How to design menopause leave policies that really support women in the workplace: Ground Picture/Shutterstock More than 15 million women are in employment in the UK right now, which means menopause is undoubtedly a workplace issue. And while there has been enormous progress made in the UK at workplace level in this area, many women …
Have we really found the first samples from beyond the Solar System? The evidence is not convincing: Frank Romeo/Shutterstock Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard University in the US, has published a press release claiming that some of the 700 or so spherical metallic fragments (spherules) he recovered from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, …
Is Wegovy really a gamechanger for heart health? A consultant cardiologist gives his verdict: The weight-loss jab Wegovy has been hailed as an “absolute game-changer” after a new study showed that it relieved symptoms and improved the quality of life in people with a common form of heart failure. The participants in the trial had …
Hotels and employment aren’t major ‘pull factors’ for refugees – here’s what really draws people to move: The hotels housing asylum seekers have become sites of protest. JMundy/Shutterstock People make decisions about where to live, when to leave and where to move based on several complex factors. Among policymakers and people who study immigration, the …
Do SEO Services Really Work?: Introduction In today’s digital age, where the majority of consumers turn to the internet to find products, services, and information, the importance of search engine optimisation (SEO) cannot be overstated. With countless websites vying for the top spot on search engine results pages, many businesses are left wondering: Do SEO …
Is climate change really a reason not to have children? Here’s four reasons why it’s not that simple: Should we consider having children to be the same as overconsumption? Piyaset/Shutterstock In 2009, statistician Paul Murtaugh and climate scientist Michael Schlax calculated that having just one child in a high-emitting country such as the United States …
Sending UK asylum seekers to Ascension Island is a legal non-starter – if the government really is planning to do it: Shutterstock/Alexander Trybushny As part of attempts to prevent people crossing the English Channel in small boats, the UK government has been briefing the press that it is considering sending arrivals to Ascension Island – …
We asked the British public what they really think about net zero – here’s what we found: The UK was one of the first major economies to commit to net zero emissions by 2050. It founded an independent body to monitor its progress, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), that has been the envy of many …
Actors are really worried about the use of AI by movie studios – they may have a point: Ringo Chiu Film and television actors in the US came out on strike on July 14, causing Hollywood productions to shut down. The action has also had an impact on US films shooting in the UK: director …
AI: why installing ‘robot judges’ in courtrooms is a really bad idea: corgarashu / Shutterstock Science fiction’s visions of the future include many versions of artificial intelligence (AI), but relatively few examples where software replaces human judges. For once, the real world seems to be changing in ways that are not predicted in stories. In …
Ketone drinks: do they really improve sports performance?: The stories of Asterix and his friend Obelix introduced us to a magic potion that comes in a small bottle and doesn’t taste good, but dramatically increases strength and fitness. Sports nutrition scientists have been trying to find or develop a compound with such characteristics for a …
5 Movies that really show off the capabilities of Dolby Atmos sound: A fully immersive, memorable cinematic experience is incomplete without high-quality sound. Whether it’s catching all the finer details of a film’s soundscape or losing yourself in the splendour of a perfectly curated film score, great sound takes a movie from good to unforgettable. …
Can you really ‘address’ annoying eye floaters with a supplement?: triocean/Shutterstock If you look up at the sky on a clear day, you might notice little cobweb-like structures drifting across your field of vision. They are known as floaters or, more formally, muscae volitantes – Latin for flying flies. Like regular flies, muscae volitantes are …
Do these seven things really stop mosquitoes biting you?: Pheelings media/Shutterstock There’s one animal that ruins summer evenings: the mosquito. While mosquitoes don’t carry any diseases in the UK, their itchy bites are far from fun. Everyone has a friend who gets covered in mosquito bites and a friend who doesn’t get a single one. …
What if China really did develop COVID as a bioweapon? Here are the issues involved: China is facing renewed allegations that the COVID-19 outbreak was caused by a leak from one of their laboratories – and that this research is connected to biowarfare. It is a question asked pretty much since the pandemic was identified: …
Keir Starmer hasn’t really called time on North Sea oil and gas – here’s why: Keir Starmer recently announced that the UK will grant no new licenses for oil and gas firms to drill in the North Sea if Labour wins the next election. It’s a decision that would terminate the UK’s 60-year policy of …
Voices of Preston’s Windrush generation – when I first arrived, I said: ‘Really? I thought there were no slums in this place!’: From the earliest arrivals of what would become Preston’s “Windrush generation”, the status of the Caribbean diaspora was hotly contested in this post-industrial Lancashire town, as elsewhere. Discrimination and prejudice dogged the daily …
MRI scans and AI technology really could read what we’re thinking. The implications are terrifying: MRI scans use strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce detailed images of the brain. Gorodenkoff / Shutterstock For the first time, researchers have managed to use GPT1, precursor to the AI chatbot ChatGPT, to translate MRI imagery into …