By Michael von Massow, Professor, Food Economics, University of Guelph
Alfons Weersink, Professor, Dept of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Guelph
Rising oil and fertilizer costs linked to Middle East tensions could affect food prices, but the effects will vary across products and may take time to fully emerge.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A contingent of police officers from Kenya arrives at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on January 18, 2025, as part of the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) authorized by the United Nations. © 2025 Clarens Siffroy/AFP via Getty Images A United Nations report has found that members of a UN-authorized force operating in Haiti, the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, were responsible for four cases of sexual violence in the country, including the rape of a 12 -year-old girl and two…
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By Laura
As shown in an interactive map of Prague, listing historical figures and places associated with this community, LGBTQ+ people have always been part of Czech culture.
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By Amy Pearson, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Durham University
Aimee Grant, Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University
Monique Botha, Associate Professor in Psychology, Durham University
Labels like autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia are not new. But the way we understand them is changing.
In recent years, researchers have increasingly worked with neurodivergent people rather than simply studying them from the outside. That change has brought better access to diagnosis, more inclusive approaches in schools and workplaces and a growing challenge to the idea that neurological difference is something to be fixed.
Language sits at…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
Explosions don’t just destroy buildings. Here’s what missiles and drones actually do to the human body, and why the worst damage is often invisible.
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By Adi Imsirovic, Lecturer in Energy Systems, University of Oxford
Antonio Fatás, Professor of Economics, INSEAD
The world economy survived the shocks of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, which has had limited impact on economic growth. But the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East has transformed what had been, until early 2026, a surprisingly benign outlook into a far more uncertain one. It has created the ultimate test for how resilient the world economy really is.
Amid stalled ceasefire negotiations, the US president, Donald Trump, has threatened a…
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By Lisa M. Given, Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
Roblox has announced significant changes to its gaming platform to enhance safety for children under 16.
The announcement comes just days after a man in the United Kingdom was jailed for 28 months for “obsessively grooming” a 14-year-old girl he met on the platform.
It also comes after the Australian government put…
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By Sanjoy Paul, Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
China stands to be impacted first, as the main buyer of Iran’s crude oil. But if the blockade drags on, its knock-on effects could impact the whole world.
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By Stan Karanasios, Professor in Information Systems, The University of Queensland
Saeed Akhlaghpour, Associate Professor of Business Information Systems, The University of Queensland
A new AI model could automate the process of searching for cybersecurity bugs and flaws – for better or worse.
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By Diana R. Andrade-Linares, Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbial Ecology, University of Limerick
Tiny organisms on the ground – bacteria and fungi – have a “superpower” that allows them to reach up into the atmosphere and pull down the rain, according to a recent study.
To understand how a microbe can control a storm, we first have to look at how clouds become rain. High up in the atmosphere, water doesn’t always freeze at 0°C. Temperatures are normally much lower at cloud level but pure water can…
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