Fibre may help protect your gut from overgrowth of harmful bugs – new study
Alexandre Almeida, University of Cambridge Our body isn’t just human — it’s home to trillions of microorganisms found in or on us. In fact, there are more microbes in our…
EU MiCAR Compliance: Key Considerations for Crypto-Asset Service Providers
By Iacovos Kouppas, Partner, I.K.Kouppas & Co LLC With the implementation of MiCAR in the EU upon us, it is crucial for market participants and authorities to understand its implications…
UK borrowing costs have hit their highest level since the banking crisis. An economist explains what’s happening
If the Bank of England slows the pace of interest rate cuts the cost of borrowing will stay higher for longer. Nigel J. Harris/Shutterstock Linda Yueh, University of Oxford UK…
Islamic State: despite the fall of its caliphate, the group is still influencing terrorism
Busra Nisa Sarac, University of Portsmouth At 3:15am on New Year’s Day, a 42-year-old US citizen and army veteran from Texas called Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove a rented pickup truck into…
What Meta’s move to community moderation could mean for misinformation
Denitsa Dineva, Cardiff University Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other services has announced it will discontinue its third-party factchecking programmes, starting in the US. Journalists and…
Syria: how the fall of Assad has affected the asylum debate in Europe
Morgiane Noel, Trinity College Dublin After the fall of Bashar al-Assad and his family’s 50-year dynasty of fear, several European countries announced a suspension of asylum application procedures. Germany, France…
German FM: “New political beginning” between Europe and Syria
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot are currently visiting Syria. This is the first visit by EU foreign ministers to the country since the coalition…
Seven advances in technology that we’re likely to see in 2025
Head mounted devices are making “mixed reality” technology more accessible. Ivan Baranov / Shutterstock Lewis Endlar, Keele University In the grand scheme of things, 45 years is not a long…
Assisted dying: how to understand the increasingly angry debate between MPs over this controversial bill
Wes Streeting is vocally opposed to the bill. Flickr/UK Parliament, CC BY-NC-SA Daniel Gover, Queen Mary University of London One of the most talked-about and contentious pieces of legislation in…
Researchers claim Tutankhamun’s burial mask may have originally been made for a woman – but there is reason to doubt
Tutankhamun’s gold burial mask. Roland Unger, CC BY-SA Claire Isabella Gilmour, University of Bristol Since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt over 100…