Tim Gay, physics, explained some of the physics behind tug of war for an Oct. 14 Inverse article on the science behind three of the deadly challenges in the popular Netflix series “Squid Game.” The article was among 20-plus national news stories featuring Husker faculty, staff, students, centers and programs in October.
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Kelsy Burke, sociology, co-wrote an Oct. 4 guest column for The Washington Post with Smith College’s Nancy Whittier on the push by both conservative Christians and anti-pornography feminists to drive sexually explicit media off the internet. “Conservatives and anti-porn feminists are not exactly friends, but neither are they enemies,” they wrote. “They are ‘frenemies,’ sharing some goals and sometimes cooperating. But they don’t truly collaborate, and they fundamentally disagree on just about everything except sex work.”
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Whether birds get caged in the eye of a hurricane may depend on the intensity and totality of the chaos beyond the calm, says a novel study from Matthew Van Den Broeke, meteorology (Earth and atmospheric sciences). Stories on the research appeared in the Environmental News Network, Phys.org, Technology.org, The Weather Network and Yahoo! News Canada.
