By Giles Gasper, Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
Brian Tanner, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
A sequence on the Bayeux tapestry shows King Harold alongside a crowd gazing at the sky, beneath the embroidered caption Isti mirant stella (“those people marvel at the star”). Above Harold sits Halley’s comet, with ghost-like invasion boats in the border below – a Norman framing of Harold as a doomed usurper whose betrayal invited destruction.
A comet, or the regum terror…
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By Moira Hulme, Professor of Education, University of the West of Scotland
Teacher shortages are affecting school systems in countries across the world.
Governments have responded with initiatives to attract graduates into teaching. While much attention has focused on increasing supply, far less attention has been paid to why experienced teachers decide to leave, despite the high costs of turnover in recruitment, training and lost continuity.
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By Arya Assadi Langroudi, Senior Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering, University of East London
A crack appears beside a window after weeks of scorching weather. As much as you might hope the ground beneath your house will recover with the first rain, the effects of a dry summer can continue long after temperatures fall.
The UK is recovering from the hottest summer on record. The drought, however, has not simply disappeared. According to the…
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By Toni Williams, Associate Professor, Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Durham University
New research reveals how fear of losing disability benefits can discourage people from exercising, even when being active could improve their health.
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By Charlie Scherer, PhD Candidate in Earth Sciences, UCL
Cassius Morrison, Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeontology, UCL
The fossilised skull of a new species of mysterious meat-eating dinosaur from the Isle of Wight has been rediscovered in the collections of the Natural History Museum after over 100 years in storage.
Over its nearly 150-year history, this London museum has become home to over 30 million specimens, making it fairly easy to forget about the odd fossil or rock here and there. This is almost definitely what happened to the only known fossil of the UK’s newest dinosaur, a two-legged meat-eating theropod (the dinosaur…
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By Tamir Sorek, Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History, Penn State
Elections are typically framed as a choice for voters. For Palestinian citizens of Israel, however, the country’s national ballots pose more of a dilemma.
Constituting about one-sixth of eligible voters in Israel, Palestinian citizens could hold the difference in a race expected to be…
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By Rebecca Walker Reczek, Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
Aprajita Gautam, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Texas A&M University
Rajagopal Raghunathan, Professor of Marketing, The University of Texas at Austin
While perfectionists hold themselves to high or even impossible standards, people who want perfect stuff hold what they buy and own to lofty standards.
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By Shannon Gibson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
David Ginsburg, Professor (Teaching) of Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
When conservation affects local people, the question of who pays and who has a voice in decisions can make or break species recovery.
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By David DeMatteo, Professor of Law and Psychology, Drexel University
Philadelphia police and FBI are conducting a massive investigation into the home where the late R.C. Horsch and his son lived, along with several women who’ve gone missing.
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By Daniel H. Robinson, Professor, College of Education, University of Texas at Arlington
The number of uncertified teachers rose, while enrolled student numbers dropped, following a state takeover of Houston. Data shows other uneven results across districts.
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