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What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?
Society, Politics & Law

What should we watch out for as Trump meets Xi?

...withdrawing from, or rewriting, those accords, there is no easy cure for the proliferation of new technologies, which are the real culprits in the decline of U.S. industrial production. And so, since trade is a policy lever that can be easily pulled, politicians inevitably rush to do so. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article....
Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Older carers, COVID-19 and physical activity

...technology and advances in health care practices, participation in regular physical activity cannot be overlooked. Just because we reach a certain number/milestone birthday, or enter into retirement does not mean we have to adopt a sedentary lifestyle.Physiologists McArdle, Katch and Katch (1996) further illustrated the natural effects of ageing on human function and...
Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?
History & The Arts

Is ‘Barbenheimer’ going to save cinema?

...technological advances (such as online streaming and VR), the nearly 130-year-old tradition of cinema going may continue to decline in popularity. Or perhaps, in an era in which our need for human contact is being re-evaluated, communal viewing experiences will become the norm again. Although Barbenheimer’s success is an exciting moment in cultural history, it’s...
Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?
Society, Politics & Law

Is Tinder changing the way the world dates?

...technology has influenced their sexual practices and views on romantic ideals and long-term relationships. Offline desires, online realities Meeting sexual and romantic partners specifically through dating apps has four characteristics: First, users are able to engage in casual, one-off or short-term, sexual encounters without engaging in any further social interaction....
Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion
History & The Arts

Decolonising Religious Studies and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion

...technologies with the disruption of all face-to-face teaching during the pandemic. All were working on trying to teach basic essay-writing skills and deal sympathetically with students’ personal challenges as well as teaching the content. In response, team members Hugh Beattie and Paul-François Tremlett have set up regular online meetings between the Associate...
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...technology, radio has layered the spaces of everyday life and given both voices and listening ears to a range of trans-border communities on both local and global scales. Certainly the audio booth and the sound installation, both in the exhibition space at Tate Modern and on Twitter, used radio aesthetics to help participants formulate or resurrect memories about...
Julian Hector - Earth in Vision
Nature & Environment

Julian Hector - Earth in Vision

...technological advances, into pictures, we have commissioned, essentially, a World on the Move on television, where we’ll be following the movement of animals around the world, using all sorts of technology. So I could argue in terms of ideas you can take more risks on radio, radio is always ahead of television, but pictures are so moving, they’re so driving, and when...
Gene testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Gene testing

...technologies that make genetic testing possible range from chemical tests for gene products in the blood, through examining chromosomes from whole cells, to identification of the presence or absence of specific, defined DNA sequences, such as the presence of mutations within a gene sequence. The last of these is becoming much more common in the wake of the Human Genome...
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