By Putu Agus Khorisantono, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Janina Seubert, Principal Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Our latest study showed that taste and smell were both found to activate a region of the brain important for taste, hunger and thirst.
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By Benedict Michael, Professor, Infectious Neuroscience, University of Liverpool
A school-age child has died from a devastating brain complication of measles in Los Angeles, highlighting the deadly consequences of declining vaccination rates.
The child, who was too young to receive the measles vaccine, developed subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) – a progressive and almost always fatal brain condition that strikes years after initial measles infection.
SSPE affects around one in 10,000 people…
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By Matt Barlow, Lecturer International Political Economy, University of Glasgow
In his first real electoral test since sweeping to power in October 2023, the party of Argentina’s right-wing populist president, Javier Milei, has suffered a landslide defeat. The result can be read as an emphatic reminder of the remarkable endurance in Argentina of Peronism – the movement named after former president Juan Perón.
The ideology is grounded in the state taking a leading role in the economy through…
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By Pinky Jain, Head of Teacher Education, Leeds Beckett University
Mixed-age classes can support a greater sense of belonging and community in schools, when children across year groups form friendships.
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By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
American voters often rank inflation as the most important issue facing the US. But something odd has happened to inflationary expectations since Donald Trump became president in January. Americans believe inflation is much higher than it is, and are bracing themselves for further increases.
The difference between real inflation and what the public think it is has diverged by a significant amount – much more so than under former president Joe Biden.
In December…
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By Amnesty International
Côte d’Ivoire’s next president must seize the opportunity of their mandate to prioritize the human rights of everyone in the country, Amnesty International said as it launched a manifesto setting out six key priorities for the next administration. The official list of candidates for the 25 October election was published on 9 September. “Over the […] The post Côte d’Ivoire: Next president must tackle urgent human rights issues appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image In Paksong district of Saravane province, Laos, a clearance technician from Norwegian People’s Aid uses a GPS device to record the coordinates of cluster munition remnants in a rice field where 178 BLU-26 submunitions were found. © 2025 Norwegian People's Aid Countries that are not party to the treaty banning cluster munitions, including Russia and Ukraine, continued to use cluster munitions in 2024 and 2025, and Lithuania became the first country ever to withdraw from the treaty.Although the number of annual casualties from cluster munitions has decreased substantially…
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By Jo Carter
The acceptance of the need for girls to fight against “Nos” in society will likely have an impact on the development of feminism in Japan.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A protester holds a placard reading in Swahili "return (General) Gasita we didn't want!" as others gesture towards a Democratic Republic of Congo Armed Forces soldier during a demonstration in Uvira on September 8, 2025. © 2025 AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – Congolese military forces and a coalition of abusive militias are threatening the security of civilians in Uvira, South Kivu province, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today.The militias known as Wazalendo (“patriots” in Swahili) are allied with the Congolese army and oppose…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image A new report by Human Rights Watch documents attacks by all the warring parties in Yemen on journalists. An attack on a media center in Sanaa, the capital, by Israeli forces on September 10, is one more example of the danger for media workers in Yemen. The attack was one of several that Israeli forces carried out on Sanaa and Al-Jawf that day, which killed at least 35 people, including journalists, and injured dozens more, according to the Houthi’s Ministry of Health.The building housed both the Houthi’s media headquarters and the offices of two newspapers. Mohammed…
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