By Valerie van Mulukom, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Oxford Brookes University
Reading draws on brain systems involved in language and imagination. Studies are exploring how it relates to wellbeing and understanding others.
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By Philip Broadbent, Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar, University of Glasgow
Growing up in disadvantaged circumstances is linked to higher death rates decades later, according to a review of 102 studies involving 8.5 million people.
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By Mark Shtanov, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester
Awkwardly smiling, a chemist at a waste site is telling me about industrially incinerating corpses. We are crammed into a claustrophobic funnel at the entry point to a rattling shed with high-vis-jacketed workers scurrying to and fro.
The air smells oily and mechanical. With our voices lowered, the conversation is not flowing smoothly. There is a slightly uncomfortable atmosphere, perhaps indicating certain things on our minds that aren’t being said. Passing the waste storage area on my way out, I nervously scan the stacked container rows for the yellow drums which sometimes contain…
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By Catherine Greenwood, Lecturer in Digital Marketing, University of Lancashire
The tabi shoe, a divisive style which features a cloven hoof-like split, has its origins in 15th-century Japan. In 1988, fashion designer Martin Margiela reimagined the split-toe silhouette for a high-fashion boot for his brand’s inaugural runway collection. While the style became synonymous with Margiela, because of its historic origins, it could not be legally or culturally copyrighted by a single fashion house.
In my research on luxury fashion influencers and Instagram, I examine how fashion meanings…
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By Diego Hernandez-Saavedra, Assistant Professor of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yi-Heng (Hank) Huang, Ph.D. Candidate in Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
‘Use it or lose it’ isn’t quite true when it comes to the health benefits of exercise. Cells across the body retain a memory of training that lasts longer than once thought.
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By Michael Hout, Associate Dean of Research and Professor of Psychology, New Mexico State University
Arryn Robbins, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Richmond
Modern AI owes its existence to both cognitive and computer science. What you envision as its origin story can influence how you understand what large language models can do.
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By Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Just before leaving town on Sept. 30, 2026, U.S. senators confirmed 10 new ambassadors. Among those nodded through before Congress closed for an extended midterm recess were new U.S. ambassadors for Kenya, Nicaragua, Malaysia and Kyrgyzstan.
That’s commendable – many of those countries hold geographical or strategic importance for U.S. diplomacy. But it still leaves 92 out of 196 ambassador jobs…
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By Mark Krasovic, Associate Professor of History and American Studies, Rutgers University - Newark
An armed voter suppression campaign in New Jersey in 1981 finds echoes today in the Trump administration’s persistent efforts to suppress the vote and undermine trust in elections nationwide.
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By Allison Faix, Librarian and Instruction Coordinator, Coastal Carolina University
Samantha Duncan, Instructional Design Librarian, Coastal Carolina University
AI is quickly changing. These tips from university librarians can help people keep pace with the shifts as they approach their research.
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By Christos Makridis, Associate Research Professor of Information Systems, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies
A return to the office can mean very different things to different workers, which is why this debate often produces conflicting answers.
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