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The Conversation UKby Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University1d ago
What jobs are most associated with deaths from radiation-related cancer? Surprisingly, the answer is cabin crew and pilots – ahead of nuclear technologists, whose work involves handling radioactive...
The Conversation UKby Adrián Carballo Casla, Postdoctoral Researcher in Geriatric Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet1d ago
Going for much of the day without eating is often promoted as a way to improve health or lose weight.
The Conversation UKby Christian Dunn, Professor in Natural Sciences, Bangor University1d ago
Firefighters have been battling a vast wildfire in the hills above Blaenavon in south Wales, spreading across more than 4,000 hectares, for three weeks.
The Conversation UKby Dylan Ryan, Lecturer in Mechanical & Energy Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University1d ago
The recent heatwaves mean that many people in northern Europe are now looking at new ways to cool their homes.
The Conversation UKby Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University1d ago
Could we see Vladimir Putin’s control of Russia seriously challenged – or even destabilised in the coming months? Predicting when authoritarian regimes might fall is notoriously difficult.
The Conversation UKby Peter Urwin, Director, Centre for Employment Research, University of Westminster1d ago
Here’s some advice if you haven’t achieved a grade four or above in maths, English or both on GCSE results day.
The Conversation UKby Mathias Larsen, Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Research institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science2d ago
New prime minister Andy Burnham’s to-do list just keeps growing. In many regards, he has wasted no time in setting out a vision for the government that puts clear distance between himself and his...
The Conversation UKby Paul Willis, Professor of Social Care, Cardiff University2d ago
New BBC sitcom Ann Droid imagines a near future in which robots provide care and companionship to older people at home.
The Conversation UKby Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster2d ago
For most people, a Salmonella infection causes gastroenteritis, an inflammation of the stomach and intestines that can mean several miserable days of diarrhoea, cramps, fever or vomiting.
The Conversation UKby Andrew Noble, Senior Lecturer in Employment Law, Anglia Ruskin University2d ago
Employers in certain sectors will have been concerned to read reports from the UK government that the costs of promised reforms to “zero hours contracts” under the Employment Rights Act 2025 may be...
The Conversation UKby Arun Dawson, PhD Candidate, Department of War Studies, King's College London2d ago
When the UK allowed Ukraine to use British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles against targets inside Russia in late 2024, Moscow predictably accused London of escalating the war and threatened...
The Conversation UKby Claudia Eggart, Associated Researcher, Social Anthropology, Independent Social Research Foundation2d ago
Ukraine’s campaign to target Russia’s e-commerce giant Wildberries has had impacts far beyond the Russian federation.
The Conversation UKby Piotr Cieplak, Professor of Creative Practice and Visual Cultures (Media, Arts and Humanities), University of Sussex2d ago
Stop! That! Train! is a very silly film – in the best possible way. It’s a disaster-action movie parody in the vein of The Naked Gun (1988), Hot Shots! (1991) and Airplane! (1980). In fact, Stop!
The Conversation UKby Paul Ashton, Professor of Botany, Edge Hill University2d ago
While wildfires dominated the headlines this summer, the effects of extreme heat and drought are also visible on a much smaller scale: parched lawns, wilting and browning trees and dry ditches and...
The Conversation UKby Sally Christine Reynolds, Associate Professor in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University2d ago
Take a walk in London’s Trafalgar Square this summer and wilting under the heat will be all sorts of body sizes, some tall, some short: a real mix of sizes.
The Conversation UKby Rosamund Dove, Research Associate, Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London2d ago
When London introduced the ultra low emission zone (Ulez) in 2019, the idea was straightforward: cut the dirtiest vehicle emissions and improve the air people breathe.
The Conversation UKby Catherine Clarke, Professor in the History of People, Place and Community, School of Advanced Study, University of London2d ago
In 1804, William Blake wrote in his poem Jerusalem of England’s “green and pleasant” land. This idealised vision of English pastoral has resonated through two centuries, fusing the character of the...
The Conversation UKby Keith Godfrey, Professor of Epidemiology and Human Development, University of Southampton2d ago
Fewer than one in five women in England now take folic acid before pregnancy. This is down from one in four just five years ago.
The Conversation UKby Saman Sobhani, PhD Candidate in Environmental Economics, Aberystwyth University2d ago
On a warm evening in May, swifts scream over rooftops, chasing insects above the traffic. A fox slips along a garden wall while gulls squabble on a supermarket roof.
The Conversation UKby Jeff Punch, Professor, School of Engineering, University of Limerick2d ago
Water is an amazing substance. The human body is made up of more than 50% water. Approximately 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. We drink it, bathe in it, cook with it, clean with it.
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