By Geoff Emberling, Research Scientist in Archaeology, University of Michigan
The ancient Kush city of Jebel Barkal rose up in the Nile River Valley starting around 2000 BCE. New research dug deep to learn more about what this landscape was like over the past 4,000 years.
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By Benjamin Chrisinger, Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University
Many convenience stores, corner markets, bodegas and other small stores will have to make changes if they want to continue to accept SNAP benefits.
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By Caitlin Grady, Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University
Sachi Nandurkar, Senior Research Analyst, Food, Energy, Water Systems Lab, George Washington University
Many Formula 1 innovations have made their way from the racetrack to regular roads. But technological improvements can only go so far toward limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
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By Magdalena Janus, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Caroline Reid-Westoby, Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
An increase in the number of kindergarten children with special needs since the pandemic means more children will require specialized assistance and accommodation in later grades.
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By Nitya Rao, Professor of Gender & Development, University of East Anglia
Decisions to migrate in response to climate stress are rarely personal choices and there’s such a huge diversity of household migration patterns.
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By Catrin Cousins, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Marketing, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Jo Wiltshire, Senior Lecturer in Fashion Marketing, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Indie sleaze is back, but not as you remember it. The 00s scene’s revival taps into a growing backlash against hyper-polished influencer culture, offering a messier, more authentic alternative that feels both nostalgic and deliberately staged.
The original indie sleaze look of the 2000s was an intentionally unrefined way of dressing, driven by a desire to stand apart from mainstream fashion, with a carefully constructed sense of effortless cool.
The look was built from a recognisable set…
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By Benjamin Selwyn, Professor of International Relations and International Development, Department of International Relations, University of Sussex
Climate and geopolitical shocks – from El Niño, global heating or wars – hit a food system which already magnifies environmental and social vulnerabilities.
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By Håkan Brorson, Professor of Plastic Surgery, Lund University
For many women with lipodoema, the diagnosis comes after years of being told the same thing: eat less, more more. The problem is that the fat accumulating around their hips and legs isn’t responding to diet or exercise, because it was never caused by them in the first place.
Lipoedema is a long-term condition that affects the way fat is stored in the body. It mainly affects women and usually develops or worsens at times of hormonal change, such as puberty, pregnancy or menopause.…
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By Alex Nurse, Reader in Urban Planning, University of Liverpool
The mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham looks set to contest the Makerfield by-election. His announcement that he was putting himself forward forced others seeking to oust Keir Starmer as prime minister to slow their pace. And it now seems unlikely that anyone will fire the starting gun on a leadership contest until Burnham has at least had a chance to join the pack.
In UK politics right now, the only certainty is that nothing is certain. But what we do know is, as Labour politicians go, Burnham is…
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By Amy Burge, Associate Professor in Popular Fiction, University of Birmingham
Jodi McAlister, Senior Lecturer in Writing, Literature and Culture, Deakin University
Good sex on the screen seems to be having a moment. Steamy gay ice hockey romance Heated Rivalry made stars of its unknown leads Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie. The most recent season of Bridgerton – in which the titular family’s son and their lady’s maid fall passionately in love (and into bed) – garnered 39.7 million views in four days.
The final season of Outlander is currently airing, enduringly popular more than a decade after its episode The Wedding was heralded as a game-changer for representations…
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