By Benedict Carpenter van Barthold, Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
Robert Ryman: The Real Thing is the American artist’s first major retrospective in the UK for over 30 years.
The show, at London’s Barbican Centre, brings 68 works together from the mid-1950s to the early 2010s. It is arranged thematically, without traditional wall text. There are no labels, even to identify the paintings. The exhibition follows Ryman’s thought…
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By Richard Bloomfield, PhD Candidate, Geography and Environment, Western University
Evan Bowness, Assistant Professor, Geography and Environment
Tony Weis, Professor of Geography and Environment, Western University
The Canadian government launched its first-ever National Food Security Strategy in June 2026. The strategy aims to invest $750 million to increase year-round Canadian production of fruits and vegetables, including on so-called vertical farms.
These multi-storey towers and warehouses filled with fresh produce glowing under artificial light may seem like the future of food. Promoted as climate-resilient, land-saving and a positive form of urban…
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By Meredith Ralston, Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Political Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
Three years ago, I wrote an article for The Conversation Canada about rape culture when actor Danny Masterson went to jail for sexual assault. His friends from That ’70s Show, Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, had written letters of support for him because he was a such a great friend and they wanted the judge to be lenient in sentencing.
I argued this episode illustrated several elements of what is…
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By Hamed Kazemzadeh, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Peace and Conflict, University of Calgary; L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
AI can improve access to settlement services in Canada, but human expertise must remain central to complex, legal and sensitive newcomer needs.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Nigerien journalist Moussa Kaka, former correspondent for Radio France Internationale, February 12, 2007. © 2007 Seyllou/AFP via Getty Images A lawyer in Niger faces prosecution over comments about the army on social media while a prominent journalist and critic of the country’s military junta is being held in secret, with authorities refusing to identify his alleged offense. These cases together highlight a broadening crackdown in Niger, where the space for free expression is shrinking by the day.On September 21, police summoned Abrourahamane Lirwana, a well-known…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A shattered window at the Consultative and Diagnostic Centre in the Podilskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 24, 2026. © 2026 Ukrinform/NurPhoto via AP Photo A Russian airstrike damaged a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on October 6, according to reports from local officials and media outlets. The attack injured several people, including at least two hospital workers, and also damaged residential and administrative buildings and an art school in the city center. The strike is the latest in a long string of Russian attacks…
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By Robson Tramontina, Research Associate, Chemical Biology and Biological Chemistry, University of Manchester
AI company Anthropic recently announced that its popular system Claude had identified an unusual family of biological molecules. These molecules were enzymes, a type of protein that speeds up chemical reactions in living organisms.
The new group of enzymes were discovered in bacteriophages – viruses that infect bacteria. Anthropic named them array-associated reverse transcriptases (ARTs).
The finding was…
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By Laura Jansen, Associate Professor in Classics & Comparative Literature, University of Bristol
At a time when scholarship and creative writing are often treated as separate pursuits, Carson has shown how deeply they belong together.
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By Leonie Fleischmann, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and leading opposition figure Gadi Eisenkot took to social media as their country marked three years since the devastating Hamas attacks of October 7. As the country mourned, the rival politicians played the blame game.
Eisenkot is the man widely thought to be most likely to beat Netanyahu in this month’s general election. He is running hard on accountability for the October…
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By Damian Bailey, Professor of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of South Wales
Brian Clark, Distinguished Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience and Executive Director of the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI), Ohio University
Frances Ashcroft, Emeritus Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Florence Buchanan helped transform the study of the nervous system, yet no authenticated portrait of her was known until now.
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