By Shayann Ramedani, Research Collaborator at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Penn State
Daniel R. George, Professor of Humanities and Public Health Sciences, Penn State
Rural hospitals have high fixed costs, low patient volume and a large portion of patients insured through Medicaid, which typically pays less than private insurers.
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By Sepita Hatami, Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Western University
Online sexism is no longer primarily a series of isolated or individual opinions but has evolved into a system-level phenomenon that spreads through digital platforms and produces real-world consequences.
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By Kawser Ahmed, Adjunct Professor, Natural Resource Institute (NRI), University of Manitoba
For a country that built the post-1945 rules-based order, the United States now needs to be rescued from its own war by the very nations it once lectured on governance and peace.
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By Laurence Roope, Senior Researcher, Health Economics, University of Oxford
Fiorella Parra-Mujica, PhD Candidate, Health Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Philip Clarke, Professor of Health Economics, University of Oxford
When people are asked to choose who gets a life-saving vaccine, their answers don’t match the logic that drives most healthcare funding decisions.
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By Kaitlyn Rabe, Lecturer, The Ohio State University
Rwanda has threatened to withdraw its troops from Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, signalling a potentially decisive shift in the southern African country’s security architecture.
The threat of withdrawal is driven by a European Union (EU) warning that it may stop funding the Rwandan Defence Forces’ mission…
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By Abdoulaye Sakho, Professeur de droit, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Two months after the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) final, which was won by Senegal in January 2026, the appeal board of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) decided to strip them of the title and give it instead to their opponents, Morocco. This was because the Senegalese team had walked off the pitch for about 10 minutes.
Caf’s ruling is based on Articles 82 and 84 of the African football body’s regulations. It goes against the referee’s decision…
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By Maryline Laurent, Professeur Directrice du département RST, Télécom SudParis – Institut Mines-Télécom
Claire Levallois-Barth, Professeur en droit à IMT Atlantique, titulaire des chaires 'Valeurs et Politiques des Informations Personnelles' et 'Économie des Communs de Données'., Institut Mines-Télécom (IMT)
EU digital ID wallets will make it easier for citizens and residents to prove their identity, and safely store, share and sign important digital documents within the EU. But digital applications aren’t totally risk-free.
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By Melanie Ramdarshan Bold, Professor of Youth Literature and Culture, University of Glasgow
Aishwarya Subramanian, Associate Professor of English, O.P. Jindal Global University
For many children, Paddington is now primarily the star of three movies and a hit west end musical. However, that is not where the bear in a red hat whose adventures involve high-speed chases and marmalade-based slapstick began.
In writing our book on the bear, we have found that the Paddington British writer Michael Bond created in 1958 is a rather different creature from that…
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By Richard Gregory, Honorary Professor of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, UCL
Summer feeding should be paused because this is a time when natural food sources such as caterpillars, bugs and flies, are much more abundant.
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By Michael A. Lewis, Professor of Operations Management, University of Bristol; University of Bath
Annika Skoglund, Associate Professor, Organisation, Technology & Sustainability, University of Bristol
Around the world, countries are seeking to build greener, more circular economies. Steel is central to that ambition. It is still one of the most widely used materials – but producing it is one of the largest industrial sources of carbon emissions worldwide.
The UK domestic steel industry is the smallest it has been since the 1930s. Production fell to 4 million tonnes…
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