By Charlie Firth, PhD Candidate, Paediatrics, University of Oxford
Tensions have recently emerged around the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These tensions have manifested in a series of incidents, including the burning of an Ebola treatment facility in Mongbwalu, confrontations involving families seeking to reclaim the bodies…
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By Gretchen Chapman, Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
A Carnegie Mellon researcher explains the connection between our brains and AI chatbots – and what a new Pennsylvania lawsuit reveals about the dangers of AI.
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By Adam Gallaher, Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, Central Michigan University
Generating solar power requires a lot of land – but which land should it be? And what else can be done on that land?
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By Katie Parsons, Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University
As the UK gets hotter, children will seek water to cool down. The real question is why so many have so few places to go.
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By Michaela Pagel, Associate Professor of Finance, Washington University in St. Louis
The more Epstein-connected directors a company had, no matter its size, the more likely it was to have governance problems.
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By Oli Buckley, Professor in Cyber Security, Loughborough Cyber Institute, Loughborough University
Starting next year, the Home Office plans to use AI-driven facial age estimation to assess the age of asylum seekers. At the UK border, deciding whether someone is 17 or 19 is a consequential judgment. Get it wrong one way, and a vulnerable child loses legal protections they’re entitled to. But if it’s wrong in the other direction, then an adult enters a system designed for minors.
Is this technology ready for such a high-stakes decision?
Facial…
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By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
Our picks for this week include a film where internet folklore comes to life, books to lose yourself in and a eerie landscape exhibition.
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By David C. Gaze, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology, University of Westminster
Modern breast cancer screening and treatment have transformed survival. Many women now live long and healthy lives after diagnosis, thanks to increasingly effective chemotherapy and targeted therapies: medicines designed to attack particular features of cancer cells.
But as cancer outcomes improve, another challenge has become more apparent: protecting the heart from the side-effects of treatment.
Some breast cancer treatments can affect…
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By Amnesty International
“Everything good about football is rooted in community, inclusion and passion – the World Cup should be no exception” Duncan Tucker, 37, from the UK but based in Mexico City My love of football came from playing with friends and watching with family when I was kid. I’ll never forget the roar of the crowd […] The post Three fans share their hopes and fears for the 2026 FIFA World Cup appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image An iPhone screen shows the Telegram account of OVD-Info, prominent human rights group in Russia that tracks arbitrary arrests of protestors in Moscow, Russia, December 25, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko (Berlin, June 5, 2026) – On June 4, 2026, Russian officials included a leading rights group, OVD-Info, along with 35 other Russian organizations, in its list of “extremists,” Human Rights Watch said today. A designation as “extremist” entails being barred from engaging in any activities for the group, under threat of a lengthy prison sentence.OVD-Info,…
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