By Bareket Falk, Distinguished Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Brock University
Toby Mündel, Professor in Kinesiology, Canada Research Chair in Extreme Human Environments, Brock University
In Canada, Europe and around the world, temperatures are soaring and heat warnings are rampant. We are reminded to stay out of the sun and stay hydrated, and in extreme conditions, stay indoors.
We are also told that children are especially vulnerable to heat-related illness.
We…
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By Cyril Grueter, Adjunct Associate Professor, The University of Western Australia; University of Oxford
The first time I saw it, I wasn’t quite sure what I was looking at. A northern white-cheeked gibbon at Shanghai Zoo was holding and caressing a mouse that had wandered into its enclosure. It wasn’t trying to eat it or chase it away. Instead, the gibbon treated the tiny rodent with remarkable gentleness. I couldn’t stop wondering why.
Years later, while studying wild black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys in the mountains of south-west China, I watched playful juveniles repeatedly trying to climb onto the backs of domestic pigs. Again, these weren’t the kinds of interactions I expected…
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By Ian Williams, Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Christina Webb, Research Fellow in Sustainable Electronic Textiles., University of Southampton
Stephen Beeby, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, University of Southampton
Clever clothing that can sense health issues are not far off, but they could prove hard to recycle or reuse.
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By Veselina Stoyanova, Associate Professor in Strategy & International Management, University of Birmingham
Every year the festival attracts thousands of people to Scotland’s capital, but is the city able to harness this and improve it as a place to live?
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By Fatima-Zahra Aklalouch, Doctor in English Linguistics specialized in Political Discourse Analysis, Université Paris Cité
The White House’s controversial Aliens.gov portal dehumanises undocumented non-US citizens by blurring the boundaries between the term “illegal aliens”, or unauthorised residents, and extraterrestrials.
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By Muhammad Waqas Haider, PhD candidate in International Relations, Lancaster University
India and Pakistan fought an intense four-day war in May 2025. But while the media narrative was dominated by fighter jets, drones and missiles, the most consequential contest unfolded in orbit a few hundred kilometres up.
That short war was, arguably, the first between two nuclear-armed states to be shaped decisively by the use of satellites.…
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By Parvati Nair, Professor of Hispanic, Cultural and Migration Studies, Queen Mary University of London
Ceuta, a small Spanish enclave on the Moroccan mainland, was unprepared for the arrival of more than 70,000 undocumented migrants on July 30. They arrived mostly by sea, from Morocco via the Tarajal breakwaters and its shoreline.
The minuscule city of just seven square miles had few provisions for food, shelter or support for the unexpected arrivals. This was a shocking exposure of the apparent…
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By Fatemeh Ameli, Lecturer, Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Eric Duku, Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
Magdalena Janus, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Scott Davies, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Math achievement gaps begin in kindergarten and persist through Grade 9, highlighting the importance of investing in children’s early development.
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By Trevor Hill, Professor of Geography, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Alistair Clulow, Professor in Agrometeorology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Anthony Palmer, Honorary Professor at the Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
Richard Kunz, Research Fellow in the Centre for Water Resources Research, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Shaeden Gokool, Researcher in Hydrology in the Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR), University of KwaZulu-Natal
Sukhmani Mantel, Associate Professor at the ARUA Water Centre of Excellence Academic Manager, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University
Researchers have used drones and ground sensors to get the first ever measurements of exactly how much water hemp crops consume.
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By Tackson Makandwa, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Anthropology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Maheshvari Naidu, Full Professor in Anthropology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Over 250,000 people were registered as asylum seekers and refugees – people displaced by force – in South Africa in 2024. About 4% of them were from Burundi, some 3,000km away.
When people think about refugees, they often imagine…
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