By Matthew Ades, Assistant Professor. Department of Medicine. McGill University, McGill University
Anthony Sandre, Assistant Professor, McMaster University
Sonia S Anand, Associate Vice-President Global Health, McMaster University
Leg pain can be a symptom of peripheral artery disease, a condition that is part of the same disease process that causes heart attacks and many strokes.
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By Alessia Noccaro, Lecturer in Robotics and Mechatronics, Newcastle University
Scientists are creating additional robotic arms, legs and thumbs to push the boundaries of what can be achieved by the human body.
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By Tom Birkett, Professor of Old English and Old Norse, University College Cork
Felix Lummer, Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork
Timothy Liam Waters, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of English and Digital Humanities, University College Cork
In the wake of the Alternative für Deutschland’s (AfD) electoral success in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, commentators both in Germany and internationally have expressed concern with the party’s extreme right-wing policies. Among these concerns are recent calls from party elites to adopt “remigration” policies.
The AfD has a lot in common with the far…
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By Fraser Cattini, PhD candidate, Avant-Garde Ireland, University of Liverpool
In Happy Days, one of Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s best-known plays, the body of the protagonist Winnie is embedded in a mound of sand or dirt. During the first act, she is buried to above her waist and in the second, she is buried up to her neck.
In the stage directions, Beckett specifies the staging should feature an “expanse of scorched grass rising centre to low mound”, as well as “blazing light”. This is suggestive of a post-human landscape which has been affected by ecological disaster.
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By Dipa Kamdar, Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University
If you’ve spent any time on social media recently, you’ve probably found yourself wondering whether you should be taking a magnesium supplement. There’s no shortage of influencers listing all the benefits that different types of magnesium supplements have – from boosting brain function to helping ease anxiety and improving sleep.
Indeed, magnesium is an essential mineral involved in hundreds of processes in the…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image MS NOW White House Correspondent Akayla Gardner prepares for a television report on a street corner outside the White House grounds in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2026. © 2026 Andrew Thomas/NurPhoto via AP Photo Donald Trump’s tumultuous relationship with US journalists and legacy media reached a new crisis over the past week, as the US President banned three prominent outlets from accessing the White House or being part of the traveling press pool that accompanies the president to his engagements. He also promised further bans on other “Fake News Media Outlets.”…
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By Amnesty International
The Trump administration’s escalating campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC) is reaching far beyond the judges, prosecutors, and human rights groups it has sanctioned, chilling civil society engagement with the Court and undermining victims’ access to justice, Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and 36 other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) said […] The post 38 Global Civil Society Organizations file joint brief in US lawsuit challenging legality of Trump’s ICC sanctions appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Xavier Boniface, Professeur d'histoire contemporaine, Université de Picardie Jules Verne (UPJV)
Young people, the challenges of AI and European affairs are set to head the agenda of the pope’s first official visit to France, from September 25 to 28.
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By Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
The most sustainable smartphone is the one you currently own. An estimated 80% of your phone’s negative impact on the environment happens before the first minute of use – before it is even unboxed.
One smartphone contains more than 70 raw materials and more than 50 metals. Many of these need to be mined…
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By Melissa Avdeeff, Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Stirling
AI performers finding success are not disrupting the conventions of their genres, which may be why audiences have been more willing to accept them.
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