By Kurt Michael Downes, PhD Candidate, Kinesiology, University of Windsor
Kevin Milne, Associate professor, Kinesiology, University of Windsor
When the World Athletics Indoor Championships get underway in Kujawy Pomorze, Poland, on March 20, be sure to tune in to the men’s seven-event heptathlon and the women’s five-event pentathlon.
The move indoors means there are fewer events compared to the men’s decathlon (10 events) and women’s…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A transgender rights flag is held during a march after the Hungarian parliament passed a law that bans LGBT-related events, Budapest, Hungary, March 30, 2025. © 2026 Marton Monus/Reuters The decision by the Budapest police to ban a demonstration to commemorate the International Day of Trans Visibility, is not about a single protest, but is the latest step in a broader campaign in Hungary to restrict peaceful assembly and silence dissenting voices.The decision relies on 2025 legislation that allows restrictions on events, including protests,…
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By Jennifer Fuller, PhD Candidate in Music, University of Sheffield
Musicians played an enormous plastic bottle marimba, a wall of tuned glass bottles, discarded flower pots, cooking pans and a washing machine drum.
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By Ian Munroe, Research Associate, Sinton Lab, University of Toronto
Anna Berka, Research Fellow, Griffith University
Christina E. Hoicka, Canada Research Chair in Urban Planning for Climate Change, Associate Professor of Geography and Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
Indigenous-owned renewable energy projects are growing quickly in Canada. New research suggests they could enable widespread acceptance of energy transitions.
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By André Gagné, Full Professor, Department of Theological Studies, Concordia University
When religious belief shapes the politics of rivals, it is labelled dangerous theology; but when it appears in Washington, it is cast as divine providence.
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By Henry Taylor, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Birmingham
What can you see right now? This might seem like a silly question, but what enters your consciousness is not the whole story when it comes to vision. A great deal of visual processing in the brain goes on well below our conscious awareness.
Some studies have probed the unconscious depths of vision. One source of evidence comes from the neurological condition known as blindsight, which is caused by damage to areas of the brain involved…
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By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
Four years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world is bracing for another energy crisis. The US-Israel bombing of Iran and then the blockade of the strait of Hormuz have forced up the price of oil. The price of natural gas in Europe has also risen sharply.
In the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a £50 million package to support consumers who heat their homes with oil. The government is also…
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By Pedram Vousoughi, Post Doctoral Researcher in Biological Sciences, University of Limerick
Across Europe, many banks alongside motorways are planted with grass to stabilise soil and keep roadside landscapes tidy.
But there may be a better solution. Already some countries are experimenting with using moss in built-up areas to absorb air pollution. As countries search for nature-based solutions to climate and environmental challenges, roadside moss is starting to attract…
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By Lucy van Dorp, Principal Research Fellow, Microbial Genomics, UCL
Charlotte Houldcroft, Lecturer, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
There’s no nice way to put it: small children are snotty. A research study that tested children for multiple respiratory viruses every week for a year found that under-fives are carrying one or more viruses 50% of the time. A child aged 15 months will have 12-15 colds per year and eight or nine of those will show symptoms, such as a runny nose. If parents feel their small children are sick with a cold half the time, that’s backed up by evidence.
Our new…
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By Irini Mavrou, Associate professor, Universidad Nebrija; UCL
Nicola McNab, Researcher and teacher trainer, Universidad Nebrija
Rudeness, whether real or perceived, can deeply affect cooperation, trust, and workplace culture. But judgements of what we consider rude aren’t confined to specific disrespectful words or phrases – they are shaped by the listener’s emotional processing, attention to non-verbal cues, and underlying moral stance.
In multilingual settings this complexity is compounded, as misunderstandings don’t just arise from vocabulary gaps or grammar mistakes. In fact, they often have more to do with ourselves – our own emotional and moral judgements of what others say and do – than the words being…
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