Associate Professor of Global Governance and Director, Center for Governance and Sustainability, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, UMass Boston Three-quarters of new and ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. (THE CONVERSATION) Three-quarters of new and emerging infectious diseases in humans ...

An elephant’s trunk has 40,000 muscles and weighs more than a Burmese python. The appendage is strong enough to uproot a tree, yet sensitive enough to suction up fragile tortilla chips. But how does ...