By Sean G. Massey, Associate Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Ann M. Merriwether, Instructor, Department of Psychology and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Melissa Hardesty, Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The boundaries of heterosexuality are bending for women but not for men, who appear to have less room to explore and are bound to a more rigid, traditional concept of masculinity.
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By William Dee Nichols, Professor of Literacy, Language and Culture, University of Maine
Michelle Kearney, Professor of Literacy, University of Maine
Reading allows children to live in a vibrant world, surrounded by fairies, elves and talking animals, transporting them to places where the impossible becomes real. But reading for pleasure also helps children learn more effectively and broadens how they view, interpret and interact with the world. It gives them a form of expression that fuels their imagination and empathy for themselves and others.
But the percentage of children who read for fun is declining.…
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By Hadi Shaheen, Assistant Professor of Management, College of Charleston
J.H. John Kim, Assistant Professor of Finance, College of Charleston
Kamyar Goudarzi, Assistant Professor of Management, College of Charleston
When companies are hit by activists, managers of competitors may fear that their company’s reputation would suffer if their turn comes next.
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By Henry Wood, Lecturer in Translational Bioinformatics, University of Leeds
Anders Dohlman, Research Fellow in Medicine, Harvard University
For decades, cancer has been thought of as a purely human disease – rogue cells multiplying out of control, with no room for anything else in the picture. But a growing body of research suggests that isn’t quite right. Some tumours, it turns out, come with company: communities of bacteria, viruses and fungi living on, between and even inside the cancer cells themselves.
The trouble is that nobody has been entirely sure which cancers actually have this so-called microbiome, and which don’t. The field has…
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By Julian Roberts, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford
“We have decided that we do need to change your sentence.” With those words, Lady Chief Justice Sue Carr delivered the Court of Appeal’s ruling on two teenagers convicted of multiple rapes, overturning the non-custodial sentences the trial court had originally imposed. After hearing arguments from the crown and the defence advocates, the court concluded the original sentences were unduly lenient, and increased them to four years’ detention in a young offender institution.
Courts of all levels can err when determining sentence. The appeal process exists to prevent excessively harsh or…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A young protester raises a poster, “Today still discriminatory?” with the love rainbow sign during the Women’s March rally in March 2023 in Jakarta, Indonesia. © 2023 Andreas Harsono/Human Rights Watch (London) – Harassment and attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) university students in Indonesia escalated during the June 2026 Pride Month celebrations, Human Rights Watch said today. At least 10 public universities have recently adopted discriminatory regulations and are curbing student media coverage and social media discussions around…
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By Erin Beeston, Research Associate Autism@Manchester, University of Manchester
When Pixar introduced Toy Story audiences to Bonnie, she was simply the little girl who inherited Woody, Buzz and the gang from Andy at the end of Toy Story 3 (2010). But for many autistic families, Bonnie has become something more: a character whose experiences feel surprisingly familiar.
Pixar has never described Bonnie as autistic. She was created to represent the challenges many children face as they grow up and encounter new social situations. But her difficulties with change, her anxiety around friendships…
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By Eric Vandenburg, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Isotope Geochemistry, Adelaide University
In the 45°C heat of the midday April sun, I swing my sledgehammer into the terracotta-varnished lobes of pillow basalt overlooking a sparse, almost Martian landscape.
Up close, the rock is freckled with small spheres or varioles, a texture that forms in wet magmas. It’s hard to fathom that this lava cooled when Earth was young, and has barely changed since.
Western Australia’s Pilbara Craton is probably the last place you’d expect to learn anything about the role water played in shaping our planet. It’s one…
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By Katherine Davey, Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
Lisa Russell, Professor of Education and Employment, Manchester Metropolitan University
Education is compulsory for children in England, but schooling is not. Parents are legally entitled to provide an education for their children at home. This is often known as home schooling, though in policy terms, the Department for Education uses the phrase “elective home education”.
The inclusion of the word “elective” in government terminology implies…
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By Joshua James Bailey, Illuminate Fellow, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast
Hugh O'Connor, Research Fellow, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast
Harnessing renewable resources such as wind and solar energy is vital for the green transition. But these renewables are intermittent and unpredictable. It’s impossible to control when the wind blows and when the sun shines.
Currently, we don’t have to rely on the weather to boil a kettle. That’s largely thanks to our use of fossil fuels. To break our reliance on this finite and polluting source of power, we need to be able to store vast amounts of renewable energy…
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