Turbulence on flights isn’t most people’s idea of fun. Drinks start wobbling, hearts start racing and even rational minds start to wonder whether the aircraft can cope. But for the many…Read More >
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US regulators continue crypto crackdown – but here’s why the latest charges are different
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued the cryptocurrency platform Coinbase shortly after launching a lawsuit against the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. This isn’t the first time Binance…Read More >
How can repetitions be used by teachers to facilitate second language vocabulary learning through listening?
Vocabulary knowledge has been proved to be fundamental for the improvement of all four aspects of second language learning (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). Therefore, research into vocabulary learning and…Read More >
Understanding types of compost and soil carbon quality – and why this matters for climate change mitigation
Carbon in organic matter (decaying plant and animal remains) in the soil is a globally-significant carbon store. The world’s soils hold three times more carbon than the world’s plants, amounting…Read More >
How do we talk about our beliefs? Investigating the term ‘justify’ using corpus analysis
Philosophy often starts from claims so obvious that you wouldn’t think to state them. An example: it is a crucial part of our lives that we hold beliefs about the…Read More >
The effects of air pollution on pollinators
Declines in pollinator abundance and diversity over the last century are currently considered to have been the result of a range of interacting stressors, such as agricultural intensification and climate…Read More >
Selecting my top children’s books for the BBC ‘One Hundred Top Children’s Books’ list
BBC Culture emailed me in early March 2023 to ask me to participate in a poll they were holding among experts on children’s literature worldwide in order to compose a…Read More >
Drought recedes in Britain after a wet spring – but much of Europe is parched
Be careful what you wish for. Britain’s seesaw rainfall patterns that began last winter have continued, with an on-off pattern of dry and then wet months for many areas. In the south…Read More >
Voter ID: most people are terrible at matching faces to photos, making polling checks unreliable
On Thursday May 4, for the first time, members of the public voting in local council elections in England were required to bring photo ID to their polling station. Initial reports suggested…Read More >
