By Sameer Jauhar, Clinical Associate Professor, Imperial College London
Robert McCutcheon, Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellow, University of Oxford
For decades, psychiatrists have treated psychosis as if it were separate conditions. People experiencing hallucinations and delusions might be diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression and related diagnoses, and receive completely different treatments based on diagnosis. But new research suggests this approach may be fundamentally flawed.
Our latest study, published in Jama Psychiatry, reveals that the brain changes driving psychotic symptoms are remarkably similar…
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By Aurora Moxon, Postdoctoral Fellow, University College Cork
High in the Aspromonte mountains in the toe of Italy’s boot lies the ancient Calabrian village of Bova. Over the last two millennia, a series of invaders and settlers have left their mark on the Aspromonte, including the ancient Greeks – influencing a way of life from farming to language.
Protected by the absence of roads until the mid-20th century, remnants of this Greek culture survive in Bova. The Greco-Calabro…
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
Exercise is a cornerstone of good health and evidence shows it can even help prevent cancers returning following treatment. But new findings are raising an unexpected question: could very high-volume endurance training carry its own risks?
At the 2025 American Society of Clinical Oncology…
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By Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of Practice in Energy Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Both presidents were avid deregulators when it came to environmental rules on industry, but Trump’s efforts to cast doubt on science head in a very different direction.
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By Sam Wineburg, Emeritus Professor of Education, Stanford University
Mike Evans knew something had to change.
As the lead instructor for American Government 1101 at Georgia State University in 2021, Evans had watched his students over the years show up with fewer facts and more conspiracy theories. Gone were the days when students arrived on campus with dim memories of high school civics. Now they came armed with bold, often misleading beliefs…
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By Eric Zillmer, Professor of Neuropsychology, Drexel University
What sport combines the intensity of a high-wire circus act with the strategic thinking of a grand master chess match?
I’d say the sport of squash, for the first time an Olympic sport at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Squash has its U.S. epicenter in Philadelphia, which is also considered the birthplace of squash in America. The sport…
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By Jeffrey C. Dixon, Professor of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross
How will AI affect American workers? There are two major narratives floating around. The “techno-optimist” view is that AI will free humans from boring tasks and create new jobs, while the “techno-pessimist” view is that AI will lead to widespread unemployment.
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By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
Small local organizations called Active Clubs have spread widely across the U.S. and internationally, using fitness as a cover for a much more alarming mission. These groups are a new and harder-to-detect form of white supremacist organizing that merges extremist ideology with fitness and combat sports culture.
Active Clubs frame themselves as innocuous workout groups on digital platforms and decentralized networks…
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By Matt Polacko, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Political Science, University of Toronto
Canada’s recent federal election was the first in many years where the economy and pocketbook issues were key issues, which likely played a role in the uptick in voter turnout.
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By Marta-Marika Urbanik, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta
Carolyn Greene, Assistant Professor, Public Safety, Wilfrid Laurier University
Katharina Maier, Associate professor, Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg
Matthew Valasik, Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Alabama
Fentanyl dealers expanding into new markets across Canada are devastating smaller cities like Thunder Bay, fuelling violence and worsening the homelessness crisis.
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