By Sanam Mahoozi, Research Associate, City St George's, University of London
From brutal crackdowns on nationwide protests in January, to Israel and the United States’ recent strikes, Iran has been in the international spotlight for weeks. Reporting on Iran is challenging, both from inside the country and from outside. During periods of unrest and political turmoil, it becomes even harder and more restrictive.
Iran’s media landscape is divided between outlets closely affiliated with the state and those considered reformist. State-aligned…
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By Joanna Syrda, Assistant Professor in Business Economics, University of Bath
Couples often disagree about who does more housework. Part of that disagreement reflects real differences in behaviour. But part of it is perception: what each person notices, remembers and counts as “work”.
That same problem turns out to influence the research that feeds headlines about gender equality at home. Many household surveys ask just one person to report how much housework both partners do. My…
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By Benjamin Quail, Lecturer in US Cultural and Social History, Queen's University Belfast
Wilson clashed with Lyndon B. Johnson on a personal level but made sure that the US and UK still cooperated where it most mattered.
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By Michelle Spear, Professor of Anatomy, University of Bristol
Forgetting why you walked into a room isn’t a sign of cognitive decline. It’s your brain doing exactly what it evolved to do.
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By Hernán Núñez Rocha, Profesor e Investigador del área de Derecho Mercantil, Universidad de Alcalá
Donald Trump’s threat to “cut off all trade with Spain” has drawn immediate, strong responses from politicians and the media alike. But beyond grabbing headlines, the threat raises a significant question in terms of law and international trade: can the US really suspend commercial relations with a country such as Spain?
The answer: it’s complex, because Spain doesn’t trade alone.
The first thing being ignored here is the legal structure that underpins international trade in Europe. The US doesn’t…
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By Georgia Cole, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
The UK’s asylum system is being overhauled. The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has laid out a series of reforms that will affect refugees seeking safety in Britain. Mahmood argues that these changes – which include removing financial and housing support for asylum seekers who break the law, and offering incentive payments for asylum seekers whose claims have been rejected to return home – will remove “incentives” drawing people to Britain. She says they are necessary as part of a “firm…
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By Ben Rider-Stokes, Post Doctoral Researcher in Achondrite Meteorites, The Open University
Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the Solar System: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling from dust and rock. They’re time capsules, preserving clues about what the early Solar System was like, and, ultimately, what the building blocks of planets are.
Knowing what an asteroid is made of also matters for very practical reasons. If an asteroid were ever on a collision course with Earth, its composition would affect how dangerous it is, how it breaks up in the atmosphere, and…
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By Kerry Howell, Professor of Deep Sea Ecology, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Robotic and autonomous underwater vehicles have collected vast quantities of footage from the deep sea, but most of it hasn’t been analysed.
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By Udisha Saklani, Lecturer, King's College London
When wind turbines rise above a Welsh hillside, who should benefit financially? Plaid Cymru’s Rhun ap Iorwerth believes it should be local communities.
In a recent speech, the leader of the party that is currently heading the polls for the upcoming Welsh election said he would require renewable energy projects over 10 megawatts to offer communities 15%-to-25% ownership stakes, or other benefits.…
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By Amnesty International
The new Criminal Regulation recently endorsed by the Taliban leader will further entrench violence and discrimination against women, Amnesty International said in a new legal analysis documenting its wide-ranging and regressive impact on human rights. The “Criminal Procedure Regulation of the Courts”, which lays out punishments and sentencing for a range of vague and overly […] The post Afghanistan: New criminal regulation targets women and minority groups with ever-harsher punishments appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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