By Mong Palatino
"A free press is vital to informing our communities about the environmental challenges we face and holding all accountable for protecting our precious environment."
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By Gabriele Abels, Jean Monnet Professor for Comparative Politics & European Integration, University of Tübingen
The far-right Alternative for Germany is courting the youth vote on TikTok with great success, ahead of the elections in June.
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By Rebecca Shepherd, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Bristol
Viewers were concerned that the reality TV star struggled to breathe in her ultra-tight corset while posing on the red carpet
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Allyson Edwards, Lecturer in Global Histories and International Relations, Bath Spa University
Putin has encouraged a group of young people to hand out a special ribbon representing the ‘glories’ of Russian history.
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By Donal O'Shea, Professor of Chemistry, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
New AI-based research suggests chemicals known for their negative health effects are produced in the most popular flavoured vapes. We need for tighter regulation on vapes – fast
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By Georgina Robinson, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University
Already a popular option in the US, and famously chosen by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who died in 2021, alkaline hydrolysis – a sustainable method of disposing the body after death – is set to be regulated in Scotland.
Alkaline hydrolysis reduces the body to its basic components. Using a heated, alkali-water-based solution (think diluted soft-soap), the process reduces the body to bones. As with cremation, the bones are then crushed and returned…
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By Erin Sanders-McDonagh, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Kent
Until government addresses the link between cuts to funding public services and the rise in knife crime, the violence children and young people are facing will continue.
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By Francesca Sobande, Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies, Cardiff University
Beauty brand Dove hit the headlines for rejecting AI in its marketing – but there’s more to the claims than meets the eye.
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By José-Manuel Rey, Profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Jorge Herrera de la Cruz, Profesor Contratado Doctor. Departamento de Matemáticas y Ciencia de Datos, Universidad CEU San Pablo
French director Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, winner of the 2023 Oscar for best original script, reconstructs a fatal fall in order to dissect the collapse of the romantic relationship between the film’s leading couple, Sandra Voyter and Samuel Maleski.
Far from an exception, breakups of the sort depicted in the film are commonplace: global data shows high levels of marriage failure, with a marked increase towards the end of…
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By GV South Asia
In Assam, some voters who lack proper documents to prove their Indian citizenship are labeled as 'D Voters', disenfranchised and barred from voting in the ongoing general elections.
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