By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
For many men with prostate cancer, the word “radiotherapy” still conjures up weeks of daily hospital trips: 20 or more sessions, Monday to Friday, for a month or longer. A new NHS England programme aims to shrink that burden dramatically by offering eligible men a highly focused form of radiotherapy that treats the cancer in just five sessions.
It sounds almost too good…
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By John Caro, Principal Lecturer, Film and Media, University of Portsmouth
Since her official debut in 1959, Supergirl has struggled to emerge from the shadow of her cousin, Superman. So it’s a bold move that the second cinematic release in the newly rebooted DC Universe will be Supergirl.
Milly Alcock first appeared as Supergirl in the epilogue to Superman (2025). Her Supergirl is a brash “party girl” – an immediate contrast to David…
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By Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, Graduate Teaching Associate, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
Iran’s team faces a hostile reception from the US government and some of its brethren in the diaspora. Yet others hope the event will trump politics — for now.
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By Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
It’s showtime! …Erecting a mixed martials arts arena at the White House and hinting that it might just become a permanent fixture is a nod to power that draws on force and spectacle.
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By Steve Conlan, Professor and Head of the School of Life Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
Mirvetuximab soravtansine (also known as Elahere) is the first new drug to be approved for hard-to-treat ovarian cancer in over 20 years.
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By Kate Harrington, PhD Candidate, Ecology, Trinity College Dublin
Laqiqige Zhu, PhD Candidate, Sustainable Finance, Trinity College Dublin
Ireland’s native woodland scheme, which was introduced by the government in 2001, is successfully bringing back biodiversity. But the country still struggles to meet its tree-planting targets. The reason? Policy doesn’t always match the economic realities farmers face.
Ireland should be a forestry success story. The climate is mild, the soil is fertile and trees grow faster here than almost anywhere else in Europe. Yet despite ambitious government targets and generous public subsidies, the country remains…
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By Matteo Fuoli, Associate Professor in Corpus-based Discourse Analysis, Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Birmingham
From election debates to job interviews, language shapes our perceptions of how trustworthy other people are. This power can be used to build healthy relationships, but it can also be used to manipulate and deceive.
To better understand this darker side of building trust, my colleagues and I turned to the corporate world – a domain that offers plenty of cautionary tales. Our case study was among the most notorious, involving one of the world’s largest energy companies of the 1980s and 90s: Enron.
This…
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By Emanuela Prandelli, Associate Professor of Fashion & Luxury Management, Department of Management & Technology, Bocconi University
The Schiaparelli haute-couture brand continues to capitalise on its founder’s erstwhile connections to the artworld and understanding of the cultural zeitgeist
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By Amnesty International
The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments have intensified restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly amid ongoing conflict and economic turmoil, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. These latest measures exacerbate existing restrictions on migrant workers’ ability to raise concerns about working conditions in an already repressive […] The post Gulf States: Phone searches, arrests exacerbate existing restrictions on trade unions, expression appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Workers sit on a wall against the backdrop of the city skyline, Dubai, UAE, March 11, 2026. © 2026 Giuseppe CACACE/AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments have intensified restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly amid ongoing conflict and economic turmoil, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. These latest measures exacerbate existing restrictions on migrant workers’ ability to raise concerns about working conditions in an already repressive environment for…
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