By Vikram Niranjan, Assistant Professor in Public Health, School of Medicine, Health Research Institute, University of Limerick
Vaping was sold as the safe alternative to smoking. The evidence is now telling a more complicated – and more worrying – story.
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By Kate Irving, Professor of Clinical Nursing, Dublin City University
Alex Kornhuber, Principal Investigator, The Keepsake Chronices, Trinity College Dublin
Cathy Fowley, Principal Investigator, The Keepsake Chronicles, Dublin City University
With time, objects and careful listening, people living with dementia can still share the memories that shape who they are.
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By Alison Pilnick, Professor of Language, Health and Society, Manchester Metropolitan University
Imagine trying to ask a question and no one answers you. Or hearing people talk around you as if you are not really part of the conversation. For many people living with dementia in hospital, this is a common experience.
Dementia affects many aspects of communication. In the early stages, someone may struggle to find the right word to describe something. As the condition progresses, their speech can become harder for others to understand. But difficulty expressing thoughts does not necessarily mean that a…
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By John Nagle, Professor in Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
Edouardo Wassim Aboultaif, Assistant Professor, School of Law and Political Sciences, Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik (USEK) – AUF
Over the ten days of the renewed conflict in the Middle East, Beirut’s southern district of Dahiyeh has been targeted by Israel, which is looking to deal a knockout blow to Hezbollah. It’s not the first time the area has been bombarded. Dahiyeh was bombed by Israel during its 2006 war with Hezbollah, again in 2014 and yet again in 2024 and 2025. Now the Israel Defense Forces is bombing the area again.
The attacks mark the…
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By Jack McNamara, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Exercise Physiology, University of East London
Fitness advice spreads fast online, but not all of it is grounded in science. Research reveals which popular trends hold up and which don’t.
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By Yimin Wu, Associate Professor, Tang Family Chair in New Energy Materials and Sustainability, University of Waterloo
Instead of treating plastic purely as waste, new research shows that it can be transformed into something useful — acetic acid, a key component of vinegar and an important industrial chemical.
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By Christopher Lo, Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Toronto; James Cook University
At binz stores, surplus goods move downstream through a hidden retail ecosystem, giving products a second life and shoppers the chance to stretch their dollars.
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By Natasha Hamilton-Hart, Professor in Management and International Business, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
When organisations go big on rules, they can create red tape instead of accountability. Providing more authority to decision-makers offers a smarter approach.
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By Christopher Featherstone, Associate Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York
The release of the “Mandelson files” comes at a difficult moment in relations between the US and UK. It is unlikely to ease tensions.
The UK government has submitted to pressure from MPs to disclose files relating to the hiring and vetting of Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US. Questions have been raised about how much officials, including the prime minister, Keir Starmer, knew about Mandelson’s friendship with paedophile Jeffrey…
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By SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
As critics question President Trump’s motivations for war on Iran, it’s not just about politics. It’s about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president’s warmaking.
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