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Social Sciences Jun 6, 2024

Will the 2024 Olympic Games become the playing field for social justice protests?

Yannick Kluch, a professor of recreation, sport and tourism at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies sport as a platform for promoting social justice. Kluch has worked with the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, ...

Social Sciences Jun 4, 2024

Who gets to decide what counts as 'disorder'?

As a scholar of urban governance and data policy, I viewed the responses to protests on U.S. campuses as about more than threats to academic freedom and freedom of speech.

Mathematics May 31, 2024

How science, math, and tech can propel swimmers to new heights

One hundred years ago, in the 1924 Paris Olympics, American Johnny Weissmuller won the men's 100m freestyle with a time of 59 seconds. Nearly 100 years later, in the most recent Olympics, the delayed 2020 Games in Tokyo, ...

Earth Sciences May 30, 2024

Tonga's volcanic eruption could cause unusual weather for the rest of the decade, new study shows

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai (Hunga Tonga for short) erupted on January 15 2022 in the Pacific Kingdom of Tonga. It created a tsunami which triggered warnings across the entire Pacific basin, and sent sound waves around the ...

Economics & Business May 29, 2024

Silicon Valley isn't the start-up utopia we thought, research finds

Silicon Valley—considered the world's hub of technology and innovation—can breed inequality and sameness among budding entrepreneurs, according to new research.

Social Sciences May 29, 2024

'Entrepreneurial spirit': A product of nature or nurture?

The concept of cultural entrepreneurship has many facets. It encompasses both the cultural and social impact of entrepreneurial training, and the environmental factors that influence its development.

Environment May 27, 2024

Horn of Africa droughts: Research shows how a network of groundwater bores could help

The Horn of Africa recently suffered its worst drought in almost half a century, and its sixth failed rainfall season in a row.

Environment May 15, 2024

What to know about Dallas water systems and new federal limits on 'forever chemicals'

The city of Dallas' water system meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently announced limits for "forever chemicals." But that doesn't mean the drinking water is free of chemicals, experts say.

Environment May 15, 2024

SoCal air quality officials haven't acted to cut port pollution: They escaped to a desert resort instead

Next time you take in Southern California's notoriously hazy skies and dirty air, remember that smog regulators still aren't using their power to crack down on one of the region's biggest polluters.

Environment May 13, 2024

More desalination is coming to Australia's driest states—but super-salty outflows could trash ecosystems and fisheries

From around 1996 to 2010, Australia was gripped by the millennium drought. As water shortages bit hard, most of Australia's capital cities built large seawater desalination plants—Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and ...

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