Climate change is affecting your food – and not in your favour
Sterre ter Haar, Leiden University Scientists thought they had finally stumbled upon a possibly positive side effect of climate change. While rising CO₂ levels have been linked to various effects,…
A brief history of mulled wine – from health tonic to festive treat
Sara Read, Loughborough University When frost sparkles in the morning and our breath is visible as we venture outside, thoughts turn to winter warming treats like mulled wine – a…
Gaza’s once-growing economy is nearing total collapse
Dalia Alazzeh, University of the West of Scotland and Shahzad Uddin, University of Essex Gaza is going through one of the most severe economic collapses the world has seen in…
Iran’s record drought and cheap fuel have sparked an air pollution crisis – but the real causes run much deeper
Sanam Mahoozi, City St George’s, University of London; Nima Shokri, United Nations University, and Salome M. S. Shokri-Kuehni, United Nations University; Technical University of Hamburg Air pollution is the latest…
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Renaud Foucart, Lancaster University The UK government makes a lot of money from cars. It taxes car ownership, it taxes the fuel, and it is about to charge drivers of…
Good sleep starts in the gut
Manal Mohammed, University of Westminster You might think good sleep happens in your brain, but restorative sleep actually begins much lower in the body: in the gut. The community of…
The Nuremberg Trials at 80 – could such a reckoning ever happen again?
Jan Lanicek, UNSW Sydney This month, cinemas worldwide will release Nuremberg, a courtroom drama directed by James Vanderbilt. The film focuses on the International Military Tribunal against 24 major Nazi…
Van Gogh and the Roulins: a family reunion of the artist’s greatest portraits
Frances Fowle, University of Edinburgh The Van Gogh Museum’s new exhibition, Van Gogh and the Roulins – Together Again at Last, celebrates an important family reunion. It brings together 14…
Ibuprofen: how an everyday drug might offer protection against cancer
Dipa Kamdar, Kingston University; Ahmed Elbediwy, Kingston University, and Nadine Wehida, Kingston University Ibuprofen is a household name – the go-to remedy for everything from headaches to period pain. But…