By Laura Elin Pigott, Senior Lecturer in Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Course Leader in the College of Health and Life Sciences, London South Bank University
While most runners are chasing after a new goal or a personal best, some are chasing after something slightly more elusive: a runner’s high.
Some describe it as euphoria. Others as calm, clarity or even a sense of being completely absorbed in the moment. Many people experience some version of it after a long run or a spin class.
For years, scientists believed the phenomenon was caused by endorphins,…
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By James Cheshire, Professor of Geographic Information and Cartography, Department of Geography, UCL
People have always put huge trust in the technology used to create maps, from the ancient Greek dioptra to modern satellites.
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By Amy Louise Blaney, Associate Lecturer (School of Humanities) and Knowledge Exchange Coordinator, University of Wolverhampton
Amid family feuds, damaging headlines and questions about its future role, Britain’s royal family has spent much of the past decade managing its public image. But the importance of good royal PR dates back centuries.
Long before communications teams and media advisers became fixtures of royal life, Queen Caroline (1683-1737) attempted a remarkable piece of image management. Faced with the challenge of making a German royal dynasty seem unmistakably British, she turned to one of Britain’s most powerful national stories: the legends of King…
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By Bethany Simmonds, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Aberystwyth University
Christopher Lyon, Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath
Hermanpreet Singh, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Social Dimensions of Aging, Cape Breton University
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has argued that parliament should wait before returning to assisted dying until palliative and social care are properly funded. His intervention comes before MPs are due to debate a new assisted-dying bill for England and Wales on September 11.
Public debate often centres on people with terminal illnesses who are experiencing unbearable suffering and want greater control over how they die. Burnham’s argument raises a wider question: can a choice be fully voluntary when access to…
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By Connor Guyn, Climate Policy Researcher, University of British Columbia
Sophia Alex Walters, PhD Candidate, Anthropology; Graduate Research Assistant, University of British Columbia
Tariq Harney, PhD Candidate, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Climate Justice, University of British Columbia
New research shows that Canadian attacks on Indigenous rights are part of a clear international trend of what’s known as recolonization.
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By Sarah Webber, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
An accounting scholar explains what charitable solicitation fraud is and how it’s connected to allegations some Democratic lawmakers made on July 2, 2026.
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By Mkhaimar Abusada, Visiting Scholar of Global Affairs, Northwestern University
Nearly 10 months after agreeing to the first phase of a ceasefire, Israel and Hamas are being compelled – somewhat reluctantly – to move to “phase 2.”
On July 30, 2026, President Donald Trump announced that Hamas had accepted to disarm and transfer security and civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip to a technocratic Palestinian administration – a key requisite of phase 2 of the U.S.-brokered peace…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Victoria’s election on November 28 has taken on a drama and significance we wouldn’t have anticipated a year ago and will be watched closely by federal players.
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By Lina Ma
China's rebranded “internet addiction” industry now helps families confine legally independent adult children, exposing how parental coercion survives through private institutions and weak enforcement.
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By Bruce Wolpe, Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney
US President Donald Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has gone beyond his vision of refurbishing a site of national pride to perfection. In the past month, the reflecting pool has become yet another tool for Trump to exact political retribution against those standing in his way.
When the US$16 million (A$22 million) job was completed in time for the July 4 celebrations of America’s 250th birthday, it was clear something was amiss.
The…
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