By Lorenzo Stafford, Associate Professor in Psychobiological Psychology, University of Portsmouth
Have you ever suddenly gone off a food you used to love? This is something people on social media have been talking about – specifically when it comes to chicken.
Users report suddenly becoming disgusted by chicken, sometimes even mid-bite – despite having been able to eat the food just fine previously. The phenomenon is commonly referred to online as the “chicken ick”.
My research is centred on how our sensory system (mainly smell and taste) affects our behaviour. When it comes to the “ick”, it’s all about how we deal with our disgust response.
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By Andrea Luppi, Senior Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
Gustavo Deco, Professor of Computational Neuroscience, Center for Brain and Cognition, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Morten L. Kringelbach, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Oxford
The potential to create personalised digital “twins” of your brain and body is a hot topic in neuroscience and medicine today. These computer models are designed to simulate how parts of your brain interact, and how the brain may respond to stimulation, disease or medication.
The extraordinary complexity of the brain’s billions of neurons makes this a very difficult task, of course, even in the era of AI and big data. Until now, whole-brain models…
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By Hager Ben Jaffel, Docteure en relations internationales spécialisée dans la sociologie du renseignement et de la sécurité, Institut catholique de Lille (ICL)
An International Relations specialist looks at how cooperation between intel agencies on both sides of the Atlantic is holding up under Trump 2.0 and unprecedented geopolitical turbulence.
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By Natalie Wall, PhD in English Literature, University of Liverpool
One of the largest book publishers in the US has pulled an upcoming horror novel from its scheduled release later this year following accusations that the author used artificial intelligence to write it.
Hachette Book Group was approached with what The New York Times claimed was evidence that Shy Girl by Mia Ballard was allegedly AI-generated. Following this, the publisher said its imprint Orbit was…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Soldiers near the presidential palace after a state of emergency was in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 11, 2007. © 2007 Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images Bangladesh police have arrested three former army officers linked to the military-backed government that ruled the country from 2007 to 2009, when hundreds were arbitrarily arrested and many were tortured or killed in custody. As the new government of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman seeks to hold those responsible for past abuses to account, authorities should ensure due process, fair trials, and institutional reform to…
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By Zulker Naeen
An analysis of seventy-two pieces of AI-generated content, showed that AI was a powerful political weapon, and was used to manufacture false narratives and shape electoral outcomes ahead of Bangladesh’s national election.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The policy announcement will come in a speech where Albanese emphasises the government’s economic reform agenda and commitment to an ‘ambitious’ budget.
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By María Teresa Gil Bazo, Profesora Titular de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales y Cátedra Jean Monnet en Estudios Europeos, Universidad de Navarra
The EU is in the process of creating a new system that will make it easier to return irregularly present migrants to their country of origin. The legislation, known as the Returns Regulation, includes measures that make it possible to detain more people – including children and families – for longer periods of time.
This marks a major shift in European migration policy, as until now EU Member States could only detain irregularly present migrants as a last resort under specific circumstances. Not all States even had detention policies, and where they did, detention centres were almost…
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By Rebecca Wood, Senior Lecturer in Inclusive Education, University of Glasgow
As a researcher in autism and education and a former secondary school teacher, it took me a while to realise that autistic school staff were rarely included in conversations about inclusion and diversity in schools.
With colleagues, I started the Autistic School Staff Project in 2019, focusing on the experiences, needs and aptitudes of autistic teachers and other education staff.
Our findings show that autistic school staff can experience significant sensory…
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By Jane Charlton, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Penn State
With college students less likely to read through a full textbook than they once were, video games can help keep them engaged.
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