By Adam Simpson, Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia
USAID accounted for a third of Myanmar’s foreign aid last year. Now, this funding is gone as the country grapples with a devastating earthquake.
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By Janine Mendes-Franco
Two of the three Appeal Court judges found that the outdated "buggery" law must remain on the statute books on the grounds that it is a “saved law.”
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By Nicole Moore, Professor of English, UNSW Sydney
A new age-gap ‘romance’ has created an uproar: its hero first noticed the heroine when she was three. An expert on literary censorship unpacks the scandal.
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By Aileen Editha, PhD Candidate in Law, Queen's University, Ontario
The possibility of new ownership over 23andMe has some customers concerned about how their sensitive genetic information will be handled in the future.
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By Monica Wang, Associate Professor of Public Health, Boston University
People who most frequently encounter everyday discrimination – those subtle snubs and slights of everyday life – are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression.
What’s more, that finding remains true no matter the person’s race, gender, age, education, income, weight, language, immigration status or where they live.
These are the key takeaways from our recent study, published in JAMA Network Open.
Everyday discrimination refers to the routine ways people…
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By Alison Anderson, Professor of Sociology, University of Plymouth
The recent announcement that young people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will have the opportunity to take a new GCSE in natural history from September 2025, driven by a campaign led by naturalist Mary Colwell, is welcome news.
The new qualification will include practical skills to pursue a career in the natural world, including observation, monitoring, recording and analysis. It will also include immersion in outdoor activities, and has support from…
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By Scott Jones, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham
Escapism through watching this kind of bleak content could be about a search for hope and rediscovering the coordinates for our existence.
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By George Ferns, Senior Lecturer in Business and Society, University of Bath
The climate activist group Just Stop Oil (JSO) has announced the end of its campaign of direct action. Many will read the group’s legacy through the lens of public hostility: the frustration caused, the angry headlines, the outrage at its tactics. Not only have JSO activists been spat at, physically assaulted and run over by angry car drivers, but 15 members are also currently serving jail sentences following
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By David Hastings Dunn, Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham
Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
The recently appointed US director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, and other top intelligence officials appeared before the Senate intelligence committee to discuss the US intelligence services’ annual threat assessment (ATA).
Most of the committee’s time and attention was focused on the revelation by the editor of the Atlantic magazine…
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By Michael Richardson, Professor of Animal Development, Leiden University
Meiru Wang, Postdoctoral Researcher at Leiden University, Associate Scientist II at Stowers Institute, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology and Nanotoxicology, Leiden University
We are riddled with microplastics. It is in our bloodstream, in our lungs, in our liver – pretty much anywhere you look in the human body, you will find minuscule bits of plastic.
And there are many ways for us to ingest, inhale or otherwise absorb these tiny fragments. For example, a single plastic teabag sheds over 10 billion microplastic particles into a cup of tea.
And if you redecorate your home and sand down the old paintwork, the plastic binders in the paint can release…
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