By Paul Hough, Lecturer Sport & Exercise Physiology , University of Westminster
Creatine is one of the most widely used sports supplements across the world. It’s taken by many in the hopes of boosting strength, enhancing athletic performance and promoting muscle growth.
But it isn’t only adults who are using this supplement. A growing number of teenagers and young adults report taking creatine in the hopes of reaping the supplement’s benefits.
Surveys show that…
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By Robert Hazell, Professor of British Politics and Government & Founder of the Constitution Unit, UCL
In announcing that Prince Andrew would no longer use his title or honours, Buckingham Palace hoped to shift the spotlight away from his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, and the accusations of sexual abuse he has faced (and denied).
The media were encouraged to focus instead on King Charles’s visit to the Vatican, and the royal family’s good works. But this strategy has failed. Revelations about Prince Andrew’s living arrangements and finances have whetted the appetite for more.
One such…
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By Hope Kent, Administrative Data Research UK Research Fellow, University of Exeter
Walk into any custodial youth justice facility in the UK – from young offender’s institutions to secure training centres and children’s homes – and you’ll be met with an unexpected reality: the majority of children in these settings have special educational needs and disabilities.
In particular, a very high proportion of children in custody have neurodisabilities.…
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By Robert Breunig, Professor of Economics and Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Many older Australians enjoy incomes in their 60s of the average working 40 year-old. Younger people bear the brunt of this support. How did we get here?
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By Thomas Newsome, Associate Professor in Global Ecology, University of Sydney
William Ripple, Distinguished Professor and Director, Trophic Cascades Program, Oregon State University
Climate change has been on the world’s radar for decades. Predictions made by scientists at oil giant Exxon in the early 1980s are proving accurate. The damage done by a hotter, more chaotic world is worsening and getting more expensive.
Even so, many countries…
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By Aayushi Badhwar, Lecturer in Enterprise and Technology, RMIT University
Earlier this year, the consumer watchdog fined three retailers, Michael Hill, MyHouse and Hairhouse Online, almost A$20,000 each for advertising “site-wide discounts” that allegedly never applied to all items on the website.
At first glance, this might look like a straightforward case of using allegedly misleading advertising for an economic benefit. Yet the implications go further.
Years of exposure…
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By Sarah Jefferson, Senior Lecturer in Education, Edith Cowan University
The period immediately after completing Year 12 can feel unexpectedly anticlimactic.
You have been building up to the end of school for years, then there is the intensity and pressure of exams and festivities of formals and graduation ceremonies. And then suddenly, it’s all over.
Irrespective of how much you enjoyed school, it can be a vulnerable time. The familiar structure of school is gone and the next chapter is murky.
Now, you may face weeks or months of waiting, for exam results or…
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By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia
People in ancient times faked illnesses for all sorts of reasons. And in extreme cases, there might be a valid reason to lie.
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By Pauline Hastings, Affiliate, School of Philosophical, Historical & Indigenous Studies (SOPHIS), Monash University
Today marks 60 years since English photographic model Jean Shrimpton, dubbed “The Shrimp”, caused a stir among conservative racegoers at the Melbourne Cup.
On October 30 1965, the then 22-year-old wore a “swinging 60s” minidress that would go on to become the stuff of legend.
Shrimpton ventured to Flemington Racecourse in a simple dress, minus the trappings of 1960s conservative female attire: hat, gloves and stockings. She was also flashing a few extra inches of bare thigh…
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By Chris Fleming, Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is neither a history of economics, nor a religious history. It borrows from both, but is stranger than either.
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