Mattel and OpenAI have partnered up – here’s why parents should be concerned about AI in toys

What happens when your child’s toy appears to care for them – but doesn’t really?

Andrew McStay, Professor of Technology & Society, Bangor University • conversation
June 25, 2025 • ~8 min

‘Upcycled’ food is on the rise – here’s what you need to know

Foods saved from the waste heap by verifiable supply chains are said to be upcycled.

Simona Grasso, Assistant Professor & Ad Astra Fellow in Food Science and Nutrition, University College Dublin • conversation
June 25, 2025 • ~6 min

The mystery of Mercury’s missing meteorites – and how we may have finally found some

Meteorites may be the only practical way to study Mercury’s surface directly.

Ben Rider-Stokes, Post Doctoral Researcher in Achondrite Meteorites, The Open University • conversation
June 25, 2025 • ~7 min

Is your cat vocal or quiet? The explanation could be in their genes

Scientists have found a gene that is linked to noisier cats.

Grace Carroll, Lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast • conversation
June 24, 2025 • ~6 min

How restoring river catchments can minimise drought and flood risks

Natural infrastructure can be restored in ways that reduce both flood risk and the effects of drought.

Neil Macdonald, Senior Lecturer in Risk, University of Liverpool • conversation
June 24, 2025 • ~8 min

How to keep your kids from losing knowledge over the summer

Beware of the "summer slide." A childhood education expert offers tips on how to ensure your child is ready for the school year.

Barbara Gutierrez - U. Miami • futurity
June 23, 2025 • ~5 min

Here’s why the public needs to challenge the ‘good AI’ myth pushed by tech companies

Big tech companies often push a positive view of AI.

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, Professor in Global Thought and Comparative Philosophies, Director of Centre for AI Futures, SOAS, University of London • conversation
June 23, 2025 • ~5 min

Embarrassed? Why this feeling might actually be good for you

Embarrassment is a universal, visceral and oddly contagious emotion that has importance socially and psychologically.

Laura Elin Pigott, Senior Lecturer in Neurosciences and Neurorehabilitation, Course Leader in the College of Health and Life Sciences, London South Bank University • conversation
June 23, 2025 • ~7 min

How mice ‘listen’ with their whiskers

Mice don’t just use their whiskers as a sense of touch.

Tommi Anttonen, Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford • conversation
June 20, 2025 • ~7 min

A pink diamond just sold for over US$ 14 million – no wonder, when you look at the mysteries behind their chemistry

The Marie-Thérèse Pink, thought to have belonged to Marie Antoinette, was auctioned by Christie’s in New York.

Elton Santos, Reader in Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics, University of Edinburgh • conversation
June 20, 2025 • ~7 min

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