By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A junior high school classroom in Bong County, Liberia, January 2026. © 2026 Human Rights Watch (Monrovia) – Registration fees and other costs to attend public schools in Liberia are a major barrier to education, forcing many children to delay enrollment, miss school, or drop out altogether, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 75-page report, “‘Without Education, There Will Be Nothing’: School Fees and Other Barriers to Education in Liberia,” documents that mandatory fees—despite a legal guarantee of free and compulsory education for grades…
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By Guest Contributor
Mere repetition of information increases perceptions of consensus. People judge repeated claims as more widely believed, regardless of whether they are true or false.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The anti-discrimination expert explains what the case was about, why it’s set for an appeal – and the broader implications if the decision stands.
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By Karin Verspoor, Dean, School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University, RMIT University
Many of the most exciting discoveries in science involve highly specialised knowledge and making connections between far-flung facts. Scientists must combine deep analysis with broad reasoning strategies.
As in many information-rich tasks, researchers are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) systems to speed up their work. AI tools may be able to support key steps such as generating ideas, reviewing existing work and analysing data.
The latest systems use large language models (LLMs) to allow scientists to interact naturally and directly with the vast…
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By Isabella Crebert, PhD Candidate in Forensic Anthropology, School of Law & Justice, University of Newcastle
The Tasmanian government has apologised for body parts being collected and displayed without consent. This is not the first time this has happened in Australia.
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By Samuel Challéat, Chercheur, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Jean Secondi, maître de conférences en Ecologie, Université d’Angers
Kevin Barré, Post-doctorant en écologie appliquée, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
Laurent Godet, Chercheur au CNRS, Nantes Université
Léa Mariton, Post-doctorante en sciences de la conservation & éco-acoustique, Inrae
Thierry Lengagne, chercheur CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
For biodiversity, it’s not just about switching off street lighting, it’s about knowing when and where to turn the lights off.
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By Roberto Alonso González-Lezcano, Catedrático de Universidad en el área de Construcciones Arquitectónicas, Universidad CEU San Pablo
Lighting accounts for almost 8% of the world’s energy usage. It makes up around 10-20% of domestic energy bills, with an even higher proportion in commercial premises like offices.
But it still has huge potential for improvement. Technological changes and management of consumer behaviour can greatly reduce energy consumption without sacrificing comfort – and even improve health and wellbeing…
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By Chris Doyle, Lecturer in Ancient and Medieval History, University of Galway
Who owns a swarm of bees? And what happens when they stray onto a neighbour’s land?
In early medieval Ireland, such questions were addressed by a remarkable set of laws known as the Bechbretha, which set out the rights and responsibilities associated with beekeeping. Also known as bee-judgments, these laws formed part of the wider medieval Irish legal system, Brehon law (known in Old Irish as fénechas…
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By Helen Vassallo, Associate Professor of French and Translation, University of Exeter
Cathedrals is the latest work by Argentinian crime writer Claudia Piñeiro to be published in English by Charco Press, in a translation by Frances Riddle. The crime is the murder and dismemberment of 17-year-old Ana Sardá 30 years ago. Yet, as ever in Piñeiro’s work, nothing is quite what it seems.
Each section is written from the perspective of a key character, and the truth emerges gradually as the stories intertwine. The first section is narrated by Lía, Ana’s middle sister. Cathedrals opens with Lía’s loss…
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By Ahmed Elbediwy, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University
Nadine Wehida, Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University
As more people look for ways to stay younger for longer, the supplement industry has moved beyond creams and cosmetic fixes to something more ambitious: products that claim to slow ageing by acting on cellular processes.
Among the most heavily marketed compounds are NAD+, NMN and resveratrol, often described as supporting cellular repair, energy production and healthy ageing. But what do they actually do, where are they being used, and how strong is the evidence?
To make sense of the claims,…
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