Nostalgia sells: How marketers are cashing in on the sentimental brands of yesteryear
Nostalgia sells and marketers know it, having used the brands of yesteryear fully aware that consumers will open their wallets to scratch that sentimental itch. Those oldies but goodies keep popping up today, but increasingly with a twist. Companies continue to...
Seeking meaning with technology: Why Gen Z is drawn to old digital cameras to express themselves
By Tim Gorichanaz, Assistant Teaching Professor of Information Studies, Drexel University The latest digital cameras boast ever-higher resolutions, better performance in low light, smart focusing and shake reduction. And they are built right into your smartphone. Even...
The explicit nature of images and what obligations portrait photographers have to their subject
By Rebecca Senf, Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona What obligation does a portrait photographer have to their subject? Is it their duty to cast that person in the best light, or the most revealing light? As chief curator at the...
Beloved and debated: The French bulldog becomes top dog breed in America for first time in 30 years
For the first time in three decades, the U.S. has a new favorite dog breed, according to the American Kennel Club. Adorable in some eyes, deplorable in others, the sturdy, push-faced, perky-eared, world-weary-looking and distinctively droll French bulldog became the...
Darwin and Domestication: How animals living with humans evolved from their wild ancient ancestors
By Ben Thomas Gleeson, Doctoral Candidate, Australian National University; and Laura A. B. Wilson, ARC Future Fellow, Australian National University In the 19th century, Charles Darwin was one of the first to notice something interesting about domesticated animals:...
Climate Skepticism: Remembering when conservative evangelicals supported environmental stewardship
By Neall Pogue, Assistant Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Dallas White conservative evangelicals, who make up most of the religious right movement, largely oppose government regulation to protect the environmental initiatives, including efforts to...
Bayard Rustin: The often-forgotten civil rights activist and man of unwavering compassion
By Jerald Podair, Professor of History, Lawrence University As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.” This, of course, is good advice for...
Study finds changes in warm air patterns may push more hurricanes toward cities along East Coast
Changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts, especially in Florida, a new study said. While other studies have projected how human-caused climate change will probably...
A biological hot spot: How the Atlantic Sargassum Belt is inundating coastlines with brown seaweed
By Stephen P. Leatherman, Professor of Coastal Science, Florida International University An unwelcome visitor is headed for Florida and the Caribbean: huge floating mats of sargassum, or free-floating brown seaweed. Nearly every year since 2011, sargassum has...
Geostrategic Corruption: How China uses economic power to exert its influence in Latin America
By Eduardo Gamarra, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University; and Valeriia Popova, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University Corruption has long been a scourge in parts of Latin...
Drone Swarm: Why more unmanned aerial vehicles are filling the skies over Ukraine
By Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down. Below, people scramble for cover. The injured are taken on stretchers. That...
Quietly staying put: Why some Western companies are finding it not so simple to quit Russia
When Russia invaded Ukraine, global companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia immediately, others curtailing imports or new investment. Billions of dollars’ worth of factories, energy holdings and power plants were written off...
