By Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Professor of Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin
Janet Greenlees, Associate Professor of Health History, Glasgow Caledonian University
In a religious culture rooted in shame, up to half a million children in the UK and Ireland were put up for adoption without their mothers’ consent.
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
El Niño has begun and forecasters predict a more than 60% chance that the naturally occurring phenomenon could become a very strong, or super El Niño later in 2026.
El Niño begins with warmer water in the Pacific Ocean near the equator and can have a cascade of dramatic effects on the world’s weather.
But what chain of events has to happen for high temperatures in the Pacific to translate into severe floods, droughts and storms around the world? And what role does climate change play in El Niño?…
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By Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Midwifery Lecturer, London South Bank University
In many cultures, the placenta is more than tissue left over after birth. It may be understood as spiritually linked to the baby, treated as a companion or sibling, and buried to protect the child or connect them to family and land.
Yet in many maternity settings, what happens to the placenta after birth may receive little discussion unless a woman already knows she can ask to take it home.
For my doctoral research on migrant…
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By Andrea Loux Jarman, Senior Lecturer in Law, Bournemouth University
The Trump administration wants to rid America’s naitonal monuments and museums of what they see as ‘woke’ interpretations of US history.
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By Alexander Bowles, Glasstone Research Fellow, Plant Science, University of Oxford
Hidden beneath the water’s surface is a botanical world that is among nature’s most innovative and ecologically important.
As I highlighted in a recent paper, an extraordinary range of adaptations have evolved in aquatic plants for life beneath the water’s surface. Some flower underwater, others capture animals in ingenious traps. Here are seven facts that show how these remarkable organisms challenge our assumptions about what plants are and how they survive.
Many people think of plants…
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By Cary Foo, PhD Student, Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo, University of Waterloo
Luke Potwarka, Associate Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Waterloo
Canada co-hosting the World Cup and its national team’s success is an opportunity to explore how people living in multicultural regions decide who to support.
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By Jenny Woodley, Senior Lecturer in Modern American History, Nottingham Trent University
From the very earliest days of independence, the struggle of African Americans for their rights has defined the idea of freedom in the United States.
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By David Nally, Professor of Historical Geography in the Department of Geography and a Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge
Eva Cheuk-Yin Li, Lecturer in Screen Industries, King's College London
Helen Vassallo, Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter
Hind Elhinnawy, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
Stevie Marsden, Lecturer in Publishing, Edinburgh Napier University
The best summer companion is a good book. This year has already given us some truly brilliant ones making it really hard to whittle down the best. But no matter what your tastes are, we have you covered. These novels range from historical fiction to gripping crime drama. From 1800s Ireland, to 1930s Taiwan, to post revolution Iran, this international selection will take you to all sorts of places without ever having to leave your own home.
1. Land by Maggie O'Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell’s exquisite…
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By Gilles Pison, Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN); Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
Catherine Scornet, maître de conférences au département de sociologie, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU); Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
Rising population growth should slow in the coming decades and see a decline in the second half of the century.
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By Deborah Mower, Director of the Center for Practical Ethics and Professor of Philosophy, University of Mississippi
An ethicist who studies disagreement and civility assumed she could handle a neighborly dispute – until the neighbor refused to even interact with her.
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