By Niloofar Hooman, PhD candidate, Communication Studies and Media Arts, McMaster University
What began on Dec. 28 in Iran as a revolt against economic hardship and the collapse of the national currency quickly spread across dozens of other Iranian cities and provinces. People from diverse socioeconomic, religious and ethnic…
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By Oliver Taherzadeh, Assistant Professor, Environmental Economics, Leiden University
Who grows our food? This seemingly simple question is getting harder to answer in a world where our food crosses borders to get to our plate.
As countries increasingly rely on food imports, the mention of distant countries on our food labels is commonplace. Today, only one in seven countries are food self-sufficient across key food groups. So to understand who…
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By Sarah Annes Brown, Professor of English Literature, Anglia Ruskin University
Ali Smith’s Glyph is the companion novel to her earlier novel, Gliff (2024). Gliff was set in a surreal near-future dystopia. Glyph, meanwhile, is set in the present. But like Smith’s earlier Seasonal Quartet, it offers the reader an uncanny version of our world, haunted by ghostly voices from the past.
The novel focuses on two sisters, Petra and Patricia (aka Patch). The action moves between scenes from their childhood in the 1990s and their present-day estrangement.
Two chance family anecdotes…
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By Kamran Matin, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex
Kurds are the casualties of a US Syria strategy that aims to keep America afar, Iran out and Israel and Turkey apart.
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By Peter Watt, Lecturer in Organisation, Work and Technology, Lancaster University
The series has always been about how work is where self-worth is measured in real time, loyalty is a liability, and the promise of power demands everything.
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By Christopher J. Parker, Senior Lecturer in UX Design, School of Design and Creative Arts, Loughborough University
Apple introduced Liquid Glass in June 2025 in a self-declared attempt to bring “joy and delight to every user experience”. The visual design style – which is being applied to all Apple products from iPhone to watch to TV – is named for the company’s new type of screen designed to look like translucent liquid.
Standing out by design has been paramount for Apple ever since Steve Jobs co-founded the company half a century ago. He was…
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By Olivia Roth-Delgado, Cheffe de projets scientifiques, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (Anses)
Thomas Bayeux, Chef de projet socio-économique, Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (Anses)
Tik Tok, Instagram, Youtube… Social Media is driving offline disorders among teenagers, suggests a large-scale report by French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (Anses).
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By Arne De Keyser, Professor of Marketing, EDHEC Business School
Katrien Verleye, Associate Professor of Service Innovation, Ghent University
Around the world, governments and businesses are talking more and more about the need to move from today’s “take, make, waste” economy to a circular one, where products are designed to last, materials stay in use, and waste is dramatically reduced. On paper, the case is compelling: recent assessments show that shifting to a circular economy offers both a major climate opportunity and a significant economic one. A study from the European Commission’s…
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By Darienne Lancaster, PhD Candidate - Marine Ecology and Acoustics, University of Victoria
Researchers have known for centuries that some fish make sounds. Now, using special underwater acoustics, researchers have been able to identify sounds from eight different species.
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By Joanna Dreby, Professor of sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
Eunju Lee, Professor, University at Albany, State University of New York
Children with a parent or family member who is detained, or are part of a drawn-out immigration court case, are twice as likely to have anxiety as young adults.
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