The metaverse might be a work in progress, but a key prototype – the virtual world – has been around for several decades. Screen capture from Second Life by Tom Boellstorff, CC BY-ND – By Tom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, …
President William Howard Taft and his wife rode in this steam-powered automobile in 1909. AP Photo – By Brian Stewart, Professor of Physics, Wesleyan University And by Gary W. Yohe, Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University Published: 2022 Jun …
A farmer spreads fertilizer on a field in Berks County, Pa. Harold Hoch/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images – By Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University Published: 2022 Jun 14 – Farmers are coping with a …
Emile Bernard’s 1888 painting ‘Madeleine in the Bois d’Amour.’ The Print Collector/Getty Images – By Karen A. Cerulo, Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University And Janet Ruane, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Montclair State University Published: 2022 Jun 08 – In Disney’s “Pinocchio,” Jiminy …
An extract from vanilla beans could be the key to an environmentally friendly form of plastic. Depositphotos – By Nick Lavars 2022 Jun 14 – Plastic is infamous for its ability to persist in the environment for many years, and while alternatives made from …
The gripping and heroic story of Rudolf Vrba, who escaped the death camp in order to tell the world about its horrors. Rudolf Vrba preparing to testify at the Frankfurt trials, December 1964. Photograph: Keystone Press/Alamy – Matthew Reisz 2022 Jun 12 – …
Female white-tailed deer at sunrise. Gary Gray/Getty Images – By Allan Houston, Professor of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Tennessee Published: 2022 Jun 10 – Chronic wasting disease, a deadly neurological infectious disease that affects deer, elk and moose, is spreading across …
The three-jointed finger heals in a cell culture medium after its skin was intentionally cut. Shoji Takeuchi – By Ben Coxworth 2022 Jun 09 – We’ve been hearing a lot about synthetic skins designed for robotic hands, which would give the devices more …
The vast majority of high-profile big tech whistleblowers in recent years have been women. Elke Meitzel/Image Source via Getty Images – Francine Berman, Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Research Professor, UMass Amherst Jennifer Lundquist, Professor of Sociology, UMass Amherst Published: …
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev watches the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on 2022 May 09. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images – By Susanne Sternthal, Lecturer in Post-Soviet Government and Politics, Texas State University Published: 2022 Jun …
