By Santosh Dhungana, PhD Candidate, Environmental Futures, School of Science, University of Wollongong
Nicolas Flament, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Environmental Futures, School of Science, University of Wollongong
The Great Unconformity is a mysterious gap of hundreds of millions of years in Earth’s geological history – and new research may have finally explained it.
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By Michael A. Mische, Associate Professor of the Practice of Management and Organization, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
The US economy is built on energy prices. When people’s bills are high, they tend to vote against incumbents and their parties.
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By Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
The 2026 midterm elections changed the balance of power in Washington, D.C. It also proved to be a pivotal election in Pennsylvania.
Gov. Josh Shapiro handily defeated Republican challenger Stacy Garrity, the current state treasurer. Not only that,…
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By Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
If you bump a spacecraft in orbit, it may start tumbling uncontrollably. To save a falling satellite, the rescuer must be incredibly steady and precise.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A girl in her fishing boat off the coast of Malaita Province, Solomon Islands. © 2025 NowHere Media/Human Rights Watch (Istanbul) – Governments participating in the 31st annual United Nations climate change conference (COP31) should urgently act to protect the rights of communities displaced by the climate crisis and ensure that civil society groups can participate in the negotiations, Human Rights Watch said today. COP31 will take place in Antalya, Türkiye, from November 9 to 20, 2026, under the shared presidency of Türkiye and Australia, on behalf of the Pacific…
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By Sarah Trott, Senior Lecturer in American Studies and History, York St John University
After two years of almost unbridled executive power under the Trump administration, the Democrats now control both houses of Congress.
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By Dan Gordon, Professor of Exercise Physiology, Anglia Ruskin University
Ruby Cain, PhD Candidate, Anglia Ruskin University
The stair climber has seen a huge surge in popularity on social media in recent years. Proponents of the exercise machine rave about its benefits – claiming it can boost cardiovascular fitness, strength and bone health.
Evidence shows the stair climber does have many benefits when it comes to health and fitness. While it doesn’t always win out over other types of cardio,…
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By Colleen Varcoe, Professor Emeritus, Nursing, University of British Columbia
People who rely on EDs the most report the poorest care experiences, and often leave without their care completed, which creates a cycle of worsening health and increasing costs.
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By Rizwan Mushtaq, Associate professor, EDC Paris Business School
Ammar Ali Gull, Associate Professor, Accounting & Finance, Pôle Léonard de Vinci
A new study shows that companies whose green claims are vetted tend to follow through and deliver on their promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions or reduce waste.
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By Guus Kroonen, Associate Professor, Scandinavian, Germanic and Indo-European Comparative Linguistics, Leiden University; University of Copenhagen
Eske Willerslev, Professor, Globe Institute, Section for Geogenetics, University of Copenhagen; University of Cambridge
Hugh McColl, Assistant Professor, Globe Institute, Section for Geogenetics, University of Copenhagen
Why do people speak Germanic languages such as English in England and Swedish in Sweden, but Celtic languages in Ireland, Wales and Brittany? The dispersal of languages is one of the enigmas of European prehistory.
Two new studies in Nature, which we took part in, show how DNA from several thousand ancient individuals helps us solve this riddle.
As early as the 17th century, scholars noticed striking similarities…
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