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One in ten patient safety incidents in hospitals due to poor communication – new study

Hospital miscommunication is a leading cause of preventable harm, a new review finds.

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Jeremy Howick

People trust legal advice generated by ChatGPT more than a lawyer – new study

It’s hard for ordinary people to distinguish good advice from decisively-voiced bad advice.

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Eike Schneiders

The ski-jumping cheating scandal: how suits were illegally altered for unfair advantage

In this age of artificial intelligence, data tampering and genetic manipulation, it seems that the nature of fraud and deception in competitive...

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Bryce Dyer

Popcorn lung: how vaping can scar your lungs for life

A US teenager was recently reported to have developed the oddly named medical condition “popcorn lung” after vaping in secret for three years....

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Donal O&39Shea

What will the UK Supreme Court gender ruling mean in practice? A legal expert explains

The Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers will mean changes in how trans people in the UK access services and...

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Alexander Maine

How Project 2025 became the blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term

Throughout the 2024 presidential election campaign, Donald Trump denied claims he intended to shape his second administration’s policies around...

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Dafydd Townley

The UK’s social security system falls way below international human rights standards: new report

The right to social security is enshrined in several international agreements on human rights. But the UK’s system – even before the disability...

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Koldo Casla

Far-right AfD tops German poll for first time – just weeks after Friedrich Merz’s election win

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has topped a national poll for the first time, prompting the popular Bild newspaper to carry the...

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Ed Turner

Endometriosis: our research shows changing your diet may reduce pain symptoms

Endometriosis affects nearly 200 million people worldwide. This chronic condition is characterised by tissue resembling the lining of the womb...

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Philippa Saunders

India and Pakistan tension escalates with suspension of historic water treaty

India has taken the highly significant step of suspending the 1960 Indus waters treaty, which governs water sharing with Pakistan, as part of its...

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Daniel Haines

Trump can’t decide who to blame for a failing peace deal that would only lead to further conflict

After a second consecutive night of deadly Russian air attacks – against the capital Kyiv on April 23 and the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad...

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Stefan Wolff

MRP poll puts Reform ahead of Labour and the Tories – here’s why the finding should be treated with caution

Thinktank More in Common recently published an MRP (multi-level regression with post-stratification) poll which appears to show that if there was a...

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Paul Whiteley

Warfare is Band of Brothers for the ‘war on terror’ generation

Back in 1998, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan was widely acclaimed for the bloody realism of its opening scenes. In Warfare, co-directors...

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Sam Edwards

Leading by example: how the rich and powerful can inspire more climate action

In a survey covering the UK, China, Sweden and Brazil, a majority of people agreed that we need to drastically change the way we live and how...

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Sam Hampton

Trump’s tariffs: poor workers in countries like Cambodia will be among the biggest losers

Politicians and economists have been pretty vocal in their response to the ongoing saga of Donald Trump’s tariffs. But much less has been heard...

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Sabina Lawreniuk

Tove Jansson’s Moomin books explore the power of adventure and transformation

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the first Moomin tale, The Moomins and the Great Flood. In the book, Moomintroll and his friends embark on...

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Sue Walsh

Jordan joins regional push to sideline Islamist opposition

The Jordanian authorities have banned the Muslim Brotherhood, the largest opposition movement in the kingdom, in a major new crackdown. On...

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Rory Mccarthy

How human connections shaped the spread of farming among ancient communities

If you’ve ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact between different...

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Javier Rivas

Why you don’t need to stress about cortisol ruining your waistline – or your face

If you’ve been unfortunate enough to scroll through TikTok lately, the algorithm may have convinced you that cortisol, your body’s main stress...

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Craig Doig

Why the energy transition won’t be green until mine waste disasters are prevented

On February 18, contamination in the Kafue river, Zambia, led to a mass death of fish. Its water turned a deathly grey and adjacent farmland was...

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Eva Marquis

Why sitting down – and getting back up – might be the most important health test you do today

If you or someone you love finds it difficult to stand up from the toilet without using your hands, it might seem like a small issue. But in health...

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Catherine Norton

Pope Francis: ‘ethical helmsman’ whose feel for international relations steered church in turbulent times

I met Pope Francis in 2016. It was part of a symposium of the former Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People (now recast by Francis as...

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Sara Silvestri

What we’ve learnt about lone-actor terrorism over the years could help us prevent future attacks

Politically motivated attacks, carried out by lone individuals lacking direct affiliation with any terrorist group, have become more common in...

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Diego Muro

Fake cures and vaccine passports for sale: the conspiracy communities in Brazil monetising the anti-vax movement – podcast

Editor’s note: The Conversation learned after publishing this podcast that one of the interviewees, Igor Sacramento, passed away in late April. He...

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Gemma Ware

Runner’s gut: why some marathon runners find themselves sprinting to the toilet instead of the finish line

Running a marathon is no small feat. Athletes can expect to cover between 50-60,000 steps, burn over 3,000 calories and expel multiple litres of...

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Dan Baumgardt

Pope Francis’s death reveals a hidden truth about public grief

When a significant international public figure like Pope Francis dies, the world seems to pause. Tributes pour in, flags lower, candles flicker in...

