By Dominique Frère, Professeur d’archéologie et d’histoire ancienne, Université Bretagne Sud (UBS)
Bréhémont, clayn, chalamon or craponne… Never heard of them? These cheeses of old speak volumes about France’s history of cheesemaking.
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By Shambhavi Siddhi, PhD Candidate, Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Western University
‘Saffron Kingdom’ is a film that seeks to reclaim and humanize the Kashmir story after years of misrepresentation by the Indian film industry. It streams in Canada.
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By Moa Wolff, Postdoctoral Fellow, Family Medicine and Community Medicine, Lund University
Anna Stubbendorff, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nutrition Epidemiology, Lund University
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By Rory McCarthy, Associate Professor in Politics and Islam, Durham University
Israel has been building settlements in the occupied West Bank for decades. But Britain’s new ban on the import of settlement goods comes in a response to a major escalation in construction over the past four years, which an International Court of Justice advisory opinion in 2024 concluded is illegal and must stop.
Most striking are recent steps to build a new settlement bloc known as E1 on the outskirts of Jerusalem.…
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By Li-elle Rapaport, Doctoral candidate and private practice therapist, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
For many people, coming to terms with chronic illness feels impossible. What if psychology could make meaning of the loss?
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By Hossein Bonakdari, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Morocco spent most of the last decade drying out. Between 2019 and 2024, the country recorded six consecutive years of below-average rainfall, the longest on record. The 2023-24 hydrological year was the driest in more than six decades, with a national total of just 106.4 mm.
But this was not simply another dry spell. The problem went far beyond rainfall. The squeeze was structural as much as meteorological: per-capita renewable water availability has fallen to about…
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By Ardy Wibowo, Peneliti, Universitas Diponegoro
Andi Wijayanto, Peneliti, Universitas Diponegoro
Ride-hailing apps help us manage almost every daily task—from commuting and dining to grocery shopping—all from our smartphones. But with millions of ride-hailing drivers taking to the roads every day, this convenience also contributes to air pollution.
To offset this, platforms such as Gojek and Grab have introduced various green initiatives, including promoting electric vehicles, offering carbon-neutral rides, and encouraging users to support carbon-offset programs.
Baca juga: Safety…
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By Jan Zalasiewicz, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Leicester
Colin Waters, Honorary Professor, Department of Geology, University of Leicester
Martin J. Head, Professor of Earth Sciences, Brock University
The Anthropocene became part of the zeitgeist after Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. This is the notion that a crescendo of human impacts has recently propelled the Earth out of the relatively stable climatic conditions of the Holocene epoch, during which human civilisation developed and flourished, to produce a new kind of planet.
Then, the idea seemingly crashed to earth in 2024 when the International Commission on Stratigraphy rejected…
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By Rachel Woods, Associate Professor of Medical Education, University of Nottingham; University of Lincoln
For many people living with obesity, Wegovy and Mounjaro offer the possibility of substantial weight loss without surgery. Yet data from one private provider points to a troubling divide: prescription rates of these drugs in England are lowest in communities where obesity is most common.
Wegovy contains semaglutide, which acts on the GLP-1 hormone pathway involved in appetite. Mounjaro contains tirzepatide, which targets both GLP-1 and another hormone pathway called…
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By Mohamed Ibrahim Hafez, Researcher in Political Economy of MENA, Nottingham Trent University
The UK, which in 1917 issued the Balfour Declaration supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, is now initiating a historic and consequential shift in its foreign policy.
In response to the massive expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and credible reports of increased violence by settler groups towards Palestinian residents, the government has announced it will institute a…
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