Stephen Lewis

Apr 23, 2024 | ilovemanchester.com | Stephen Lewis

The area north of Manchester city centre between Cheetham Hill Road and Strangeways to the west was once home to a huge Jewish community. Many of the people who lived there were the counterparts of today’s refugees, having migrated from eastern Europe to escape poverty, persecution and pogroms, especially the wave of pogroms which followed the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, and those of 1903-6.

Mar 13, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Jennifer L Buckle |Kristel Thomassin |Stephen Lewis |Tyler R. Pritchard

Suicide is multifactorially influenced by both direct (e.g., suicidal ideation; previous attempts) and indirect suicide-related (e.g., hopelessness) factors, which is best understood through intersecting psychological (Gili et al., 2019; Goldston et al., 2009), biological (Ruderfer et al., 2020), and psychosocial (Cero et al., 2015; Van Orden et al., 2010) influences. Indeed, about 50% of people who die by suicide had a previously diagnosed psychological disorder (Stone et al., 2018).

Mar 12, 2024 | nature.com | Lonneke Roelofs |Susan Conway |Tjalling de Haas |Colin M. Dundas |Stephen Lewis

AbstractMartian gullies resemble water-carved gullies on Earth, yet their present-day activity cannot be explained by water-driven processes. The sublimation of CO2 has been proposed as an alternative driver for sediment transport, but how this mechanism works remains unknown. Here we combine laboratory experiments of CO2-driven granular flows under Martian atmospheric pressure with 1D climate simulation modelling to unravel how, where, and when CO2 can drive present-day gully activity.

Oct 31, 2023 | news.northwestern.edu | Stephen Lewis

A new staging of a classic opera and a master class led by Grammy Award-winning American soprano Christine Brewer are among the highlights of the fall voice and opera season at the Bienen School of Music. The new staging of Viktor Ullmann’s opera “The Emperor of Atlantis” opens Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m.  It incorporates a modern twist with elements of artificial intelligence.

Oct 26, 2023 | news.northwestern.edu | Stephen Lewis

Horror films have the unique ability to tap into our deepest fears. Perhaps you hear the whisper of a voice on the other end of a phone call while you are at home alone, or there’s a mysterious noise coming from the basement or attic, or you awake from a crazy dream about a creepy guy with knives as fingers only to find him under your bed.