Jair Bolsonaro will now run into Brazil's massive grassroots movements of resistance

Nov 04, 2018 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics

In his acceptance speech, Brazils president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said he will change the destiny of Brazil. He may be right. For the Amazon and its indigenous residents, things will get worse before they get better, but...

The unimaginable costs of sexual assault

Nov 04, 2018 14:31 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Health

What is the cost of sexual assault? The answer depends on whom you ask. Social and behavioral scientists like me measure the consequences of sexual assault in terms of mental health, physical health and educational...

Hate speech is still easy to find on social media

Nov 04, 2018 14:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology

Shortly after the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, I noticed that the word Jews was trending on Twitter. As a social media researcher and educator, I became concerned that the violence would spread online, as it has in...

Dramatic galaxy collision filled the Milky Way with stars, astronomers discover

Nov 04, 2018 14:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Science

Imagine trying to map out your home town using only information you could gather from your window. Even with a pair of binoculars youd find it a difficult task. Mapping out our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is a similarly...

How new spinal injury treatments help some people to walk again

Nov 04, 2018 14:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

A spinal cord injury can change your life in the blink of an eye. But today, research published in two leading scientific journals shows that walking again is possible for individuals following spinal cord...

What teeth can tell about the lives and environments of ancient humans and Neanderthals

Nov 04, 2018 14:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Nature

Increasing variation in the climate has been implicated as a possible factor in the evolution of our species (Homo sapiens) 300,000 years ago, as well as the more recent demise of our enigmatic evolutionary cousins, the...

Cricket Australia's culture problem is it still doesn't think fans are stakeholders in the game

Nov 04, 2018 14:29 pm UTC| Insights & Views Sports

The most telling part of the long-awaited review into the rotten culture of elite Australian cricket is what it doesnt say. Or more correctly, what it does say, but what the establishment that owns and controls...