Invasion of the strange sailor jellyfish – what are they, and will they sting...
By Cathy Lucas, University of Southampton
Billions of small, jellyfish-like creatures known as “by-the-wind sailors” have washed ashore all along the west coast of North...
Explainer: what is oracy and why should every child be taught it?
By Neil Mercer, University of Cambridge; Ayesha Ahmed, University of Cambridge, and Paul Warwick, University of Cambridge
A recent report confirms that the alumni of...
What do world university rankings actually mean?
By Steven C. Ward, Western Connecticut State University
From the “best beaches” to the “best slice of pizza” to the best hospital to have cardiac...
‘I didn’t know who I was anymore’ – myths vs realities of early parenthood
By Kate Johnston-Ataata, Monash University and Renata Kokanovic, Monash University
Becoming a parent is commonly imagined to be a joyful and “natural” life event. The...
What American wolves can teach us about Australian dingoes
By Thomas Newsome, University of Sydney and William Ripple, Oregon State University
We know that introduced predators such as foxes and cats are one of...
Awkward pauses in online calls make us see people differently
By Katrin Schoenenberg, Technical University of Berlin
We all know the feeling, you’re chatting with your friend or even your boss over the internet and...
Handwriting’s relevance in a digital world
By Anthony Cahalan, Swinburne University of Technology
The making of graphic marks in the form of letters was one of the first activities of early...
After the crash, who owns the British university in 2014?
By David Watson, University of Oxford
By international standards, British universities have extraordinarily high levels of autonomy. They control all of their assets, they employ...
