By Tommy Blanchard, Research Associate in Cognitive Science, Tufts University
Do you actually know how a bicycle or a zipper work, or what a penny or a common brand logo look like? Intellectual humility can help reduce overconfidence in what you don’t understand.
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By Moses Ngware, Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
Many countries across Africa have embraced universal basic education policies in recent decades. But recent data has revealed that more than 100 million children and adolescents remain out of school, out of a total potential population of 469 million. The latest statistics suggest that after some years of progress, the situation is deteriorating. Education and youth empowerment scholar Moses Ngware and his co-researchers recently carried out an analysis of trends going back 25…
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By Steve Lindsay, Emeritus professor, Durham University
Jakob Brandtberg Knudsen, Dean of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy
Lorenz von Seidlein, Professor, University of Oxford
Salum Ahmed Mshamu, DPhil Student at University of Oxford, University of Oxford
A three year study of Tanzanian children found that changing the way homes are designed can prevent diarrhoea, pneumonia and malaria, and help children grow taller.
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By Aifani Confidence Tahulela, Researcher, Durban University of Technology
Fulufhelo Netswera, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Postgraduate Studies, University of Venda
Circular economies don’t follow the ‘take, make and dispose’ model but try to keep products in use for as long as possible by reusing and recycling them.
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By Pape Abdoulaye Seck, chercheur, Académie nationale des sciences et techniques du Sénégal (ANSTS)
Agriculture is the lifeblood of Africa. More than 60% of African households depend directly or indirectly on the land for their livelihoods. And the continent has nearly 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land.
Farming is a fragile sector, however. It has to deal with climate change, market volatility, weak infrastructure and demographic pressure. Addressing these challenges requires political commitment and investment. It also requires…
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By Alex Ford, Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth
The government promises joined‑up and long‑term regional planning for water. But some pressing challenges appear to receive surprisingly little attention.
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By Igor Shishlov, Affiliate Professor - Climate Change Economics, HEC Paris Business School
Amid the ongoing energy crisis, climate economics experts assess how much export credit agencies are actually driving the shift to lower-carbon as they focus financing on green energy.
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By Richard Youngs, Professor of International and European Politics, University of Warwick
Compounding the alarm triggered by Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the erratic unpredictability of the second Trump administration has made the need for European security autonomy obvious. On a number of occasions over the past year, Donald Trump has loosely intimated that he might leave the Nato defence alliance.
Washington’s recent move to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany, plus unease over the US’s actions in Iran,…
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By Jason R.C. Nurse, Reader in Cyber Security, University of Kent
Lisa Sugiura, Professor of Cybercrime and Gender, University of Portsmouth
It’s hard to overstate the impact that artificial intelligence has had since the release of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT just three years ago. While they have led to countless advances in how we live and work, they have also been at the centre of controversies around domestic and sexual abuse.
The use of the AI tool Grok to remove women’s…
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By Jen Webb, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Creative Practice, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Author–artist Lee Lai has won the 2026 Stella Prize for her graphic novel, Cannon. This is the first time the Stella has been won by a graphic novel.
Lai, who was shortlisted for the Stella Prize in 2022 for Stone Fruit, has had work published in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Granta and more. Cannon was named as a best book for 2025 in several lists, and shortlisted for several prizes, including the Carol Shields Prize and…
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