By Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London
Lone Sorensen, Associate Professor of Political Communication, University of Leeds
Parveen Akhtar, Senior Lecturer: Politics, History and International Relations, Aston University
Speaking from the Reform UK party headquarters in Milbank, London, Nigel Farage revealed that he will be stepping down as MP for Clacton – only to stand again for the same seat. Farage referenced allegations about his finances and insisted that he has “done nothing wrong”. Academic experts examine the motivations behind this move.
Self-pity and self-obsession
Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, Queen Mary University of London.
In what must rank as one of the…
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By Henrique B. Braz, Pesquisador Colaborador no Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan
Selma Maria Almeida-Santos, Pesquisadora no Laboratório de Ecologia e Evolução, Instituto Butantan
Serena Najara Migliore, Postdoctoral associate, Instituto Butantan
The Noronha skink arrived on the island millions of years ago from Africa, likely on floating masses of vegetation carried by ocean currents.
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By Sally K Ledwaba, Academic Excellence Coordinator, Tshwane University of Technology
Adrian D. Van Breda, Professor of Social Work, University of Johannesburg
Universities have a role in challenging the status quo on issues such as gender, race, nationality and sexuality. But all too often, they replicate societal inequalities.
For example, a recent study notes that globally, only one-third of senior academics are women. In the US, universities have twice as many male professors as female.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image From left to right: Annalena Baerbock, President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres, and Lok Bahadur Thapa, President of the Economic and Social Council, address the Follow-Up Forum on Financing for Development, in New York, April 20, 2026. © 2026 Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo United Nations member countries took an important step last week to protect the world body from financial ruin.The UN has faced a liquidity crisis for years, mostly due to the United States withholding billions of dollars…
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By Pawan Jain, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Michigan
The higher the stakes and the more specific the questions, the more likely AI will stumble on personal finance advice.
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By Jenny Whilde, Adjunct Research Scientist in Marine Bioscience, University of Florida
Environmental DNA contained in a small sample of water, sand or even air can reveal the presence of people, wildlife and pathogens, helping researchers track where they’ve migrated.
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By Camille Hoffman, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
About 1 in 5 women will experience depression and anxiety during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth. If untreated, a mother who has these conditions has a higher risk of birth complications, overall poorer health, impaired bonding and nurturing of her infant, and a higher risk of death by suicide.
But a new treatment moving through the Food…
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By Jasmine Garland, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Colorado Boulder
A severe winter snow drought has left snowpack levels far below normal across the American West in 2026. Without a slow-melting blanket of snow to keep the soil and forests moist, alpine vegetation is drying into a tinderbox earlier than normal and ramping up the fire risk.
The historic dryness means electric utilities are facing…
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By Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
How will Democrats in Congress deal with the DSA-affiliated candidates likely to join their ranks in the new year? There are lessons from the tea party’s challenge to traditional GOP values.
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By Jonathan S. Goldstein, Adjunct Lecturer of Law, University of Pennsylvania
George A. Mocsary, Professor of Law, University of Wyoming; Institute for Humane Studies
Philadelphia police revoked the carry licenses of five members of the Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, citing ‘good cause.’ Is that constitutional?
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