By Simon Buechler, Assistant Professor of Finance, Miami University
Lyndsey Rolheiser, Professor of Urban and Real Estate Economics, York University, Canada
This employment boost took three to five years to show up, two researchers found after studying more than two decades of data.
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By Shannon Oltmann, Associate Dean of Information Sciences, Wayne State University
Kafi Kumasi, Professor of Information Sciences, Wayne State University
Fewer than 10% of Michigan public schools report having a school library staffed with a trained school librarian.
Although Michigan strongly recommends that schools employ certified librarians, the state does not require them. In the 2023–24 school year, the state ranked 46th…
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By Professor Nick Jennings, Vice-Chancellor and President, Loughborough University
The public is currently getting bombarded with warnings about AI, including about the possibility of machine intelligence causing human extinction. After nearly 40 years building AI systems, I find myself asking the same question: where is the evidence?
That is not because I think there are no serious threats. There are, and we should address them. My concern is with the jump from identifying potential risks to suggesting that the annihilation of human civilisation is a likely consequence of increasingly…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the news that the New Cairo Misdemeanours court today convicted editor in chief Lina Attalah on charges of operating an unlicenced website, ordering the shutdown of prominent independent outlet Mada Masr and taking her into police custody pending payment of the maximum penalty of three million EGP fine (54,467 USD) Amnesty International’s Senior […] The post Egypt: Court order to shut down and fine Mada Masr a devastating blow to media freedom appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
A new bill before Sri Lanka’s parliament that grants the authorities sweeping arbitrary powers to tackle ‘organized crime’ and deny suspects’ human rights should be immediately withdrawn, Amnesty International said today. The Prevention of Organised Crimes bill, tabled in Sri Lanka’s parliament on 6 October, contains provisions that would make confessions extracted under duress admissible […] The post Sri Lanka: Outrageous organized crime bill granting authorities unchecked powers must be withdrawn appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Anthony Albanese reprised his well known mantra – that we must “turn the temperature down” – as politicians and the community generally struggled to come to grips with the alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines.
But as the days pass (though the shock remains), the temperature has risen in some unexpected ways, with increasing heat on the prime minister himself.
The most dramatic example was an outburst by crossbench senator Fatima Payman, who defected from Labor last term.
Albanese has used his discretion to refuse Payman the personal staff he’s accorded…
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By Javier Martín Vide, Catedrático de Geografía Física, Universitat de Barcelona
Nowhere in the Iberian Peninsula or the Balearic Islands has a tropical climate – for this to be the case, the average temperature in the coldest month would have to be 18°C or higher. The contrast between Spain’s winters and summers, and the low temperatures reached in winter, do not resemble those of any tropical climate.
However, over recent decades, climates across Mediterranean basin have begun to show signs of tropicalisation: the process of transitioning towards a tropical climate.
This is evident in several areas, including rising air and sea temperatures, shifting…
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By Jeremy Law, Senior Lecturer in Education, University of Glasgow
Alexandra Boese, PhD Candidate in Education and Elementary Teacher, University of Glasgow
A child pauses at a word, tries it, then looks to the teacher for help. Telling the word to the child can get the sentence moving. Working out what to teach so the child can read similar words independently takes a different kind of expertise.
That expertise is especially important for children with dyslexia, which involves persistent difficulties with word reading and spelling. Reading may be inaccurate, slow or effortful, and the pattern varies between children.…
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By Jo McKenna-Aspell, Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Library and Information Science, University of Sheffield
Briony Birdi, Professor of Library and Information Science, University of Sheffield
Public libraries remain a vital part of community life, providing free information and reading materials to everyone. Their role is particularly important amid a long-term decline in reading for pleasure among children and young people. But our research indicates that England’s public library collections are being hollowed out through long-term underinvestment.
In June 2026, former libraries minister Baroness Twycross confirmed that…
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By Katie Edwards, Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
If you’ve ever had a migraine, you’ll understand the appeal of anything that promises to make it stop. Even when that advice involves attaching hair clips to your eyebrows.
Social media has plenty of suggestions. Some people swear by a large Coke and McDonald’s fries, which has gained the nickname of a “McMigraine”. Others recommend putting your feet in hot water while cooling the back of your head with spoons. Suddenly, managing a migraine seems to require the logistical planning of a spa day, with a takeaway delivery slot.
But how much science is there behind these remedies?…
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