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Tony Milligan

Loss of empathy is a key problem in people with frontotemporal dementia – our research shows what’s happening in the brain

Frontotemporal dementia has gained significant attention in recent years after the family of actor Bruce Willis announced in 2023 that he had been...

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Alexander F Santillo

How Pope Francis became a climate change influencer

“The Earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.” These aren’t the words of a radical sociologist or rogue...

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Will De Freitas

Ukraine’s path to peace appears to be rapidly disappearing

It’s getting hard to figure out who all the US-sponsored talks over ending the conflict in Ukraine are supposed to benefit. Listening to Donald...

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Jonathan Este

Do Americans support Trump’s attitudes to Ukraine and Russia? Here’s what recent data shows

Donald Trump has threatened to walk away from the Ukraine peace talks if there is no progress soon. The implicit threat here is that the US will no...

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Paul Whiteley

Dying for Sex: Disney’s ‘rollercoaster of emotions’ TV show reviewed by a sex and relationship therapist

Warning: contains minor spoilers for Dying for Sex. When Molly (Michelle Williams) learns that her breast cancer has returned and time is now...

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Chantal Gautier

Mohammed Sami emerges as favourite in predictable Turner prize 2025 shortlist

The Turner prize is the world’s most prestigious award for contemporary art. Named after the renowned British painter J.M.W. Turner, the prize used...

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Martin Lang

What is the Resistance Front? An expert explains the terror group that carried out the latest Kashmir attack?

India is in mourning after 26 tourists were killed on April 22 in a resort in picturesque Pahalgam. The massacre is considered to be the deadliest...

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M. Sudhir Selvaraj

Kashmir attacks: Kashmiris trapped between tourism and terrorism as an insecure nation looks to Modi for accountability

The horrific targeted attack by militants in Kashmir on April 22, which killed at least 25 Indian tourists and one Nepalese national and injured...

24.04.2025 2

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Nitasha Kaul

Belgium’s euthanasia trends dispute ‘slippery slope’ argument – new study

Euthanasia has been legal in Belgium since mid-2002, and in the past two decades, the number of reported cases has risen sharply. In 2003, only 236...

24.04.2025 2

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Jacques Wels

WH Smith once shaped the travel experience – and now it’s returning to its roots

After 124 years as a familiar fixture to generations of customers, there will no longer be a place for WH Smith on UK high streets. Modella Capital...

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Marrisa Joseph

Jeffing: how this run-walk method could help you train for a marathon

Even if you’re a runner, you may not have heard the term “Jeffing” before. It’s a method of alternating between running and walking and it’s...

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James Thie

How growing and foraging food can become a common part of cities

The early morning light spills over the raised beds of a thriving community garden in Harlem, New York. It’s a Saturday, and people of all ages...

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May East

Wishcycling: how ‘eco-friendly ’ labels confuse shoppers and make recycling less effective

Have you ever thrown something in the recycling bin, hoping it’s recyclable? Maybe a toothpaste tube, bubble wrap or plastic toy labelled “eco-...

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Anastasia Vayona

Hyper-individualistic and focused on worth, the manosphere is a product of neoliberalism

Netflix’s hit drama, Adolescence, has reignited debates about the impact of the manosphere and violence against women. Many of the responses focus...

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Sophie Lively

Dementia care: are terms of endearment like ‘sweetheart’ comforting or condescending?

In the emotionally complex world of dementia care, communication is more than just what we say – it’s how we say it. Terms of endearment like...

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Lauren Bridgstock

What 2,000 years of Chinese history reveals about today’s AI-driven technology panic – and the future of inequality

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China’s sun-scorched plains: “Heaven has gone blind!” Thousands of starving...

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Peng Zhou

‘Energy security’ is being used to justify more fossil fuels – but this will only make us less secure

The UK government is about to host a summit with the International Energy Agency (IEA) on the future of energy security. It does so as the world...

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Freddie Daley

New survey shows the extent of class privilege in UK journalism

UK journalism has a class problem. This statement will not surprise most people familiar with UK newsrooms. What is astonishing, though, is the...

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Imke Henkel

Young UK journalists lean towards activist roles, away from objectivity – new survey

The role of journalists has been changing for some time now. Due to the rise of social media, journalists no longer hold the monopoly on informing...

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Imke Henkel

Celebrity Traitors: my research shows voting behaviour could help identify faithfuls

With the lineup of the upcoming celebrity series of The Traitors recently leaked online, people are once again debating the best strategies that...

23.04.2025 1

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Robin Kramer

Developments in AI need to be properly regulated as the world scrambles for advantage

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often hailed as the defining technology of the 21st century, shaping everything from economic growth to national...

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Nisreen Ameen

Brown rice contains more arsenic than white rice – but here’s why you shouldn’t worry

Brown rice contains more arsenic than white rice, according to a recent study from the US. Understandably, that might sound alarming. After all,...

23.04.2025 2

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Iain Brownlee

Young UK journalists learn towards activist roles, away from objectivity – new survey

The role of journalists has been changing for some time now. Due to the rise of social media, journalists no longer hold the monopoly on informing...

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Imke Henkel

Harvard is suing the White House: here’s what Trump hopes to achieve by targeting universities

A few days ago, in a move that attracted international attention, the White House threatened to strip Harvard University of US$2 billion (£1.5...

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Thomas Gift