By Zoe Harris, Senior Lecturer, Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey
Vertical farming - growing plants without soil in huge controlled environments - has huge potential to support traditional agriculture but won’t ever replace it.
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By Marion Gibson, Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures, University of Exeter
“Out, damned spot,” Lady Macbeth famously says as she wrings her hands, attempting to remove a bloodstain her guilt-ridden mind has conjured. Her hands are clean in reality, but her conscience is not. Ambition and cunning drove her to influence her husband, Macbeth, to murder their king – and now that it is done, the crime haunts her.
Lady Macbeth is one of Shakespeare’s most well-known and powerful female characters. She is often seen as a smart, ruthless figure, but one who miscalculates what she can get away with. In her new book Queen Macbeth, Val McDermid takes on this formidable…
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By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
From skin to hair, scabs and even tears, the external appearance of the body can offer clues about the state of your health.
But there’s another part of the anatomy that’s often overlooked: the feet.
Feet…
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By Mark Lorch, Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
In our modern society, we rarely consider books to be dangerous items. However, certain books contain elements so hazardous that they require scrutiny before being placed on the shelves of public libraries, bookstores or even private homes.
The Poisonous Book Project, a collaborative research project between Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library and the University of Delaware, is dedicated to cataloguing such books. Their concern is not with the content written on the pages, but with the physical components of the…
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By Olumba E. Ezenwa, Doctoral Research Fellow, Conflict, Violence, & Terrorism Research Centre, Royal Holloway University of London
John Sunday Ojo, Doctoral Researcher at the School of Area Studies, History, Politics, and Literature, University of Portsmouth
Armed troops in Niger overthrew the government in July 2023, seizing power for themselves. The following months were rife with speculation that the military government would align with Moscow and possibly form ties with the Russian military or its associates.
This has now become a reality, to the detriment of western interests in…
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By Tom Stacey, Senior Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Anglia Ruskin University
China’s automotive industry has revolutionised over the past decade, from producing basic western clones to making cars that equal the world’s best. As the manufacturing powerhouse of the world, China is also producing them in huge volumes.
However, Chinese cars are facing difficulties in finding buyers in Europe. Imported…
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By Matilde Rosina, Assistant Professor in Global Challenges, Brunel University London
Tensions are rising between the UK and Ireland, as asylum seekers cross into Ireland from Northern Ireland, reportedly fearing that if they remain in the UK, they will be sent to Rwanda.
Rishi Sunak has claimed that this shows the Rwanda plan is working as a deterrent. For over two years, the government has insisted that the policy to remove asylum seekers to the…
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By Dilshad Muhammad, ALMA Fellow at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute (ABI), University of Freiburg
Refugees play a key role in Turkish politics. Last month’s electoral shock raises the question of how – or whether – elections can change the situation for displaced people.
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By Sebastian Irazuzta, PhD candidate, Biology, McMaster University
Noah Stegman, PhD Student, Earth & Environmental Science, McMaster University
Susan A. Dudley, Professor, Biology, McMaster University
Wild bees face risks from domesticated bees, habitat loss, and climate change. Supporting bee diversity in Ontario is an important component of promoting a healthy environment.
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By Amnesty International
The Iraqi authorities’ passing of a law that penalizes same-sex relations with up to 15 years in prison is yet another blow to the LGBTI community in the country, said Amnesty International today. Responding to the news the organization’s Iraq Researcher Razaw Salihy said: “LGBTI individuals in Iraq endure relentless intimidation and violence at the […] The post Iraq: Authorities must urgently repeal new law criminalizing same-sex relations appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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