By Tim Nelin, Instructor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Even small increases in air pollution can increase the risk of serious respiratory illnesses for preterm infants and their risk of having asthma as they get older.
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By Nick Whittaker, Tutor of International Relations, University of Sussex
The route to 10 Downing Street is often fairly parochial, requiring knowledge and experience of local or national issues, rather than international ones. Andy Burnham has been involved in politics for a quarter of a century. But his variety of posts gives us little indication of how he is likely to manage relations with key allies and the UK’s role in various parts of the world.
Burnham has appointed Ed Miliband (who opposed…
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By Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
Yidan Sun, Ph.D. Student in Engineering, University of Southern California
Why would a young Republican back solar but reject a carbon tax? Twenty years of survey data shows climate opinion is more complex than party labels suggest.
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By Zdenka Sokolickova, Postdoctoral Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Groningen
Christy Hehir, Senior Lecturer in Tourism and Events, University of Surrey
Elizabeth Cooper, Postdoctoral Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Groningen
“You’d see massive glacier calvings, and you’d just want to cry. But all the guests would be cheering. And you’d be like … ‘can you not put two and two together?’”
Those are the words of a former Antarctic tour guide we interviewed. For anyone interested in nature, few jobs sound more enviable. You spend months among penguins, orcas and glaciers, helping visitors experience one of the world’s most extraordinary and unspoiled places.
But for some guides, like those we quote in this article, that privilege slowly became impossible to reconcile with their beliefs.…
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By Subir Sarkar, Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
According to our best understanding, the universe is expanding – and is doing so at an accelerating rate. This is believed to be caused by something called the “cosmological constant”, which was first proposed by Albert Einstein in his theory of general relativity. In recent decades, it has become better known as dark energy, which is believed to make up about 70% of the universe.
Crucial to this realisation were studies of Type…
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By Amnesty International
The Egyptian authorities must release dozens of people detained for their association with a Gen Z online group calling for political change and publishing content critical of the government, Amnesty International said today. Since late May, officers from the National Security Agency (NSA) arrested at least 50 people, including nine women, for being part of the “Gen Z002” group on the social media platform, Discord, which called in October 2025 for toppling President Abdel […] The post Egypt: Release dozens detained over Gen Z online group calling for political change appeared first on Amnesty…
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By Amnesty International
Luxembourg, Ireland and all European Union (EU) member states must stop the sale of Israel Bonds in the EU or risk complicity in Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Amnesty International said in a public statement issued today. “Israel has become increasingly reliant on foreign investments to finance its genocide, apartheid and unlawful occupation […] The post Europe/IOPT: EU states allowing sale of Israel Bonds in Europe risk complicity in ongoing genocide in Gaza appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
Lauren Laverne’s diagnosis has put smouldering myeloma in the spotlight – a blood condition doctors watch closely but don’t rush to treat.
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By Evelyn Svingen, Associate Professor in Criminology, University of Birmingham
If a young person trusts the system to deliver a just outcome, their brain’s urgent need for retribution is dialled down.
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By Zulker Naeen
Marriage has become a migration route for Rohingya refugee girls, as brokers exploit families’ hopes of overseas grooms, turning promised reunions into trafficking journeys driven by deception, coercion, and profit.
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