By Amy J. Mathers, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology, University of Virginia
For some illnesses, shorter courses of antibiotics work just as well as longer ones, but researchers are still working out the ideal timescales for many infections – and it may not line up with when you feel better.
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By Simon Bowmaker, Distinguished Clinical Professor of Economics, New York University
Paul Wachtel, Emeritus Professor of Economics, New York University
The Federal Reserve is much more powerful than it was 20 years ago, which has prompted calls for a reset in how it answers to Congress and the public.
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By Amy Grubb, Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Gloucestershire
More than 50 years on, Stockholm syndrome still isn’t a real diagnosis – and some researchers want the term retired for good.
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By Jenny Lawler, School of Biotechnology and DCU Water Institute, Dublin City University
Irish whiskey is one of Ireland’s great export success stories. Exports were worth over €930 million in 2025, with the country’s much-loved spirit being sold all over the world.
Even amid difficult international trading conditions, with concerns around tariffs for export to the US, exports to the EU have grown by more…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Marie-Thérèse Abena Ondoa, Minister of Women's Empowerment and the Family, at the International Day of Rural Women celebrations in Nguibassal, Centre Cameroon, October 17, 2022. © 2022 Giordanno Brumas/SOPA Images/Sipa via Getty Images Several women were killed, including by current or former partners in Cameroon between August 6 to 26, some in the presence of their children. These killings are the latest signs that women in Cameroon, including domestic violence victims and survivors, have little protection or access to justice.The Ministry for the Promotion of Women…
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By José M. Muñoz, Principal Investigator in Neurotechnology, IE University
While it may sound like science fiction, earbuds that read brain activity are already on sale. Wearable technology company Neurable claims that its headphones, equipped with electroencephalography (EEG) sensors, can track your fatigue and reduce burnout. At night, NextSense’s Smartbuds pick up the electrical signals of your brain to chart your sleep. By day, the same EEG sensors help schedule demanding tasks for the hours when you are sharpest.
Interest is…
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By Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
UK prime minister Andy Burnham has promised to clean up three of the worst illegal waste dumps in England and sign off new measures to tackle the problem more widely.
The pledge is bold, but it is also unlikely to solve the problem on its own.
Illegal waste sites and fly‑tipping is now widespread in the UK, and globally.…
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By Crispin Cooper, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University
Ana Fredrich, Department of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University
Wouter Poortinga, Professor of Environmental Psychology, Cardiff University
What kind of society would you rather live in: an equal one where everyone is just about getting by? Or an unequal one where most people are doing substantially better, but a small group consistently falls behind? Now imagine having to choose that society before you were even born, but with no idea of where you’ll end up in it.
Seen this way, inequality becomes a question of risk. Would people gamble on the unequal world, knowing they might be among the unlucky few? Or would they stick with a basic but adequate…
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By Katayoun Shahandeh, Lecturer in Museum Studies, SOAS, University of London
Cassia Hayward-Fitch, Associate Tutor, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of East Anglia
Colin Tyler, Professor of Social and Political Thought, University of Hull
Emily Zobel Marshall, Reader in Postcolonial Literature, Leeds Beckett University
Fareda Banda, Professor of Law, SOAS, University of London
Jade King, Teaching Fellow in Creative Writing, University of Lincoln
Lyn Jehu, Lecturer in Community Football Development, University of South Wales
Sarah Richmond, Honorary Associate Professor of Philosophy, UCL
Simon Hinde, Programme Director, Journalism and Publishing, University of the Arts London
Yi Wang, PhD Candidate in Education, University of Cambridge
Our beliefs aren’t fixed. They’re shaped, stretched and sometimes overturned by the ideas we encounter as we move through life. For many of us, memoirs are the moments where that shift happens, through an argument that unsettles us or an inspiring story that re-frames how we see the world. We asked 11 academic experts to share a memoir that challenged their assumptions and changed their thinking in a lasting way.
Read more: The…
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By Philip Broadbent, Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar, University of Glasgow
As the government urges households to prepare for emergencies, the NHS faces a harder question: does it have the capacity to cope when the next crisis hits?
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