By Daniel Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University
A recent BBC report described women posing as men to get hold of testosterone gel, hoping to improve their menopause symptoms, because female testosterone products are not easily available to them. But why is the appetite for this predominantly male hormone exploding and are there risks involved?
Testosterone is usually thought of as the defining…
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By Amin Al-Habaibeh, Professor of Intelligent Engineering Systems, Nottingham Trent University
Physics suggests slower cars use less petrol. But in the real-world, fuel consumption depends on much more than aerodynamic drag.
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By Alina Dolea, Associate Professor in Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy, Bournemouth University
Ruxandra Trandafoiu, Professor of Politics, Communicatons & Diaspora, School of Law & Criminal Justice, Edge Hill University
Romanians are broadly young, educated and the most economically active European migrant community in England and Wales. But, according to a recent YouGov poll, they are the least-wanted European immigrants in the UK. So why hasn’t public opinion kept pace with the reality of what this group contributes?
A decade after Brexit, a disconnect remains between people’s perceptions and the available…
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By Josh Bland, Postdoctoral researcher of football cultures and heritage, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
The Premier League has published the core findings of the independent commission investigating Manchester City Football Club. It finds the club guilty of all charges relating to serious financial breaches across nine seasons, from 2009-10 to 2017-18.
Among its findings were that City used “sham” commercial arrangements to inflate revenues and reduce costs, misstated its accounts and concealed its true financial position from auditors and regulators. The commission…
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By Chris Webber, Research Fellow in Equity in the Uniformed Public Services, Anglia Ruskin University
Liam Noll, Practitioner Fellow in Equity in the Uniformed Public Services, Anglia Ruskin University
Fire services across the UK are now working out how much they can do over the winter to prepare for one of the country’s escalating dangers: wildfires.
Baroness Brown, the chairwoman of the UK’s Climate Change Committee, recently told the BBC that not enough action has been taken, given that the UK is predicted to face longer, drier summers due to global warming.
At the Labour party conference in…
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By Joshua R. Ehrlich, Associate professor, University of Michigan
Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another doctor a month earlier who diagnosed her with eyelid inflammation and wrote her a prescription.
As I examined her eyes, she mentioned in passing the prescription medication she’d been using – ivermectin. This was the first I’d heard of this drug being used for itchy, uncomfortable eyes. I knew researchers had
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By Ira Goldstein, Lecturer in the Urban Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania
Neighborhood investments meant to improve housing and opportunity often spark fears of gentrification and displacement. That worry is playing out in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, where a stalled Second Avenue housing project sits blocks from the 178-acre Hazelwood Green riverfront development.
Hazelwood…
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By Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University
Christopher A. Cooper, Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs, Western Carolina University
The history of voting and elections in America doesn’t follow a steady path toward progress or retreat. It is marked by intense struggles, monumental victories and devastating losses.
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By Henry F. Fradella, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
The architecture of automated license plate readers turns local cameras into a far-reaching surveillance network that can be accessed by agencies that never purchased the devices.
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By Alex Volonte, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant in Journalism Studies, University of Florida
Sports journalism has sometimes been called the ‘toy department,’ since it was known for less serious reporting. But the sports page has an opportunity to take on a real watchdog role.
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