By Lucy Bennett, Lecturer in Popular Music, Digital Culture and Fandom, Cardiff University
Scrolling through social media, it feels as though “indie sleaze” never went away. Grainy flash photography, smudged eyeliner and a soundtrack of early 2000s indie music are once again dominating feeds.
This revival is more of a reworking than a straightforward comeback. Today’s indie sleaze – exemplified in the music video for Charli XCX’s new track, Rock Music – is an algorithmically curated version of a once messy, participatory…
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By Christina Philippou, Associate Professor in Accounting and Sport Finance, University of Portsmouth
Chelsea FC losing the 2026 FA Cup final 1-0 to Manchester City will have been disappointing for the club’s fans. But perhaps the result was not hugely surprising, as the London club hasn’t had a brilliant season on the pitch.
Off the pitch, you could argue it’s been even worse.
Moments of anguish have included the expensive sacking in April 2026 of manager Liam Rosenior after just 106 days in the job. He was the side’s fifth…
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By Farah N. Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
European leaders are learning they cannot rely on Washington, and that the US will act against their interests and at their economic expense.
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By Rassim Khelifa, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology; Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Global Change Biology, Concordia University
Research among adult visitors to the Montréal Insectarium reveals that many people will consider eating insects, especially when they are ground up as flour.
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By Suvrat Dhanorkar, Associate Professor of Operations Management, Georgia Institute of Technology
Many companies today overpromise what they can do with AI. They should learn from efforts to combat greenwashing and tighten standards.
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By Biz Nijdam, Assistant Professor, Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies, University of British Columbia
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By Pauline McDonagh Hull, PhD Candidate, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Jamie Benham, Endocrinologist & Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Robyn Vettese, Research Assistant (Community Scholar), Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
PMOS is not primarily a disease of the ovaries. Its new name reflects the condition’s more complex and cyclical endocrine and metabolic features.
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By Cristiano Barbosa de Moura, Assistant Professor of Science Education, Simon Fraser University
If science teachers embrace history as a lens for teaching complex accounts of science, we open possibilities for more socially relevant classrooms.
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By Kevin Maloney, PhD student, Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University
The president’s barrage of pronouncements on foreign policy mean his Cabinet members’ statements on foreign policy have become more reliable indicators of administration positions.
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By Meaghan Furlano, PhD Student, Sociology, Western University
“Tradwives” say they are opting out of a culture that undervalues women at home. But a closer look at who they are and what they promote tells a different story: The mainstreaming of far-right politics through the language of “traditional values” like femininity and domesticity.
Short for traditional…
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