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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By Kim Sherwood, Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Edinburgh
Our hero is on his way to confront danger, feign love and give away a little of his soul. As he takes a long plane journey over Europe into enemy territory, he reflects on what his younger self would make of him now: “Would he recognise himself beneath the surface of this man who was tarnished with years of treachery and ruthlessness and fear?”
You would be forgiven for imagining these as the thoughts of Thomas Shelby, screenwriter Steven Knight’s war hero-turned-Peaky Blinders gang leader. Or the meditations of Viggo Mortensen’s Russian mobster with a heart of gold in Knight’s 2007…
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By Vesta Eleuteri, PhD candidate, Universität Wien
Elephants were found to gesture intentionally when they wanted humans to give them apples. This trait was thought to exist mainly in primates.
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By Samir Ramzy, Researcher, Helwan University
Sudan’s south-western city of Nyala in Darfur recently became the centre of a significant political development.
After more than two years of fighting Sudan’s army, an alliance of armed and political groups backed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces announced the formation of a parallel government on 20 July…
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By Sithabile Hlahla, Researcher, Future Water Institute, University of Cape Town
Low-income communities in Africa have done nothing to cause climate change but are worst affected by climate-related disasters, which are expensive to recover from.
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By Hasya Nindita
Social opposition to WTE incineration is currently limited in Indonesia, as the industry is in an elementary phase, but public concerns will likely increase as the market in Indonesia grows.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Treasurer Jim Chalmers - and much of the political class - have been waxing lyrical about ditching red tape that impedes progress. But it’s not easy to pull off.
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By D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University
Gary F. Templeton, Professor of Management Information Systems, West Virginia University
Statistics shows data is often grouped on a bell curve distribution, but a business study reveals that extreme outliers can skew research – with big implications.
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