By Max Bowden, PhD Candidate, impact and influence of the Grateful Dead, University of Essex
Bob Weir, co-founder of the Grateful Dead, has died aged 78. His family announced the death on Instagram on Saturday, telling fans that he “transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could. Unfortunately, he succumbed to underlying lung issues”.
Weir was born in 1947 and grew…
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By Lukas Slothuus, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex
The US is sabre-rattling over Greenland once again. The vast island’s natural resources are back on the agenda, a year after then-US national security advisor Michael Waltz announced: “This is about critical minerals. This is about natural resources.”
Greenland is endowed with both fossil fuels and critical raw materials. It possesses at least 25 of the 34 raw materials considered…
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By Dan Plumley, Principal Lecturer in Sport Finance, Sheffield Hallam University
Leon Davis, Senior Lecturer in Management, University of Chester
At its peak in the 1990s and 2000s, Manchester United was the reference point in professional club football around the globe. It set the commercial agenda, dominated the game domestically and projected power far beyond the pitch. That era now feels distant – not because ambition has faded, but because competence in execution has.
Manchester United’s latest chapter, the sacking of manager Ruben…
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By Eef Hogervorst, Professor of Biological Psychology, Loughborough University
Inside the body, a 24-hour rhythm, known as the circadian rhythm, quietly coordinates when we sleep, wake, eat and recover. This internal timing system helps keep organs and hormones working in sync. When it becomes disrupted, the effects may extend well beyond poor sleep, with growing evidence suggesting consequences for long-term brain health.
A large 2025 study of more than 2,000 people with an average age of 79 found that those with a strong circadian rhythm had an almost halved risk of developing…
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By Sally Kyd, Professor of Law, University of Leicester
Driving is the one activity carried out by three-quarters of adults in England which has a risk of killing or being killed. But society seems to accept the risks associated with car travel.
As transport secretary Heidi Alexander notes, we would never accept four people a day dying in train or plane…
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By Tom Oliver, Professor of Applied Ecology, University of Reading
You just need to step outside at the right time and look in the right places to reconnect with nature at this time of year.
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By Ye Xue, Research Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta
Mark Carney’s trip to China is aimed at breaking the ice between Canada and China after years of a frosty relationship.
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By Emmanuelle Khoury, Associate professor, School of Social Work, Université de Montréal
Aline Bogossian, Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Université de Montréal
Caron Roxane, Professeure en travail social, Université de Montréal
Rola Koubeissy, Professeure adjointe, Département de Psychopédagogie et d’andragogie, Université de Montréal
Many educators and students living through war and displacement carry difficult emotions into classrooms, but they can also transform them into acts of care and resistance. To understand this, we need to understand their emotional states at a granular level.
Since January 2024, we have been collaborating on a project with the dean and professors at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Ibn Sina College in Nablus, Palestine, with support from
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By Skip York, Nonresident Fellow in Energy and Global Oil, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
US oil companies have never stopped investing and operating in Venezuela’s petroleum industry, despite many changes in the terms of their engagement.
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By Narmin Nahidi, Assistant Professor in Finance, University of Exeter
When Hurricane Delta hit Mexico’s Caribbean coast in 2020, insurance payouts were released within days – not to rebuild hotels or roads, but to repair coral reefs.
In the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, reefs are insured and restoration is taken care of by a local trust. After storms, payouts fund rapid restoration so reefs can keep doing their job: breaking up waves so they don’t erode the shore, reducing…
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