By Hope Kent, Research Fellow in Psychology, University of Exeter
By law, children in young offenders institutions in England must receive at least 15 hours of education per week. Between January and August 2025, though, the three youth offender institutions in England delivered an average of just six…
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By Andrew Heffernan, Climate Associate at the Information Integrity Lab and Adjunct Professor in Political Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
After a decade of rage politics, voters in very different countries seem to be reaching again for competence and something closer to normal.
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By Frédéric Fréry, Professeur de stratégie, CentraleSupélec, ESCP Business School
The world is grappling with the game-changing effects of AI and the storytelling around it. In the end it’s the dominant narrative that tends to influence whether or not new technology is adopted.
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By Daryl Janzen, Observatory Manager and Instructor, Astronomy, University of Saskatchewan
Imagine you are sitting on a train, moving at a constant speed. The blinds are drawn so you can’t tell you are moving. A light bulb hangs on a chain in the centre of the car. When someone turns it on, your human eye perceives the whole carriage lighting up.
What actually happens is that light first reaches the two sides of the car simultaneously. A moment later, the light reaches the front and back of the car, again simultaneously. The light has travelled at the exact same speed in all four directions.
Albert Einstein…
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By Arash Beidollahkhani, Research Fellow at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester
Iran has become a test of Donald Trump’s credibility at home as well as his power abroad.
The war and rising fuel prices contributed to the Republican defeat in the recent congressional elections. That gives the president a stronger political reason to find an ending to the conflict that…
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By Charareh Pourzand, Reader, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath
After more than 30 years studying how sunlight damages skin, I find the renewed enthusiasm for deliberate tanning worrying. On social media, a trend known as “tanmaxxing” encourages people to pursue increasingly deep tans, sometimes by using UV-index forecasts to seek out the strongest sunlight and avoiding sunscreen altogether.
In the laboratory, the damage caused by ultraviolet radiation is measurable. Yet online discussions can make avoiding sunscreen sound like the healthier choice.
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By Robin E. Best, Professor of Political Science, Binghamton University, State University of New York
A scholar of parties and elections explains how the ‘umbrella’ Democratic and Republican parties mask differences in political preferences – and may represent voters just as well as multiparty systems.
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By Michael F. Wells, Assistant Professor of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
Why are some people hit harder by certain diseases than others? Why do some patients respond better to a treatment, while others see no effect? Biomarkers can help answer these questions.
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By Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova University
Compounding pharmacies will now be able to sell 6 popular peptides, despite the fact they have not been proved safe and effective.
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By Eric Lob, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
A two-year blockade imposed on Iran by Britain gave way to a coup and leadership change. But seven decades later, circumstances are very different.
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