By Sarah Cook, Professor of Museum Studies, University of Glasgow
The cover of a new report on AI from a US museum thinktank restyles the Sistine Chapel’s Creation of Adam, with the hand of God replaced by a Terminator-style robotic one. So far so obvious.
In Remuseum’s Five Ways AI Can Humanise Museums, AI has presumably replaced God as the enabler of all things. But who is Adam’s hand supposed to represent: the museum visitor or the museum worker?
Or could…
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By Sam Edwards, Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
It’s surely no surprise that amid today’s geopolitical turmoil, filmmakers are turning to the events of the cold war for inspiration. A flurry of productions set in the 1980s have been released just this year.
See, for instance, The Brink of War, a political drama focused on the 1986 summit at Reykjavik between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail…
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By Adam Kenneth Dubé, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences, Faculty of Education, McGill University
Teens use AI every day to help them learn, but new data shows they are falling years behind. Governments cannot afford to wait to regulate AI.
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By Chloe Brimicombe, Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford
The UK could be in for a wet and stormy autumn followed by a colder, calmer winter – and an unusually powerful El Niño may be partly responsible.
El Niño is a natural climate pattern in the tropical Pacific, but its effects can be felt around the world. This year’s event is already the strongest on record, and is expected to strengthen further before peaking later this year.
El Niño is the warm phase of the El…
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By Katie Harling-Lee, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was once one of America’s bestselling authors but sadly much of her work has fallen out of print.
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By Erin Pritchard, Senior lecturer in Disability Studies, Liverpool Hope University
Samantha Lilly, Graduate Research Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Health, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University
A drug that helps children with the most common form of dwarfism grow taller has sparked an ethical debate within the dwarfism community.
Some parents hope that as well as increasing size, it will prevent serious health complications and improve their children’s independence. But critics worry that a treatment focused on increasing height sends the message that dwarfism is something that needs to be corrected.
The drug, vosoritide, sold as Voxzogo, is used to treat children with achondroplasia,…
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By Nauman Wajid, Lecturer in Marketing, Birmingham City University
Hurry! Only two left! Fourteen people bought this in the last hour! Fifty people are looking at this item!
Anyone who shops online will be familiar with these kinds of messages popping up on their screen. The online equivalent of a pushy salesperson, they are designed to create a sense of urgency around making a purchase.
These online tools are sometimes referred to as “dark patterns” – clever tricks built into apps and websites to encourage you to do things you may not necessarily want to do – like click the “buy” button. One…
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By Liam T. Pearson-Noseworthy, Distinguished Teaching Fellow, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Spend long enough on fitness social media and you’ll see the same tip. Finish every weight training session with about 15 minutes of cardio to boost your “gains”. But does it actually work? Probably not as much as you’d think.
Doing cardio and weight training in the same exercise programme is known as “concurrent training”. This includes doing cardio in the same session as your weights, or on separate days.
For years,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Halk TV general news coordinator Serhan Asker gives an interview to media after the government takeover of the channel, a police raid on the premises, and the announcement of an arrest warrant against its owner and 16 others. Halk TV, Istanbul, October 14, 2026. © 2026 Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images Police carried out a dawn raid on the widely watched, independent news channel Halk TV on October 14, signaling its takeover by a government-appointed administrator who promptly ordered the station to end its live broadcast.Halk TV is close to the main political opposition…
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By Amnesty International
The Delhi authorities must immediately release Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who have been remanded to five days of judicial custody after trying to protest at Jantar Mantar on Tuesday. Their arrests, following the removal of the site’s designation as an authorized protest venue, raise serious concerns about shrinking space […] The post India: Release CJP leaders arrested after attempting peaceful protests at Jantar Mantar appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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