Expert Request – 15 April
If you are interested in writing an article for a request below, please email the contact listed in the request to find out more. Please note, article requests are fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis. You can pitch an article directly to The Conversation via the detail listed here.
Health + Medicine: [REPEATED] Is it true that people conceived during colder months are more likely to be slim? We’re looking for an expert to write 600-800 words on the Japanese studythat explored whether exposure to colder temperatures before conception boosts brown fat activity and lifelong energy expenditure in humans.
Timescale: this week | Contact: Katie Edwards
Health + Medicine: [REPEATED] Should we be swapping the Mediterranean diet for the Tanzanian diet? We’re looking for an expert to write 600-800 words on this study, reported as being “ one of the healthiest diets in the world”.
Timescale: this week | Contact: Katie Edwards
Arts + Culture: Urgently looking for an expert to attend an advance screening of the period supernatural action-horror film Sinners in central London tonight to review for us. Tickets provided, can bring a plus one.
Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Anna Walker
Arts + Culture: Looking for a children’s literature expert to attend and review Giant, a new production about Roald Dahl at the Harold Pinter Theatre. Must be available to attend the show on May 1.
Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Anna Walker
Arts + Culture: We are looking for an expert in comedy to review the new season of Hacks.
Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Naomi Joseph
Arts + Culture: We are looking for a literature expert to write a 150-word review of the Women’s Prize shortlisted book Bad Girl by Aria Aber for the first week of May. If the book wins the reviewer will then write a 600 to 800 word review on the day.
Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Naomi Joseph
Health + Medicine: We’re looking for an expert to comment on a new studywhich found that tapping your fingers rhythmically in a noisy environment can help you hear better. Might it help hard-of-hearing people?
Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Clint Witchalls
Arts + Culture: Pope Francis has called Antoni Gaudí “God’s architect” in first step of process toward his sainthood. Looking for an expert to explain the significance of his work for the Catholic church.
Timescale: this week | Contact: Anna Walker
Health + Medicine: Brown rice is often seen as the healthier alternative to white rice, but a new studyshows that it contains 40% more arsenic than white rice. But is that amount enough to cause ill health (40% of almost nothing is still almost nothing)? We’re looking for a nutritionist, dietitian or toxicologist to comment.
Timescale: ASAP | Contact: Clint Witchalls
Science + Technology: We’re looking for an expert to write about a new study showing your cells can hear sounds.
Timescale: In the next week | Contact: Jenna Hutber
Environment + Energy: 17% of global cropland is contaminated with heavy metals, according to a new study in Science. We’d like an expert to write about this study and to explain what “heavy metals” actually are and why I should care. Will my bread taste of cadmium? Is my rice poisoned with arsenic?
Timescale: Thursday am (4pm embargo) | Contact: Will de Freitas