By Ian Urquhart, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, University of Alberta
Alberta’s coal initiatives illustrate two dangerous trends in today’s democratic politics — the refusal to heed both the public and experts.
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By Adele Doran, Principal Lecturer/Research & Innovation Lead, Sheffield Hallam University
John Allan, Visiting Fellow in Education, Sheffield Hallam University
Josephine Booth, Principal Research Fellow in Education, Sheffield Hallam University
When climbing trees, riding a bike fast or exploring a woodland, children make their own decisions on which risks to take and which to avoid.
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By Freya O'Brien, Senior Lecturer in Policing, Liverpool John Moores University
In today’s hyperconnected world, where much of our social and professional lives plays out online, the digital realm should feel safe and respectful. But for many, particularly women, young boys and marginalised groups, that’s far from reality. Cyber-sexual harassment is a growing and deeply harmful issue that demands greater awareness and action.
Cyber-sexual harassment describes a wide range of unwanted or abusive sexual behaviour online. Gender…
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By Andrew Denovan, Senior lecturer in Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University
Ken Drinkwater, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cognitive and Parapsychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Neil Dagnall, Professor in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University
Paranormal beliefs create a sense of control, predictability and comfort in uncertain times, according to academic studies. That doesn’t explain why some people find them more appealing than others, though recent studies are starting to offer explanations about why some people feel so drawn to the paranormal.
Paranormal beliefs are convictions in notions beyond what mainstream science can explain,…
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
A study has linked linoleic acid — a fat found in many everyday oils — with aggressive breast cancer, reigniting the debate about how our diets affect our health.
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By Nicolas Forsans, Professor of Management and Co-director of the Centre for Latin American & Caribbean Studies, University of Essex
Daniel Noboa has been re-elected as president of Ecuador with a margin that has surprised most observers. Just weeks before the April 13 runoff, polls had him neck and neck with his left-wing rival, Luisa González. In the end, Noboa secured about 56% of the vote against González’s 44%, a difference of more than 1 million votes.
The victory gives Noboa, a 37-year-old businessman and political outsider, a full four-year mandate. Noboa won a shortened presidential term in November 2023 in a
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By Jessie Hamill-Stewart, PhD Researcher, University of Bath
The UK government has announced £65 million in funding for a new system called Borealis which is intended to help the UK military defend its satellites against threats. Borealis is a software system that collates and processes data to strengthen the UK military’s ability to monitor what’s going on in space.
The government’s investment, announced on March 7, underlines the increasingly critical role played by space systems in the modern world. Space services play…
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By Alan Felstead, Emeritus Professor, Cardiff University
For many people in the UK work is changing: how we work, what we do and where we do it. The change is faster for some than it is for others – and it’s not always changing for the better.
A new national survey — organised and managed by my colleagues and I — paints a mixed picture of UK working life. What makes the Skills and Employment Survey 2024 unique is that it the eighth in of a series that stretches back to the mid-1980s .
The survey focuses on people’s working lives: what skills they use, how…
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By Rich Grenyer, Associate Professor in Biogeography and Biodiversity, University of Oxford
With wildlife populations globally 73% smaller on average than in 1970 and large mammals missing from much of the world, surely there’s never been a better time to “de-extinct” species? US biotech company Colossal Biosciences Inc claimed to do just that recently by resurrecting the dire wolf from Game of Thrones (a species that also lived in our world, several thousand years ago).
The potential…
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By Amandine Ody-Brasier, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, McGill University
Xu Li, Assistant Professor of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
Some DJs who release illegal, unauthorized remixes are lauded by electronic dance music fans and artists, while others are condemned for it. A new study looks at why this is.
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