By Magnus Marsden, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Sussex
Barry Langford, Professor of Film Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London
Dominic O'Key, Teaching Associate, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
Matei Candea, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Five books that span time and place, from the music scene in 80s London to the philosophical scene of Ancient Rome.
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By Merryn Davies-Deacon, Senior Lecturer in French Linguistics, Queen's University Belfast
Cornish is part of the Celtic family of languages, traditionally spoken in Cornwall in the south-west of Great Britain. From the medieval period onwards, speakers in the region gradually shifted to English, leaving only a handful with knowledge of Cornish in the far west of Cornwall by the 18th and 19th centuries.
The 20th century saw a resurgence, and today, Cornish speakers are thought to number from around 400 to 4,000. Many are still based in Cornwall, although there is an active diaspora…
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By Mark Woolhouse, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh
Scientists discover new viruses every year. A catalogue of the riskiest ones could help us spot the next pandemic before it takes hold.
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By Anna Tarrant, Professor of Sociology, University of Lincoln
Mothers still bear the majority of care work and fathers are still largely excluded or pushed to take unpaid leave.
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By Ben Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Healthy Buildings, Loughborough University
As the UK prepares for the third heatwave of 2026, most people will be hoping to try and keep cool at home.
Building regulations to protect homes from overheating were introduced in 2022. These require all new homes to be checked at the design stage to see if they might be at risk of overheating. If the overheating risk is high,…
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By Catherine Ordway, Visiting Scholar, School of Business, CBR, UNSW Sydney
James Connor, Associate Professor in Sociology, UNSW Sydney
Sport has always been political. But if reports Trump has wielded political power to change on-field decisions are true, it signals a dangerous precedent.
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By Brad Reisfeld, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Public Health, Colorado State University
There’s no such thing as a ‘chemical-free’ life, but some simple steps can help you minimize exposures to daily chemicals.
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By John Calabrese, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, American University
With the declining power of financial sanctions, many countries are now physically boarding ships to enforce scattershot rules of trade, conflict and commerce.
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By Kendall Deas, Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Law, and Politics, University of South Carolina
The Florida Department of Education cannot account for US$270 million it has spent through its school choice program. That’s according to a November 2025 state audit of the department.
The same audit shows the department also doesn’t know which schools – if any – more than 30,000 K-12 students in the state attend.
During the 2026 legislative session, which ended March 13, 2026, state Sen. Don Gaetz, a Republican…
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By Elizabeth Dowdell, Professor of Nursing, Villanova University
Supporters of the ban argue that kids need a break from constant phone notifications so they can focus on learning and social skills instead.
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