There are clear health and environmental benefits to working a four-day week, but robotics, artificial intelligence and investments in less carbon intensive infrastructure would be needed to make it work…Read More >
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Nuclear powers once shared their technology openly – how Iran’s programme fell on the wrong side of history
As Iran steps up its nuclear programme, Professor Joseph O’ Mahoney explores the history and politics of restrictions on the use of atomic technology in a recent post for The…Read More >
Superblocks: Barcelona’s car-free zones could extend lives and boost mental health
Could car-free pockets of streets opened up to cyclists and pedestrians offer a solution to the urban problems of pollution and poor mental and physical health? In a recent post…Read More >
Schools are failing pupils with special needs, despite best efforts of dedicated staff
Many children with special educational needs and disabilities aren’t learning and aren’t happy in school. A new report shows we need better support for these children and the staff who…Read More >
Why don’t local people have a greater say in their neighbourhoods?
Professor Gavin Parker’s research has been exploring the issues involved in neighbourhood planning since the policy was introduced by the government in 2011. In a new post for The Conversation,…Read More >
Why forecasting floods should be a global collaborative effort
Flood forecasting must integrate work on the ground with disaster managers, humanitarians and scientists on a global scale if we are to save more lives and limit destruction from floods,…Read More >
Our brain-computer interfacing technology uses music to make people happy
Music can have a powerful effect on our emotions. Reading cybernetics professor Slawomir Nasuto and colleagues are developing systems that can monitor activity in the brain and use this information…Read More >
Heatwave ‘completely obliterated’ the record for Europe’s hottest ever June
The recent heatwave in Europe was the hottest June the world has ever recorded – and we can expect such events to become more common. We must provide more accurate…Read More >
Mohamed Morsi: death of Egypt’s former president shows deep state was always going to triumph
In a new post for The Conversation, Middle Eastern historian Dr Dina Rezk writes that Morsi’s inhumane treatment and subsequent fate is unexceptional in a regime set on imposing its…Read More >
