By Jake Phillips, Associate professor, University of Cambridge
People sentenced for similar offences are more likely to offend after a short prison sentence than if they had been given a community sanction.
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By Ed Macaulay, Lecturer in Physics and Data Science, Queen Mary University of London
The science fiction film Project Hail Mary brilliantly uses authentic science to underscore the human drama and narrative tension of the story.
Based on the novel by Andy Weir, the story revolves around an effort to save the Earth – threatened by an alien organism that is consuming the Sun. By combining real science, compelling characters and a gripping narrative, the filmmakers have crafted a science fiction odyssey that might just inspire a whole new generation of scientists.
The story begins…
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By Zuhra Abawi, Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream), Faculty of Education, York University, Canada
Naved Bakali, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Windsor
Interviews with people studying to become teachers in Ontario point to the need for systemic changes in schools to better reflect cultural and religious diversity.
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By Lyndsay Murray, Senior Lecturer, Anatomy, University of Edinburgh
Scotland is now screening every newborn for a condition that can kill within two years. Here is what parents across the UK need to know.
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By Huysentruyt Marieke, Professeur Associé, Directrice Académique de l’Impact Company Lab, HEC Paris Business School
Our report analyses both monetary and non-monetary value sharing schemes within companies and whether they are a way of avoiding social conflicts in the workplace.
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By Mohammad Hossein Amirhosseini, Associate Professor, Computer Science and Digital Technologies, University of East London
Your workplace wellbeing app may be doing more than tracking your mood. It could be analysing your voice, your words and your behaviour – and you may never have been told.
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By Allan Greer, Professor Emeritus of History, McGill University
Long before today’s decline in alcohol consumption, rum played a central role in Canada’s economy, shaping labour relations in the fisheries and fur trade.
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By Tom Hemingway, Teaching Fellow in Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
Despite fears the US format would not work in the UK, SNL UK’s first episode went off without a hitch.
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By Ronald W. Pruessen, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Toronto
American voters, even those aligned with Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, usually shift course when they see they didn’t get what they voted for. Will this fate befall Trump in November?
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By Helen Yaffe, Lecturer in Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow
There were tearful scenes in the central American nation of Honduras on February 23, as locals said goodbye to the Cuban healthcare professionals who had been treating them for free for around two years. It came after the Honduran government abruptly ended the Cuban medical mission under pressure from the administration of the US president, Donald Trump.
That same day, a “sensitive” US State Department memo was sent to the secretary of state, Marco Rubio. It discussed the…
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