By Jo Setchell, Professor of Anthropology, Durham University
Same-sex behaviour is common in animals, but a bull and a male donkey in Ethiopia are an unusual pair. What might they tell us about sex in nature?
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By Sarah Chellappa, Associate Professor, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, University of Southampton
Research shows that disrupted body clocks can affect mood. A circadian rhythms researcher explains how sleep, light and meal timing influence mental health.
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By Hannah Sabapathy, PhD candidate in the School of Design, University of Leeds
Long before looms were invented to weave wool, nomadic herders were turning raw sheep’s fleece into warm, weather-proof shelters using one of humanity’s earliest craft techniques: felting.
Felting is a process of matting and fusing animal fibres together with moisture, heat and friction into a dense, non-woven fabric. In her new exhibition, Reservoir, textile artist Sagarika Sundaram revisits this ancient…
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By Iwa Salami, Professor of Law, University of East London
The cyberattack on crypto-asset exchange Binance is potentially the largest theft of its kind on record. Binance has estimated the assets stolen at an eye-watering US$6.3 billion (£4.7 billion).
On October 29, 2026, analytics firms reported that large amounts of crypto-assets had been moved from wallets used by the exchange across multiple blockchain networks – a digital system for recording transactions that is run collectively…
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By Frank Deer, Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
No matter what you think of Wab Kinew’s call to end the Indian Act – bold, presumptuous, a distraction, an academic exercise – it’s an opportunity to discuss it.
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By Md Mujahedul Islam, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Government, Cornell University
New research suggests people whose views closely mirror those around them are less likely to vote than those whose views differ moderately.
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By Kenny Kor, Senior Lecturer, Social Work, University of Wollongong
Rebecca Goodbourn, Research Fellow, Social Work, University of Wollongong
Simon Hackett, Emeritus Professor, Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse, Durham University
Sophie Gillfeather-Spetere, Research Fellow, Social Work, University of Wollongong
Harmful sexual behaviour takes many forms. It can involve coercion, threats, or exploitation and can occur online or offline. Here’s how to respond.
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By Susan Atkinson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Centre for Environmental Governance, University of Canberra
It was a frightening time.
On a hot, gusty day in January 2003, I found myself on the hill behind my Canberra home, watching as billows of black smoke rolled through neighbouring suburbs.
Many of my friends and family members were left scrambling during the Canberra bushfires of 2003, which destroyed almost 500 homes and claimed the lives of four…
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By Kevin John Brophy, Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing, The University of Melbourne
Christian Ryan’s Eleven: We Burn Them in the Sun weaves idiosyncratically through the stories of 11 men and women whose lives were defined, if briefly, by cricket.
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By Karen Anderson, Unit Coordinator, Lecturer and Clinical Supervisor, Counselling and Psychotherapy Courses, Edith Cowan University
During his renowned excavations at the Shanidar Cave in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, American archaeologist Ralph Solecki located burial sites with uncovered pollen and flower fragments from various species of wildflowers. He interpreted this as evidence that Neanderthals may have placed flowers around their dead at their burial sites around 60,000 years ago.
Through the ages, flowers have provided comfort for numerous reasons – biological,…
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