Electric cars are going mainstream – Elon Musk won’t change that

Falling Tesla sales are a problem for Musk. The wider EV industry can appeal to a mass market.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
today • ~7 min

Humans are bad at reading dogs’ emotions – but we can do learn to do better

Even experts get dog body language wrong at times.

Juliane Kaminski, Associate professor of comparative Psychology, University of Portsmouth • conversation
today • ~6 min

Global population data is in crisis – here’s why that matters

When certain groups of people are systematically undercounted, they become invisible to policymakers.

Jessica Espey, Associate Professor, School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton • conversation
today • ~7 min

Medetomidine is replacing xylazine in Philly street fentanyl − creating new hurdles for health care providers and drug users

An emergency physician and nurse scientist explain what medetomidine is and how to respond if someone is overdosing on it.

Karen Alexander, Adjunct Clinical Faculty, College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University • conversation
today • ~8 min

From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools

Rewriting the map can influence the public psyche in ways subtle and not so subtle.

Jordan Brasher, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography, Macalester College • conversation
today • ~11 min

How scratching monkeys can help us understand emotions and consciousness

And a recent study found subtle but fascinating differences in the behaviour-emotion connection in humans and monkeys.

Bonaventura Majolo, Professor of Social Evolution, University of Lincoln • conversation
today • ~8 min

To address the environmental polycrisis, the first step is to demand more honesty

We need to learn how to spot deceit in politics, media and business – and hold those behind it to account.

Mike Berners-Lee, Professor of Sustainability, Lancaster University • conversation
today • ~5 min

Psychopaths experience pain differently, even when their bodies say otherwise

Psychopaths seem to break a sweat without feeling the pain.

Minna Lyons, Reader in Forensic Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University • conversation
yesterday • ~7 min

Modern spacesuits have a compatability problem. Astronauts’ lives depend on fixing it

Making spacesuits compatible with different spacecraft could protect astronauts during an emergency evacuation.

Berna Akcali Gur, Lecturer in Outer Space Law, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
yesterday • ~7 min

Why the Tesla backlash could help electric cars finally go mainstream

Elon Musk marketed EVs to wealthy early-adopter men – but in the long run, more diverse messaging will help the industry.

Hannah Budnitz, Research Associate in Urban Mobility, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford • conversation
yesterday • ~7 min

/

1018