Not so long ago, in a galaxy not so far away… democracy was in danger. Our current political environment is filled with threats to democracy, from the rise of authoritarian populism around the world...
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Why Researchers Are Turning To Music As A Possible Treatment For...
You probably don’t realise it when you’re listening to your favourite song, but music has an incredibly powerful effect on the human brain. Singing, playing an instrument or listening to music have...
Rittenhouse Verdict Flies In The Face Of Legal Standards For...
In a two-week trial that reignited debate over self-defence laws across the nation, a Wisconsin jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse for shooting three people, two fatally, during a racial justice protest...
Belarus: Whether Or Not Putin Is Behind The Border Crisis, It...
The migrant crisis on Belarus’s western border has escalated rapidly in recent days, forcing Poland and Lithuania to declare a state of emergency and close the borders with their neighbour. With...
The Chickenpox Virus Has A Fascinating Evolutionary History That...
In July 2021, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presentation obtained by the press noted that the delta variant of COVID-19 “is as transmissible as chickenpox.” As some researchers have...
A New Era Of Planetary Exploration: What We Discovered On The...
Seven months after it was launched, the US robotic rover Perseverance successfully landed on Mars on February 18 2021. The landing was part of the mission Mars2020 and was viewed live by millions of...
Corruption: How The UK Compares To Other Countries
Corruption allegations have been flowing freely in the UK of late. To cherry-pick just some, an MP has resigned over his apparent conflicts of interest, a former attorney general has had his external...
France Has Started Withdrawing Its Troops From Mali: What Is It...
France has begun withdrawing its troops from northern Mali as part of plans to reorganise its anti-insurgent forces deployed in the Sahel region under Operation Barkhane. French army bases in Kidal...
South Africa’s Liberation War Veterans Are Angry: Here’s Why
The late 1950s was an era of growing resistance to the apartheid’s state’s application of discriminatory laws in South Africa. The resistance, led by the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan...
Promising COVID Treatments Could Be Growing Under The Sea –...
More than 18 months into the pandemic, we’re still hunting for effective antiviral treatments for COVID – medicines that target the coronavirus itself and stop it from developing in the body. So far...
Xi Jinping Puts His Stamp On Communist Party History, But Is His...
As the Chinese Communist Party’s sixth plenary session wraps up in Beijing, much of the focus outside China has been on two key aspects. The first is the meeting was primarily designed to strengthen...
The Horse Bit And Bridle Kicked Off Ancient Empires – A New...
Starting around 3,000 years ago, a wave of innovation began to sweep through human societies around the globe. For the next millennium the continued emergence of new technologies had a dramatic...
Belarus: Border Crisis With Poland Loses Sight Of The People...
Tensions at the border between Poland and Belarus continue to rise, with thousands of vulnerable migrants stranded in a standoff between the two countries and the geopolitical blocs to which they...
Interest Rates: Why The Era Of Cheap Money Is Finally Ending
The Bank of England was widely expected to slightly increase its official bank rate on November 4, but it decided to stick to the all-time low of 0.1%. However, the bank has made it clear that a rise...
White-Tailed Deer Found To Be Huge Reservoir Of Coronavirus...
New research from the US has shown that white-tailed deer are being infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Antibodies were found in 40% of deer that were tested from...
Child Slavery In West Africa: Understanding Cocoa Farming Is Key...
In 2000 and 2001, the use of child slaves on cocoa farms in West Africa was exposed in a series of documentaries and pieces of investigative journalism, sparking an international outcry. This series...
What Is COP26? Here’s How Global Climate Negotiations Work And...
Over two weeks in November, world leaders and national negotiators will meet in Scotland to discuss what to do about climate change. It’s a complex process that can be hard to make sense of from the...
How Your Genes Influence Whether A Certain Type Of Exercise...
Genetics have a significant influence on many aspects of our life – from our height and eye colour, our weight, and even whether we develop certain health conditions. And now, our recent review has...
What Is Chaos? A Complex Systems Scientist Explains
Chaos evokes images of the dinosaurs running wild in Jurassic Park, or my friend’s toddler ravaging the living room. In a chaotic world, you never know what to expect. Stuff is happening all the...
Sewage Pollution: Our Research Reveals The Scale Of England’s...
The UK has around 1,500 individual river systems, totalling over 200,000km in length. It’s common for sewers here to accept both untreated human waste and rainwater in a combined system. Water and...