By Sumesh Sasidharan, Civis3i Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Medicine AMU, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
In cardiology, sex and gender-sensitive diagnosis and treatment planning are crucial, but biological differences remain the missing link in AI-powered human virtual twin technology.
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By Davide Vampa, Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics, University of Edinburgh
The Scottish parliamentary election in May saw Reform UK return the same number of MSPs to Holyrood – 17 – as Scottish Labour. This remarkable result – effectively from a standing start – showed that the party is now a force to be reckoned with in Scotland just as in other parts of the UK. But where did it attract votes north of the border?
My analysis examines constituency-level patterns in support for Reform UK, compared with the other main parties. It focuses on three constituency characteristics:
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By Chloe Heys, Senior Lecturer in Biology, University of Lancashire
Kevin Arbuckle, Senior Lecturer in Biosciences, Swansea University
Matilda Brindle, Postdoctoral Researcher in Evolutionary Biology, University of Oxford
For captive animals, engaging in natural behaviour is a pillar of the animal welfare framework. But when it comes to sex, one important behaviour has been largely ignored, and sometimes even punished: masturbation.
Solo sex is surprisingly common across the animal kingdom. It is well documented in primates. Tortoises are surprisingly vocal during their solo lovemaking endeavours,…
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By Nicholas Jacobs, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies
Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
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By Jeff Hearn, Professor of Sociology, University of Huddersfield; Hanken School of Economics
Charlotta Niemistö, Associate Professor, Organisation and Management, Åbo Akademi University
Hanna Sjögren, Doctoral Researcher, Social Psychology, Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
Around the world, countries are moving towards a more digital way of life. Governments have promoted digitalisation of public services to improve efficiency, cut costs and meet modern demands for speedy responses. Yet this push for the digital has caught some people by surprise. Many older adults now feel they face another hurdle in living an independent life.
Across Europe,…
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By Rachel Murphy, Lecturer, School of History and Geography, University of Limerick
Whenever a new series of Who Do You Think You Are? airs, there is an uptick in the number of people who decide to trace their own family history. Watching the show, it is tempting to think that conducting this research is easy. But underpinning each episode is hundreds of hours of research conducted by expert genealogists and historians – only the most exciting moments make it to your TV screen.
As you do your own research, it’s important to bear in mind that it can be a time-consuming and frustrating – as well as deeply rewarding – process.
There is a wealth of information…
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By Diarmuid Verrier, Assistant Professor in Psychology, University of Limerick
Jane Morgan, Associate Head, Institute Of Law And Social Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University
Paul Aleixo, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University
From comics aimed at very young children to university-level textbooks, comics are known to be an effective medium for helping people to learn new information.
This is because they represent information in two complementary modes – visual and textual. This is likely to make it easier to move information to our long-term memory, and means that the memory traces we form from the information are richer and so easier to retrieve.
Apart from the…
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By Katharine Hendry, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol; British Antarctic Survey
There’s a greater need than ever to understand how climate change in Antarctica will have global consequences – but research if getting more difficult.
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By Nicole Steller, Assistant Professor, ESCP Business School; European Academy of Management (EURAM)
Albena Björck, Associate Professor, Head Global Business Lab, ZHAW School of Management and Law
Guido Möllering, Chair professor, Witten/Herdecke University
Make way for the Chief Purpose Officer - a corporate compass for keeping firms’ strategy in line with their purpose statements, but can they genuinely change organizations for the better?
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By Rona Cran, Associate Professor in Twentieth-Century American Literature, University of Birmingham
In Ann Patchett’s 11th novel Whistler, a former stepfather and stepdaughter, Eddie and Daphne, meet again by chance after 44 years. They rekindle their bond (before long, Eddie is introducing Daphne as “my daughter”) and revisit the events that prompted Eddie’s abrupt departure from her life when she was nine.
Eddie is a fiction editor beloved by everyone – his name “a bass note called again and again”. Daphne is a private school English teacher “safely past 50”, who describes her post-Eddie childhood as a period of “estrangement”. Both had (unrealised) ambitions to be novelists.
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