How a toxic seaweed choking Caribbean beaches could become a valuable resource

The sargassum problem is just one of many creeping slow onset events that is being exacerbated by climate change.

Emma Tompkins, Professor of Geography, Environment & Development, University of Southampton • conversation
May 15, 2025 • ~7 min

Forget chatbots: research suggests reading can help combat loneliness and boost the brain

People who read report a deeper understanding of others’ experiences and beliefs.

Christelle Langley, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge • conversation
May 14, 2025 • ~7 min

M&S cyberattacks used a little-known but dangerous technique – and anyone could be vulnerable

Sim-swap fraud is becoming increasingly prevalent.

Hossein Abroshan, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Science, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
May 14, 2025 • ~6 min

M&S cyberattacks used a little-known but dangerous technique

Sim-swap fraud is becoming increasingly prevalent.

Paul Rincon, Commissioning Editor, Science, Technology and Business • conversation
May 14, 2025 • ~6 min

MIT Department of Economics to launch James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work

With support from the Stone Foundation, the center will advance cutting-edge research and inform policy.

Department of Economics • mit
May 13, 2025 • ~7 min

Can AI help prevent suicide? How real-time monitoring may be the next big step in mental health care

Suicide is complex. But researchers are finding that AI and real-time monitoring tools could help offer support at exactly the right moment.

Ruth Melia, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology, University of Limerick • conversation
May 13, 2025 • ~6 min

Arctic ice is vanishing – our bold experiment is trying to protect it

Scientists are pumping seawater onto existing ice to make it thicker and more resilient.

Shaun Fitzgerald, Director, Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge • conversation
May 13, 2025 • ~7 min

Where tomorrow’s scientists prefer to live − and where they’d rather not

A survey of graduate students found that California and New York are the most desirable destinations. Over half of survey-takers said they’d be unwilling to move to Alabama, Mississippi or Arkansas.

Taylor Remsburg, Graduate Research Assistant in Sociology, West Virginia University • conversation
May 13, 2025 • ~9 min

For children with a rare form of dementia, music could be a powerful therapy tool

There is currently no cure for Batten disease, which affects around 200 children in the UK.

Rebecca Atkinson, Researcher in Music Therapy, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
May 12, 2025 • ~8 min

The Climate Fiction Prize 2025: the five shortlisted books reviewed by our experts

From a longlist of nine, five novels have been shortlisted for the 2025 Climate Fiction Prize. Our academics review the finalists.

Sam Illingworth, Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University • conversation
May 12, 2025 • ~7 min

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