By Peter C. Mancall, Distinguished Professor and Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Few historic figures are as divisive as Christopher Columbus. For some, in both Spain and the United States, he remains a…
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By Lorraine Whitmarsh, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath
Bella Zanin, Knowledge Exchange Associate, Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, University of Bath
This summer broke records around the UK for maximum temperatures and dry weather.
According to the UK’s Met Office, while it was rare to hit 35°C in the 20th century, that temperature has been surpassed in six out of the past ten years. And it’s only expected to get higher.
Rising temperatures not only contribute to
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By Colin Davidson, Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Lancashire
Antidepressant use continues to rise. In England, 96 million antidepressant prescription items were dispensed to an estimated 9.1 million patients in 2025 to 2026. These medicines are prescribed for depression and other conditions, including anxiety and some forms of pain.
Antidepressants can take several weeks to work fully, can cause unwanted side effects…
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By Rachael Leggett, Assistant Professor in Psychology, Coventry University
Ever felt a sudden wave of cringe toward someone you were into – all because they wore questionable shoes or chewed a bit too loudly? Congratulations, you’ve caught “the ick”.
That instant flip from attraction to total repulsion is everywhere on TikTok and Instagram, with singletons and couples bonding over the specific, often ridiculous triggers that turned them off. But beyond the viral memes and funny rants, why does our brain sometimes pull the handbrake so fast on an attraction?
There are a number of potential explanations. Some psychologists…
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By Denis Flannery, Associate Professor in American Literature, University of Leeds
“If you can listen to Rebel Rebel and not be a tiny bit glad you’re alive,” the Irish writer Joseph O’Connor once claimed, “you’ve got an answering-machine for a heart”.
O’Connor was of course referring to David Bowie’s 1974 song, which provides the title of a new musical directed by Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove. Based on the music of Bowie, the musical has recently finished…
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By Imen Trabelsi, Chercheuse en intelligence artificielle, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)
François Jouen, Directeur d'études émérite, École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)
Jean Bergounioux, PUPH chez AP-HP, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay
Detecting impaired motor function in infants using AI-driven motion capture is producing promising results. A French research team introduces the new screening tool for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Flags of member countries fly at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 22, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File Three weeks ago, 26-year-old Lao activist Khieo Lapchanh, an asylum seeker in Thailand, vanished in Samut Sakhon province following his shift at the restaurant where he worked.Khieo’s disappearance in the early hours of September 15 came one day before his first interview with the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) in Bangkok. Thai authorities have yet to provide any information regarding his whereabouts.Khieo had been posting videos…
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By Guest Contributor
“The lack of strong and consistent climate policy means that every year, families lose loved ones, homes, and entire livelihoods because of climate-related disasters.”
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By Amnesty International
Meet Antonia Burke who is standing up for Indigenous rights in Australia My name is Antonia Burke. I am an Aboriginal woman from the Northern Territory. I was born to a mother whose entire existence was impacted in a negative way by government decisions. Oppression, dominance, control, which led to intergenerational trauma, and caused a […] The post “What we are standing for is a right to say no” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Beth Spacey, Lecturer in Medieval History, The University of Queensland
There have been conflicting reports about the death of an employee at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in Russia, including the claim that she contracted the pneumonic plague.
Many of us have heard of bubonic plague and its telltale swellings known as buboes. However, pneumonic plague has also been recognised and feared by humans for centuries before the advent of modern antibiotic treatments.
When news breaks of a death by…
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