By Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading
Expertise can come from generations of farmers building up understanding of local weather patterns or Indigenous knowledge about forests and rivers.
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By Joey Baxter, PhD Candidate in Biosciences, University of Sheffield
When we think about birds, we often picture their colourful plumage: the iridescence of a peacock’s tail or the electric blue flash of a kingfisher. Or we might consider how they use voices, from the song of the nightingale to the coo of a dove or the shriek of a jay.
So it’s easy to imagine that vision and hearing must be the senses these birds use to explore their environment and interact with each other. However, smell is also vital to birds for navigating, foraging and even communicating. Yet this sense is…
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By Umair Choksy, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Stirling
For more than a year, major institutions like the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been warning that rising tariffs and policy uncertainty would stifle global growth. This is reflected in the ways governments have been deploying tariffs unpredictably. Notably, the US has increasingly deployed threats and sudden tariff swings as tools in broader disputes.
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By Enrique Castañón Ballivián, Lecturer in International Development, UCL
Bolivia’s political landscape has changed dramatically since August 2025, when a general election ended the Movement for Socialism (Mas) party’s rule after nearly two decades. Its presence in Congress has all but vanished, with rightwing parties now commanding an overwhelming majority.
The new president, Rodrigo Paz Pereira, campaigned with the rightwing populist slogan: fé, familia y patria (faith, family and homeland). He swept to victory…
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By David Oxborough, Professor of Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University
Flo Place, PhD Candidate, Cardiovascular Physiology, Liverpool John Moores University
Image and performance-enhancing drugs (IPEDs), such as steroids and human growth hormone, can harm the heart – and it isn’t just elite bodybuilders who are at risk.
With a growing number of everyday gym-goers taking these drugs to improve their fitness or enhance their appearance, what was once a niche issue in competitive sports is quickly becoming a wider public…
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By Polina Zelmanova, PhD Candidate in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
Benedict Bridgerton has fallen for a woman from a different class and his class power complicates the issue of consent.
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By Keren MacLennan, Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bath
In the academic year so far, the proportion of children who are “persistently absent” from schools in England – missing at least 10% of school sessions – stands at 19.5%. This is up from last year – and significantly higher than the 10.5% who were persistently absent before the pandemic.
The UK government’s “back to school” call in 2025 proposed a crackdown on “bad behaviour” to address this issue and get children back into classrooms. But a focus on bad behaviour…
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By Mary Magnuson, Associate Science Editor, The Conversation
Athletes will use physics concepts such as friction and lift to their advantage on the world stage in the 2026 Olympic Games.
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By Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Following the app’s sale, the company’s updated privacy policy and terms of service set off alarm bells. The reaction shows Big Tech has lost the public’s trust.
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By Frédéric Dimanche, Professor and former Director (2015-2025), Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Kelley A. McClinchey, Teaching Faculty, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Talk of boycotts have added to fears among the US tourism industry that foreign tourists will continue to stay away.
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