By Cat Acheson, Research Associate, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
Alice Street, Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh
Rob Ralston, Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Edinburgh
Lobbyists and petrostates want to avoid a strong focus on human health in the impending global treaty on plastic pollution.
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By Nick Megoran, Professor of Political Geography, Newcastle University
Hiroshi Sakai, Professor, Department of Psychology and Applied Communication, Hokusei Gakuen University
Japan’s Emperor Hirohito ordered his country’s surrender in a radio broadcast on August 15 1945. After the deaths of some 70 million people, the second world war had finally come to an end.
Reflections on the anniversary of the conflict’s end often turn, understandably, to the cataclysmic atomic bombings of Hiroshimi and Nagasaki that precipitated the emperor’s decision.
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By David Bate, Professor at Westminster School of Arts, University of Westminster
Virtual Beauty is the summer show at Somerset House, London, featuring a fascinating collection of visual work by artists dealing with the connection between technology and beauty. As you might expect, it focuses on the human form and the reshaping of the body and face through computational processes.
While humans have contemplated their self-image through mirrors and pictures of themselves for hundreds of years, digital inventions have reconfigured all this. Today, people regularly use mobile phone…
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By Dipa Kamdar, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
Ginger does more than spice up your stir-fry. Research shows it may ease nausea, reduce inflammation and even support heart health.
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By Samuel Walker, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Zooarchaeology, Bournemouth University
Sanne Boessenkool, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, University of Oslo
As the Arctic warms faster than anywhere else on Earth, animals that have evolved to survive the cold face unprecedented challenges. While scientists are learning more about how modern wildlife responds to environmental change, we still know little about how species coped in the past.
Our new study investigates the oldest-known diverse animal community from the European Arctic, dating back 75,000 years. Preserved deep inside a cave in northern Norway, it offers a rare insight into how Arctic ecosystems functioned…
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By David Pomeroy, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Canterbury
The end of NCEA marks a return to a more standardised, exam-focused way of learning. But for some students, successfully finishing high school just got harder.
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By Sydney Allen
Over the course of three days, GVer Nate Matias cycled the equivalent of 10,000 meters in elevation to help raise money for Global Voices.
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By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
Does anyone else think we’ve all become a bit too protein-obsessed? Once upon a time, we got our protein from meat, fish, dairy and pulses. Now it seems like every consumable product comes loaded with it — from energy bars to protein-packed cereals and baked goods.
I’m surprised no one’s thought of stirring it into their tea for a boost. Oh wait, they have.
That’s not to say I’m anti-protein. Far from it. Protein plays an essential role in
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By James O'Donoghue, Research Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy, Meteorology, University of Reading
Earth will complete a rotation 1.33 milliseconds earlier than usual on Tuesday, August 5. That makes it one of the shortest days of 2025 at 86,399.99867 seconds long. How that happens, and how we can even measure it with such precision, might make your head spin faster too.
On average, Earth physically rotates in 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds and 90.5 milliseconds – this is called a sidereal day. It is Earth’s “true” rotation relative to distant objects in deep space, like stars.
However, the kind of day most people go by is 24 hours long and that is called a solar day…
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By Sabrina Fitzsimons, Co-Director of DCU CREATE (Centre for Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education), Lecturer in Education, Dublin City University
David Smith, Lecturer, School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University
Tense, overworked employees everywhere will recognise the features of burnout: exhaustion, depersonalisation (feeling detached from others or yourself in the workplace) and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment. It happens when chronic workplace stress isn’t managed appropriately.
At the other end of the stress spectrum is rustout. You may well have experienced…
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