By Neil Mabbott, Personal Chair of Immunopathology, University of Edinburgh
A nasal spray vaccine that puts your immune system on permanent high alert – and could one day protect against flu, COVID and future pandemics.
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By Sara Brown, Grant Chair of Dermatology, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Illegal skin-lightening creams containing mercury and steroids are appearing on British high streets. Here’s what’s in them and why they’re dangerous.
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By Andrew McInnes, Reader in Romanticisms, Edge Hill University
A review which posed the question – causing a storm in a teacup of Austenian proportions in 1995 – has now been set to music.
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By Dorje C. Brody, Professor of Mathematics, University of Surrey
When deciding whether to invest in environmental projects, it’s important to consider the economic value of any long-term benefits.
Whether climate solutions (such as offshore wind power or solar farms) are recognised as valuable or worthless depends very much on which economic model is used to evaluate it.
If the present value of the benefit (calculated by using a widely accepted financial model…
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By Frances Hand, DPhil Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Morganne Wilbourne, DPhil Candidate, Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford
Assisted births are common, but many first-time mothers say they lack information before labour and struggle to make decisions in the moment.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A Sudanese woman displaced from El-Fasher carries her child as she walks between tents at El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, November 16, 2025. © 2025 Marwan Ali/AP Photo The United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) for the Sudan has released a damning report on atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during their takeover of El Fasher, North Darfur, in late October 2025.It concludes that the RSF, which is fighting Sudan’s military for control of the country, committed war crimes and crimes against humanity…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Trucks carrying humanitarian aid wait in Egypt at the Rafah crossing to enter Gaza on January 27, 2026. © 2026 Ali Moustafa/Getty images (New York) – Israeli authorities plan to bar 37 international nongovernmental organizations from operating in Gaza and the West Bank on March 1, 2026 for refusing to provide the government with lists of their staff and their biodata as part of new registration requirements, Human Rights Watch said today. The organizations say that these requirements violate the humanitarian principles of neutrality and independence.International…
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By Cate Carroll, Professor of Education and Pedagogy and Executive Dean of Faculty of Education and Social Sciences, Liverpool Hope University
Jonathan Glazzard, Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice, University of Hull
Paty Paliokosta, Associate Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, Kingston University
Stephen Gorard, Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
The government has published its proposals for education reform in England, which have been delayed since autumn 2025 and include significant changes to how the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system operates. Further measures are aimed at improving teacher recruitment, student achievement and belonging at school. Our panel of education experts are scrutinising the plans, which have been anxiously anticipated by many teachers and parents.
A fundamental shift in SEND support
Paty Paliokosta, Associate Professor of Special and Inclusive Education,…
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By Fabio G. Santeramo, Associate Professor, Università di Foggia
Policy frameworks shaping farming in the EU and beyond are suffering from funding misalignment and fragmented priorities, resulting in ineffective global climate efforts.
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By John Noone, Assistant Professor & Course Director BSc Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Limerick
While humans lose muscle within weeks of inactivity, brown bears preserve muscle during hibernation, offering clues for maintaining our muscle health.
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