Tuesday, December 2nd 2025
The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold the rights of the Palestinian people and a two-State solution with Israel.
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By Fiona Helen Panther, Forrest Research Fellow in physics, The University of Western Australia
War on Science takes aim at science’s global culture wars. Edited by controversial physicist Lawrence Krauss, it argues evidence-based science is under threat.
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By Ricky Spencer, Professor, Western Sydney University
Yik Hei Sung, Lecturer in wildlife and conservation, University of Suffolk
A new scientific technique can reveal if an animal has been taken from the wild, exposing the illegal wildlife trade.
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By Kelly Simpson, Associate Lecturer in Education , Southern Cross University
‘Big school’ can sound grown up. But if a child is anxious about starting school, it can make the change loom larger in their minds.
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By Fabian Lenhard, Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Climate change may be adding to mental health pressures, from trauma to climate distress, but climate action can be a positive way to cope.
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By Eddy Ng, Smith Professor of Equity and Inclusion in Business, Queen's University, Ontario
Gen Z’s priorities — flexibility, mental health and purpose — are reshaping what ‘good employment’ looks like, and if employers want to retain them, they need to listen.
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By Rachel Williamson, Senior Tutor in English, University of Canterbury
With less than a month to go, the telltale signs that Christmas is coming have begun appearing in shops and malls around the country. Fairy lights and tinsel adorn store displays while Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas plays on repeat.
Nowhere is the intersection of tradition and commercialisation more apparent than in the Christmas movie genre. Not surprisingly, the viewing of these films has become a holiday tradition in itself.
Oh. What. Fun. is Prime Video’s most recent foray into the festive season genre. In a self-referential gesture, wife, mother and grandmother…
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By Kyle Fiore Law, Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Sustainability, Arizona State University
Brendan Bo O'Connor, Associate Professor of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York
Stylianos Syropoulos, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too narrowly – focusing on individual stories rather than the broader needs of society – while careful reasoning enables more impartial, evidence-based choices.
Our new research, forthcoming in the…
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By Louis Bayman, Associate Professor in Department of Film Studies, University of Southampton
This locked-room mystery offers a lifetime of stored resentments, jealousies and greed spill over into brutal hatred – a bit like a family Christmas then.
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By Carolyn Jackson, Professor of Gender and Education, Lancaster University
Mieke Van Houtte, Professor of Sociology, Ghent University
The UK government has committed to reducing the amount of time pupils spend in GCSE exams in England by up to three hours on average. This comes after recommendations to cut exam time were made in an independent review of the national curriculum and school assessment.
Professor Becky Francis, who led the review, has said: “Exams are currently…
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