A new collection of studies about comics argues that Western ideas about what “counts” as a comic have sidelined innovative work from the Global South. The book features case studies of new comics from Latin America, Africa and Asia – including Black feminist art from Brazil, reinventions of Māori creation narratives, comics created by Somali refugees, and India’s new wave of “Indo-manga”. It argues that comics are powerful tools of expression for the world’s marginalised communities and argues for Western publishers’ grip on the medium’s boundaries to be challenged.

An international team of archaeologists and scientists has reconstructed the diets of prehistoric communities from north-central Poland, shedding new light on how people adapted to changing environments and shifting social landscapes over three millennia between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.

Is it a scratch behind the ears while staring into those puppy dog eyes, or is it a gentle pat on the back and a wagging tail that makes spending time with a therapy dog so comforting?

New research from UBC Okanagan suggests that when it comes to boosting wellbeing, it does not matter which part of a therapy dog students interact with—just that they do.

As Hollywood celebrates creativity at the Oscars, new research from Florida International University’s College of Business suggests that how creative work is made may matter just as much as the final product – especially when artificial intelligence is involved.

Global efforts to combat climate change in the last two decades have contributed to considerably cutting carbon emissions, according to a new study on climate policies conducted primarily by scientists from Germany and the United Kingdom, among them experts from Heidelberg University. It shows that states with larger and stricter policy portfolios are cutting their emissions most effectively.

In AIP Advances, researchers develop a way to remotely fingerprint and identify a cellular device. Using specialized SIM cards and cellular radio standards-compliant base station emulator equipment, the researchers commanded a set of “trusted” cell phones to transmit the exact same sets of signals, allowing them to create a database of what these signals really look like for different phone models. By comparing the signals emitted by an unknown device to the database, the researchers can figure out if the device has been altered.