By Daniel Gover, Senior Lecturer in British Politics, Queen Mary University of London
Prime minister Keir Starmer has voted in support of changing the law on assisted dying before and has spoken of wanting a fresh debate in parliament.
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By Vincent Gauci, Professorial Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham
Tree bark in the world’s forests absorbs the greenhouse gas methane, my colleagues and I have demonstrated for the first time on a global scale – a discovery that could have big implications for tackling climate change.
As trees photosynthesise, their leaves take up carbon dioxide (CO₂) and lock it away as biomass in their trunks and branches providing a long-term store of carbon. But now, our large-scale study proves that there’s another way that trees absorb greenhouse gases – so forests can provide even…
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By Ellie Weekes
Costa Rica is closing down zoos, Colombia is banning bullfights and Argentina is debating the “Conan Law,” named after President Milei’s dog. What's the state of the debate on animal rights in Latin America?
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By Jennifer Fitchett, Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
Anson Mackay, Professor of Environmental Change, UCL
Lesotho is a small, land-locked, mountainous country located in the middle of South Africa. Its Eastern Lesotho Highlands are often referred to as the region’s “water tower” because they receive some of the highest rainfall amounts in southern Africa, providing water to South Africa and electricity to Lesotho through the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
Despite this abundance of rainfall, and although the country has many wetland habitats, there are surprisingly few natural lakes. Researchers…
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By Sahen Gupta, Lecturer in Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology, University of Portsmouth
Increasingly, high-profile athletes are making a point of taking a break from competing to protect either their mental or physical health.
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By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
The Spanish government recently imposed a €150 million fine on four budget airlines for some of the add-on fees they charge.
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By Helen Piper, Associate Professor in Television Studies, University of Bristol
Lady in the Lake opens with a classic mystery premise: a man unceremoniously dumping a female corpse under a midnight blue sky. Less conventionally, it is narrated by the voice of Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram), the dead woman herself. In this speech, Cleo directly addresses Maddie Morgenstern (Natalie Portman), the woman who will later play investigator, for having professed to care about her, but “truth is, you came at the end of my story and turned it into your beginning.”
While…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
Walking requires a huge number of signals between your brain and the muscles in your arms, chest, back, abdomen, pelvis and legs. Something that looks relatively straightforward is in fact incredibly complex. And the pace and smoothness of your walk can be an indicator of your health and how well you are ageing.
As the body ages, muscles lose mass, strength and quality. This process is called sarcopenia and it begins around
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By Jon Stone, Lecturer in Creative Writing, Anglia Ruskin University
Shakespeare’s work has been adapted into video games many times, most notably in Elsinore (2019), and has also been the subject of multiple game-making contests.
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By Lala Rukh, Doctoral Researcher in Energy, University of Galway
If you are in energy poverty (or fuel poverty, as it is sometimes called), you or your household cannot afford to spend enough on the energy you need to cook, heat or light your home.
In Ireland, where I live now, energy poverty has a technical definition: if your household has to spend more than 10% of its income on energy, you are living in energy poverty. This is fairly typical as far as definitions go globally. Although there is no…
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