By Ming Gao, Research Fellow of East Asia Studies, Lund University
The country recently pulled out of the UN’s gender equality committee over its refusal to change the male-only royal succession.
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By Alex Chepstow-Lusty, Research Associate, Geography, University of Sussex
Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding crops in the dry season, supplying Peru’s capital Lima and other big cities, and even boosting the Amazon river. As glaciers vanish, floods and droughts are becoming more extreme.
But my new research with colleagues suggests…
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By Stephanie Brown, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Hull
Manuel Eisner, Professor of Comparative and Developmental Criminology, University of Cambridge
A recent YouGov poll found that the word that Americans most associate with the middle ages is “violent”. Medieval towns may appear to be full of random violence, every alleyway a potential crime scene, every tavern brawl ending in bloodshed. But our recent research reveals a more complex, and in some ways familiar, reality.
In 14th-century London, York and Oxford, lethal…
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By Vanessa Newby, Senior Lecturer, Politics & International Relations, Monash University
Chiara Ruffa, Professor of Political Science, Sciences Po
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) is seen by many as an essential peacekeeping buffer between Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah. But Israeli pressure, US doubts over Unifil’s cost-effectiveness and the fragile state of Lebanon’s politics means there is a risk that instead of being renewed on August 31 the mission could be ended. The stakes are high: an abrupt…
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By S. Mehmet Ozsoy, Assistant Professor of Finance, Concordia University
Erkan Yonder, Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate, Concordia University
New research has found that a two-year drought can have the same economic impact on a region as a one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate.
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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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