By Yaël Nazé, Astronome FNRS à l'Institut d'astrophysique et de géophysique, Université de Liège
What’s the most impressive natural phenomenon known to humankind? Probably a solar eclipse! Here’s a brief overview ahead of this summer’s big celestial event.
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By Maria Diaz-Macias, PhD Researcher at the Center for Leadership in the Future of Work (University of Zurich), University of Zurich
Francisco Diaz Bretones, Professor of Occupational Psychology. Dean of the Faculty of Labour Relations and Human Resources, Universidad de Granada
The long-awaited, well-deserved holiday season has finally arrived for millions of employees. However, after months of non-stop work, truly unplugging can become incredibly difficult. Modern workplaces demand a state of constant mental availability. Driven by rapid technological advances, we find ourselves endlessly tied to work through group chats, social media, and e-mails, making total disconnection a challenge. This technological complexity is also associated with greater emotional exhaustion at work and in our…
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By Jeffrey Derevensky, Professor & Chair, Educational & Counselling Psychology, McGill University
Wealthsimple is launching a CIRO-approved prediction markets app soon. The evidence suggests most traders lose money, and the products look a lot like gambling.
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By Katarzyna Kosmala, Chair in Culture Media and Visual Arts, University of the West of Scotland
This summer, as Edinburgh comes alive with the Festival, one of the most significant figures in contemporary photography comes to Scotland for the first time.
Curated in collaboration with the artist, Catherine Opie: To Be Seen at the Royal Scottish Academy features nearly 80 works spanning more than three decades of her pioneering photography.
Across seven rooms the works appear alongside a selection of portraits from Scotland’s national collection that ask questions about…
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By Ben Partridge, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University
Peter Parker has lost all of his support network in this new film – but navigating his grief proves transformative.
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By Colin McInnes, James Watt Chair, Professor of Engineering Science, University of Glasgow
The recent confirmation of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet called LHS 1140b has created a wave of interest within the astronomy community. The planet orbits within the habitable zone around its parent star – a red dwarf located some 48 light years from Earth.
The habitable zone is the region around the star where temperatures are just right for water to remain liquid at a planet’s surface. Astronomers detected helium being lost from the upper…
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By Jessica Gallagher, Senior Lecturer, Criminal Justice, Birmingham City University
The UK may have a new prime minister, but the problem of prison overcrowding in England and Wales remains. Andy Burnham recently clarified the details of the Sentencing Act 2026, which aims to release prisoners earlier than usual.
Like other PMs before him, Burnham faces a difficult choice between addressing the overcrowded and chaotic prison environment, and reassuring the rightfully distressed victims and their families.
The prison estate in England and Wales is vastly overcrowded. The most recent…
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By Komal Raj Aryal, Lecturer in Crisis and Disaster Management , Aston University
Calls for a dedicated UK national wildfire service are growing louder. Given the huge recent fires across the country, this is an understandable reaction – people see specialist aircraft used in Spain, Portugal and Greece and want the UK to have something similar.
Sudden climatic stresses are…
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By Matilde Rosina, Assistant Professor in Global Challenges, Brunel University of London
It took one night in Ceuta to end a relatively quiet summer on Europe’s southern border. Over 70,000 people entered the Spanish enclave from Morocco between July 30 and 31, most of them swimming around the heavily guarded border fences.
For comparison, at the peak of the 2015-16 migration crisis, Italy received over 180,000 irregular migrants across an entire year. This was roughly…
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By Grace Carroll, Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast
Around 15 years ago, I created a Facebook page for my cat, Sandi. Friends thought it was weird. Today, social media accounts for cats attract millions of followers, cats travel in backpacks and prams, and surveys consistently show that the overwhelming majority of owners regard…
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