By Gonzalo Delacámara, Director académico y profesor especializado en gestión económica de los recursos naturales, IE University
In developed economies, water has become a victim of its own social success. For those with universal access to it, a form of cognitive dissonance has taken hold: we fret over looming threats of scarcity while enjoying an uninterrupted, completely dependable supply. Just turn on the tap, and the problem evaporates – along with the idea that water is inextricably linked to equality of opportunity.
For many…
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By Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
Jianfeng Feng, Professor of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence/ Computer Science, Fudan University
Trevor Robbins, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Xiao Xiao, Associate Professor, Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Fudan University
Chronic pain has long been known to be associated with depression.
Among adults with chronic pain, around 40% exhibit clinical symptoms of depression. But why is it that only some people with chronic pain develop depression?
Researchers have long been wondering why this happens – and what goes on in the brain. If we can answer this question,…
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By Lorna Stevens, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Strategic Marketing, University of Bath
Popular on social media, the green witchcraft trend reveals how the witch has evolved into an ecofeminist heroine for our times.
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By Abigail Marks, Professor of the Future of Work, Newcastle University
Worries about the British economy have long been dominated by one persistent concern – weak productivity. Since the financial crisis of 2008, growth has stagnated, leaving the UK trailing well behind the US, France and Germany across that whole period.
One familiar response to this problem is to suggest that if the British workforce could somehow produce more in less time, prosperity would follow and all would be well. New technology, particularly AI, is often presented as the solution.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to FIFA’s announcement that no action will be taken against the Israeli Football Association (IFA) over the participation of clubs based in illegal settlements in Israel’s leagues, Steve Cockburn, Head of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International said: “By refusing to take action against clubs based in Israeli settlements, FIFA has failed to enforce its own rules and is blatantly flouting international law. FIFA had a clear opportunity to […] The post FIFA refusal to act over Israeli clubs based in illegal settlements flouts international law appeared first on Amnesty…
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By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
Nigel Farage has accused YouGov of being “deceptive” after the polling company consistently showed Reform with less support than other surveys. He has claimed the company broke transparency rules set out by the British Polling Council over how it presents headline figures. As a result, YouGov has agreed to publish more data in future.
The chart below compares Britain’s monthly voting intentions for Reform in a poll of polls derived from 14 different agencies, with voting intentions for the party from YouGov.…
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By Jamie MacManaway, Junior scientist, Loughborough University; University of the Highlands and Islands
Bolivia is home to nearly a fifth of the world’s tropical glaciers. but they are shrinking at an alarming rate.
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By Francesca Lessa, Associate Professor in International Relations of the Americas, UCL
Lorena Balardini, Professor of Social Research Methods, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Nearly 50 years have passed since Argentina’s former president Isabel Martínez de Perón was overthrown by a civic-military coup on March 24, 1976. A military dictatorship led by Jorge Videla, Emilio Massera and Orlando Agosti seized control of the country.
There had been five previous coups in Argentina between 1930 and 1966. But the regime that came to power in 1976, calling itself the “process of national reorganisation”, stood out for its…
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By Aoife Lynam, Assistant Professor in Psychology of Education, Trinity College Dublin
I thought when someone was bereaved it was the first couple of months and then everything was okay again. I was so naive. It is so different.
When I met Ella, it had been ten years since her father had died by suicide. She was 17 at the time, repeating important school exams. Although her parents had separated when she was young and contact with her father had been limited, they had started rebuilding their relationship.
She described that period as a happy one: her father was making more effort, both parents had new partners, and things…
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By Sinan Aşçı, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University
The Irish government has signalled that it is exploring options to introduce age restrictions on social media use for under-16s. The proposal sits within the government’s new National Digital and AI Strategy 2030, which frames online safety and age verification as part of Ireland’s broader ambition to act as a European digital regulatory hub.
The proposals include a “digital wallet” age-verification system. Detailed technical specifications…
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