and well-being of immigrant moms and their babies.

Sara Savat-WUSTL • futurity
Feb. 26, 2024 ~8 min

State-owned energy companies are among the world’s most polluting – putting a price on carbon could help

Governments that publicly commit to carbon pricing are compelled to get their own house in order.

Gerhard Schnyder, Professor of International Management & Political Economy, Loughborough University • conversation
Feb. 16, 2024 ~7 min

How parents talked with kids about Black Lives Matter differed by race

Black and white parents talked to their kids about the Black Lives Matter movement after the murder of George Floyd, but used different language to explain it.

U. Washington • futurity
Feb. 15, 2024 ~6 min


Nearly 15% of Americans deny climate change is real

Nearly 15% of Americans deny that climate change is real. Public figures such as Donald Trump play an outsized role in influencing beliefs.

Jim Erickson-U. Michigan • futurity
Feb. 14, 2024 ~9 min

The US will see record-breaking number of new cancer cases in 2024

This year, the US is expected to surpass more than two million new cases of cancer for the first time ever. An oncologist discusses why.

Boston University • futurity
Jan. 31, 2024 ~7 min

/

64