By Colleen Murrell, Chair of the Editorial Board, and Full Professor in Journalism, Dublin City University
Public broadcasting regularly sends out alerts related to extreme weather and emergency news – but Trump has had these media outlets in his sights for a while.
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By Paul Hough, Lecturer Sport & Exercise Physiology , University of Westminster
Novak Djokovic, 38, Jess Fishlock, 38, Ronaldo, 39. Elite athletes are staying at the top longer than ever. Here’s how science is redefining peak performance.
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By Noel Flay Cass, Research Fellow in Energy Demand Behaviour, University of Leeds
If you’re thinking of buying a new electric car worth up to £37,000, the UK government has offered to knock up to £3,750 off the price. The measure adds up to £650 million in grants for people to buy EVs (electric vehicles), but as a researcher who studies transport policy and climate change, I think this money would be better spent subsidising e-bikes.
Numerous questions surround the new government policy. Might people who can afford a new car
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By Nando Sigona, Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into International Migration and Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
The letter that arrived for eleven-year-old Guilherme in June 2025 was addressed personally to him. The UK Home Office was informing him that he and his eight-year-old brother Luca must return to Brazil. Their parents, an academic and a senior NHS nurse, both long-term UK residents with valid visas were not included in the order.
“Whilst this may involve a degree of disruption in family life,” the letter stated, “this is considered to be proportionate to…
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By Valentina Rossi, Postdoctoral researcher, Palaeontology, University College Cork
Maria McNamara, Professor, Palaeobiology, University College Cork
A delicate, innocuous little fossil reptile known as Mirasaura grauvogeli – “Grauvogel’s wonder reptile” – is forcing a rethink about the evolution of skin and its appendages such as feathers and hair.
These newly discovered fossils, from the Middle Triassic (247 million years old) Grès à Voltzia site in northeast France, preserve evidence of some of the most astonishing soft-tissue features described to date in ancient reptiles. We are two of the authors of a new paper on these finds, published…
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By Rebecca Anne Barr, Associate Professor in English Literature, University of Cambridge
A new reworking of Hogarth’s morality tale shows it continues to pack a punch on both sides of the Atlantic.
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By Rosa Busquets, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University
Luiza C Campos, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, UCL
Microplastics in your blood? Orlando Bloom thinks so. Here’s what the science says about detox, dialysis and whether “cleaning” your blood really works.
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By Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
Hiding ICE attorneys’ names in immigration court proceedings violates a fundamental principle that has protected Americans for centuries: open courts.
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By Katrina Kosec, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
Amanda Clayton, Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley
Amanda Lea Robinson, Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
Boniface Dulani, Senior lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Malawi and Research Associate, Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town
In rural Malawi, women influence discussions on how to combat climate change in communities that depend on forests for survival.
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By Songbo Hu, PhD Candidate, University of Cambridge
Anna Barford, Principal Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Anna Korhonen, Professor
Language technologies are being adapted for health across Africa. But most of these tools never make it beyond the lab or they are limited in their language options.
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