By Greg Slabaugh, Professor of Computer Vision and AI, Director of the Digital Environment Research Unit, Queen Mary University of London
Sean Kenji Starrs, Lecturer in International Development, King's College London
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is warning that China could pull ahead. Two experts offer opposing views on whether he’s right.
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By Steven David Pickering, Honorary Professor, International Relations, Brunel University of London
Tim Davie and Deborah Turness have resigned over complaints of institutional bias but external perspectives on the broadcaster are far from uniform.
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By Rachel Delman, Heritage Partnerships Coordinator, University of Oxford
As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
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By Yolanda Lok Yiu Lau, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Queen Mary University of London
Thirty minutes of daily brain games strengthened neural activity in memory centres, making older brains look ten years younger on scans.
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By Alix Dietzel, Senior Lecturer in Climate Justice, University of Bristol
Katherine Fitzpatrick, PhD Candidate, Anthropology, University of Bristol
The world’s most important climate summit – known this year as Cop30 – has begun in the Amazonian port city of Belém, Brazil. It promises to be contentious: key countries haven’t submitted new climate plans, and negotiations are held up by disputes over who should pay for climate action.
We attended a preliminary round of negotiations in June, which ended with very few concrete agreements. Many outcome documents were instead heavily caveated as “not agreed”, “open to revision”, or “without formal status”.…
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By Heba Ghazal, Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy, Kingston University
Long-term melatonin users were about three times more likely to develop heart failure, but the link may not be what you think.
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By Gabrielle Samuel, Lecturer in Environmental Justice and Health, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, King's College London
Cleaner air is progress, but injustice remains. Environmental racism still decides who breathes dirty air, who gets sick and who gets heard
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By Maha Rafi Atal, Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
The Cop30 climate summit is under way in Brazil under the shadow of US president Donald Trump’s second term. Delegates from around the world have poured into the Amazonian port of Belém for the conference, which promises to focus on economic development and the fight against global poverty, as well as green tech and finance.
For the first time in three decades of the talks, there are no high-level US officials expected at Cop30. Since taking office in January, the Trump administration has…
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By Nicola Walshe, Professor of Education, UCL
Denise Quiroz Martinez, Lecturer in Education at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling
Luciano Fernandes Silva, Professor, Institute of Chemistry and Physics
Education about climate change and sustainability is a vital part of responding to a rapidly changing world, including the negative effects of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.
Teachers, including in Brazil and England, help young people live with futures shaped by local and global environmental challenges. However, despite expressing overwhelming concern about issues related to climate change and sustainability, many teachers do not feel equipped to teach it in schools.
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By Ryann Donnelly, Assistant Professor in Art History, School of Media, Arts and Humanities, University of Sussex
Even if you’ve never heard of Horses or indeed Patti Smith, this is an album that you should listen to.
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