Friday, July 10, 2026
In war-torn Sudan, a deadly new cholera outbreak has already claimed more than 100 lives, heightening serious concerns for vulnerable communities including in besieged El-Obeid, where daily drone attacks have continued to hamper aid access.
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By Andrew Dodd, Professor of Journalism, The University of Melbourne
It was May 1999 and Derryn Hinch had been called into the manager’s office at Adelaide’s 5DN. The ratings for his morning program had been tumbling, and after less than a year on air he was told to pack his things.
At the time, I was writing a profile of him for The Australian newspaper and happened to be in his office as he gathered his belongings. He told me that after the station manager broke the news he responded with two demands: the biggest possible payout, and the right to tell the press the truth about why he’d been sacked.
According to Hinch, 5DN offered him…
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By Emma Banister, Professor of Consumption & Society, University of Manchester
Ben Kerrane, Professor of Marketing, School of Busines, Manchester Metropolitan University
Joanna Wilson, Lecturer in Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University
The UK government launched a major review of parental leave in July 2025, with recommendations expected in early 2027.
One question sits at the heart of the review: what difference does parental leave make to family life?
Our new research suggests the effects can last for years. Fathers who spend time as their child’s…
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By Alex Dittrich, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Nottingham Trent University
You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months.
There are several reasons for this, some to do with the weather and some very much due to humans.
Bumblebees are social, living in colonies that are maintained by very active workers with a relatively short lifespan of 4-6 weeks. This means, that in a relatively short space of time, older bees…
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By Caroline Cauchi, Reader in Creative Writing, University of Hull
This summer, the National Year of Reading is teaming up with sporting figures including Joe Wicks, Clare Balding and Georgia Stanway to encourage people to read. The initiative, part of the campaign’s Summer of Sport programme, links reading activity to major sporting events including Wimbledon, the Fifa Men’s World Cup, cricket and Formula 1.
Team captains like Wicks, Balding and Stanway will share book recommendations, discuss how reading…
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By Oliver Hamer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Edge Hill University
For many people living with obesity, newer weight-loss medicines such as Wegovy and Mounjaro have been transformative. These drugs are often grouped under the label GLP-1 medicines because they mimic hormones released after eating, helping people feel fuller and less hungry. Mounjaro, whose active…
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By Amy Bennett, Research Fellow in the School of Geography, University of Leeds
Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tonnes of carbon – more than is stored in any other terrestrial ecosystem in the world. But these forests are facing a critical challenge.
Research from 2023, which was carried out by me and more than 100 colleagues, found that tropical forests in South America…
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By David Blunkett, Chair in Politics in Practice, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
Two contradictory things can be true at the same time. It is true that the findings of the independent Police Leadership Commission, which I co-chaired, are devastating in relation to the recruitment, training and development, promotion, monitoring and appraisal of the police service. Yet there is excellent policing taking place on our streets and protecting our businesses every day of the week.
In other…
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By Brett DeJager, Assistant professor of psychology and education, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic
As schools consider AI guidelines, educators are also thinking about how they can adjust their assignments to accurately measure what students are actually learning.
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By Jeffrey Anvari-Clark, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of North Dakota
Regardless of whether Americans think socialism is bad or good, or how they define it, most of them embrace socialist policies and programs – as long as no one calls them that.
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