By Bryn Beeder, Visiting Instructor in Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Health, Miami University
Guilt and discomfort around food can be especially challenging during the holidays. But trusting your body and remembering the social value of sharing meals can help you enjoy yourself.
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By Lauren Beitelspacher, Professor of Marketing, Babson College
During the pandemic, retailers used generous return policies to win over shoppers. Now, those policies are costing them billions – prompting a widespread rethink.
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By Knut von Salzen, Senior Research Scientist, Marine Cloud Brightening Research Program, University of Washington
Between 2003 and 2022, clouds over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific became less reflective, allowing more sunlight to reach the ocean surface and causing sea surface temperatures to rise.
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By Louise Owusu-Kwarteng, Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader, Sociology, University of Greenwich
In 1991, just before my 16th birthday, I took an unexpected foray into rave culture. This went against my upbringing in a Ghanaian household and community, where there was emphasis on “good behaviour”, educational excellence, and being a “good Ghanaian kid”. There was great fear that exposure to other external influences, including popular culture that didn’t reflect our heritage would ruin us.
Naturally, growing up here in the UK meant that we were exposed to different youth cultures, which greatly concerned our elders. Many bought into moral…
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By Lucy Osler, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Exeter
We’ve always relied on friends and family to confirm our sense of reality. Now we’re increasingly expecting AIs to do it instead.
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By Shahzad Uddin, Director, Centre for Accountability and Global Development, University of Essex
A domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh has sentenced the country’s former prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. The court found Hasina guilty of incitement, orders to kill and inaction to prevent atrocities during the deadly state crackdown on a student-led uprising in 2024.
Hasina denies all the charges against her, calling the…
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By Mette Wiggen, Lecturer, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
The social democrat Mette Frederiksen won Denmark’s 2019 elections on a platform of radical reforms to reach climate targets, lowering the pension age for manual workers – and stricter migration policies.
Denmark has some of the strictest asylum legislation in Europe. The country grants only temporary asylum to refugees, regardless of their need for protection. It has tightened laws on family reunion, and introduced policies focused on prioritising deportation, rather than integration.
Frederiksen has justified such policies by pitting the challenges of immigration against…
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By Emily Wilkinson, Principal Research Fellow, ODI Global
Kira-Lee Gmeiner, Political Science PhD Candidate, Monash University
Few diplomatic organisations punch above their weight quite like the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis). With no fixed budget, no permanent secretariat and no formal charter, it has still managed to shape some of the most important climate agreements of the past few decades – including the 1.5°C target that underpins the Paris agreement.
Founded in 1990, Aosis represents 39 small island and low-lying coastal states. Its members are among…
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By Peter Lee, Professor of Applied Ethics and Director, Security and Risk Research, University of Portsmouth
Ishmael Bhila, Lecturer and Research Associate, Media Sociology, University of Paderborn
Jens Hälterlein, Research Associate, Media Sociology, University of Paderborn
Violations of national airspace by drones are on the rise in Europe. When European leaders discussed these events at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2025, they responded by announcing plans for a defensive “drone wall”.
So what is a drone wall? Put simply, it is a network of sensors, electronic warfare equipment and weapons. This “multi-layered” defensive wall is intended to detect, track and neutralise incursions…
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By Matthew Pound, Associate Professor in Physical Geography, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Sadaat Yawar, Assistant Professor, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Shanfeng Hu, Assistant Professor, Computer and Information Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Almost half of honey imports to Europe have been flagged as suspicious. From sugar syrups to fake origins, honey fraud is big business.
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