By Adriana Marin, Lecturer in International Relations, Coventry University
Netflix’s latest drama Legends offers a compelling window into the criminology of undercover policing, covert surveillance and organised crime.
Inspired by a real UK customs investigation, the six-part drama follows ordinary British customs officers sent deep undercover to infiltrate drug trafficking gangs.
Written by Neil Forsyth (also creator…
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By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor in the Department of Government, University of Essex
Pakistan’s relationships with the US and Iran put it in a strong position to intervene – not to mention a need to stabilise its borders and protect its own economy.
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By Sorin M.S. Krammer, Professor of Strategy and International Business, University of Southampton
Until recently, AI’s role in research felt like having a useful assistant. It could summarise a paper, clean up a dataset or draft an abstract. Researchers were still in charge of the thinking.
That changed in late 2025 when cutting-edge “frontier” AI models became capable of reasoning and planning reliably by themselves. A key feature of these models is “tool…
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By Lain Dare, Professor, Centre for Environmental Governance, University of Canberra
Mark Evans, Adjunct professor, Charles Sturt University
Max Halupka, Senior lecturer, University of Canberra
Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
In Australia’s regional heartland, something unusual is happening — and voters know it.
For decades, elections in regional seats such as Farrer have followed a familiar script: predictable outcomes, entrenched party loyalties, and little sense that individual votes could change the result. But with the retirement of Sussan Ley after 25 years in the seat this time is different, and voters and political pundits are all taking notice.
On Wednesday night we brought together eight Farrer voters in a focus group to share a snapshot of community views and insights prior to Saturday’s…
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By Rachel Bouserhal, Associate Professor, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)
Long before the tell-tale signs of Parkinson’s disease appear, including tremors and muscle stiffness, there are other, more subtle signs of the disease.
These include changes in oral pronunciation and language and difficulties breathing or swallowing.
People with Alzheimer’s disease can also experience a reduction in their vocabulary and a tendency to repeat certain words. These…
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By Alan Cummings, Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies, SOAS, University of London
Kokuho is a colourful, lengthy epic, spanning five decades and running almost three hours, set in the world of kabuki – Japan’s most popular traditional performing art. It has been a huge hit in Japan, becoming the country’s highest ever grossing live-action film.
The film’s title translates as “national treasure”. But it does not refer to tangible treasures like Buddhist temples, tea bowls, or imperial calligraphy. Instead, it refers to ningen kokuho – “living national treasures”. It’s the popular term for people recognised by the Japanese…
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By Rebecca Scott, Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy, Cardiff University
Fashion has always done more than keep us warm. It’s also a social language, quietly organising ideas of status, taste and belonging.
What made the first The Devil Wears Prada (2006) so satisfying was watching main character Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) learn, often the hard way, that clothes were never just clothes. At first she could not read what clothes signalled in the room. By the end, she understood their language.
The Devil Wears Prada 2…
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By Flynn McGuire, Resident in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Utah
The internet is awash with claims about injectable peptides for fitness, but there’s almost no human research showing they work or are truly safe.
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By Margena A. Christian, Emeritus professor, University of Illinois Chicago
Few people probably know the female songwriters featured in this article, yet Motown relied heavily upon their contributions to cement its place in music history.
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By Laura Baehr, Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, Drexel University
Only 1 in 4 Americans are meeting the recommended guidelines for exercise. Here are some research-backed ways to keep moving, even when it’s hard.
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