feature

Filter:

Is it still a good idea to take aspirin to prevent heart disease? Here’s what the evidence says

Posted on

2 August 2024

You might have heard that taking a daily low-dose aspirin can reduce your risk of developing heart disease. But, unless you have been told to take aspirin by your doctor,...Read More >

How Britain’s new gen Z MPs could shake up the House of Commons

Posted on

31 July 202431 July 2024

There are now ten MPs in the House of Commons who were born after 1995, up from just two before the election. Among them is Sam Carling, MP for North West...Read More >

A four-day week can work – if staff and employers can deal with the challenges

Posted on

29 July 202431 July 2024

It sounds like a dream for many people currently working five days a week: how about just doing four days and having a long weekend? When the weekends feel too...Read More >

What a House of Commons with fewer privately educated MPs could mean for the UK

Posted on

26 July 202431 July 2024

Elected leaders and representatives across democracies tend to be old, wealthy, male and belong to the ethnic majority of their respective countries. This lack of diversity is a problem: it suggests that those who govern are out of...Read More >

LGBTQ+ Travel Tool: What happened next

Posted on

24 July 202423 July 2024

The LGBTQ+ International Travel for Work Policy Development Tool won the Research Impact category at this year’s Research Awards. In this blog, the tool’s creators, Frances Hamilton and Tahlia-Rose Virdee...Read More >

Transforming how NATO does human security

Posted on

22 July 202431 July 2024

Dr Alexander Gilder shares his story of how his PhD and early career research has led to impact and knowledge exchange. In 2016 I embarked on a PhD in Law...Read More >

Reflections on the Digital Humanities Community of Practice’s Inaugural Conference

Posted on

19 July 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bringing significant changes to various fields of knowledge, and the Digital Humanities (DH) are also experiencing this shift. Advanced computational techniques are transforming traditional research methods,...Read More >

Unseen annihilation: Illegal fishing practices and nautical patrol

Posted on

17 July 202423 July 2024

The growth of industrial fishing since the 1950s has led to widespread and critical marine defaunation. Although a host of at-sea and in-port regulations attempt to prevent illegal fishing practices,...Read More >

Now we know why hibernating bears don’t get blood clots

Posted on

16 July 202416 July 2024

“Don’t poke the bear”, they said. But that’s exactly what our team of scientists has been doing, to discover the secrets of blood clotting. Hibernating bears, paralysed humans, and pigs...Read More >

Representing the Effect of Eddy-Wind Interactions in Future Climate Models

Posted on

12 July 202412 July 2024

The global ocean plays an important role in regulating the Earth's climate. Throughout the oceans exist energetic rotating currents, known as ocean eddies. Their diameter ranges from 10 km near...Read More >