By Shaun Phillips, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Physiology, University of Edinburgh
If you’ve ever pushed yourself through a hard workout, you’ve probably “felt the burn.” It’s that familiar sensation of pain and exhaustion in the muscles, where they almost feel like they’re on fire.
This feeling has long been said to be caused by a build-up of lactic acid in the muscles. In fact, this remains a common explanation from recreational exercisers to elite athletes.
But this belief is wrong –…
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By Stephan Blum, Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
When Egyptian archaeologists announced the discovery of a “lost golden city” near Luxor, Egypt, in 2021, headlines erupted around the world: Treasure. Revelation. A once-in-a-century find.
For archaeologists, however, the most notable feature was not the gold that had yet to materialise, but how quickly the story became framed as adventure. Years of survey, stratigraphic mapping and ceramic analysis barely registered.
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By Ross Cameron, Professor of Environmental Horticulture, University of Sheffield
Climate change is bringing extreme summer heat to many more countries, but using the right plants in your garden could help keep your home that bit cooler next summer.
As the autumn planting season begins, this is a great time to plan ahead for next summer. Planting at this time of year can also help your climbers and shrubs get settled ahead of spring.
After the 2026 heatwaves,…
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By Human Rights Watch
Niger has rejected key recommendations raised by United Nations member countries during its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) earlier this year, including calls to address arbitrary detention, discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, and accountability for serious human rights violations. The UPR is a UN Human Rights Council process in which the human rights records of member states are reviewed by other member countries every five years. Click to expand Image Gen. Abdourahamane Tiani of Niger attends the Alliance of Sahel States…
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By Global Voices Announcements
With these stories, we aim to pull back the camouflage that Big Tech uses to obscure their connection with oppressive governments, and to highlight cases of technological authoritarianism — and resistance — around the world.
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
Can the two leaders achieve the sort of rapport that helped Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev face the threat of nuclear proliferation in the 1980s.
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By Jo Carter
GV observed Japanese peace activism shifting from an ideological, often confrontational and hierarchical approach among the older generation to a more individualised, accessible, pop-style approach among young people.
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By Niusha Shafiabady, Professor in Computational Intelligence, Australian Catholic University
In the wake of yesterday’s news that an OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s Medicare system earlier this year, some people have pointed to the incident as evidence that Australia needs to develop its own artificial intelligence models.
For example, Assistant Minister for Science, Technology and the Digital Economy Andrew Charlton said the breach:…
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By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
In Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Donald Trump’s net approval has dropped to a new record low of -23.
In his forecast model, Democrats are the clear favourites to gain control of the US federal Senate at November 3 midterm elections, and overwhelming favourites to gain control of the House of Representatives.
If disruption caused by the Iran war continues until the midterm elections, with increased petrol prices and inflation, Republicans are likely to lose control of both the House and the Senate, perhaps with huge losses.
However, if the disruption…
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By Hannah E. Kessenich, Postdoctoral Fellow in Physics, University of Otago
Annika Seppälä, Associate Professor in Atmospheric Physics, University of Otago
Dan Smale, Principal Technician Atmosphere, Earth Sciences New Zealand
This spring’s ozone hole is likely to be among the top ten most severe of all time, bringing weather changes to New Zealand and Australia.
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