Energy price cap: a targeted 'social tariff' must be part of a much wider set of reforms

No more tweaks: let’s replace the energy price cap with something more radical.

Karen Turner, Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde • conversation
Aug. 25, 2023 ~7 min

Adopting Mediterranean lifestyle lowers risk of cancer mortality by 28%

In a study of adults in the U.K., those who adhered closely to a Mediterranean lifestyle had a 29% lower risk of all-cause mortality and a 28% lower risk of cancer mortality.

Maya Brownstein • harvard
Aug. 16, 2023 ~4 min


Don't just wait for the water firms – three things we can do right now to clean up Britain's rivers

Less concrete, more wetlands, fewer wet wipes.

Christian Dunn, Reader in Natural Sciences, Bangor University • conversation
Aug. 11, 2023 ~6 min

Net zero: direct costs of climate policies aren't a major barrier to public support, research reveals

Reneging on climate commitments indicates the UK government’s misreading of public attitudes.

Steve Westlake, Research Associate, Climate Leadership, Cardiff University • conversation
Aug. 3, 2023 ~8 min

All the evidence against the UK’s plans to expand oil and gas drilling

What do Rishi Sunak’s 100 new drilling licences mean for the UK’s net zero target?

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
Aug. 2, 2023 ~8 min

We asked the British public what they really think about net zero – here's what we found

Research found people were not confident about the government’s leadership in meeting net zero.

Jacob Ainscough, Senior Research Associate in Environmental Governance, Lancaster University • conversation
Aug. 2, 2023 ~7 min

Britain's next election could be a climate change culture war

An argument over London’s ultra low emissions zone threatens to engulf UK politics.

Ed Atkins, Senior Lecturer, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol • conversation
July 26, 2023 ~8 min

Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution – my research reveals all the biodiversity we've lost

I have spent five years tracking down more than 10,000 accounts of wildlife by naturalists, travellers, historians and even poets, all written between 1529 and 1772

Lee Raye, Associate Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, The Open University • conversation
July 17, 2023 ~34 min


Children have a skewed view of the natural world – but it doesn't have to be that way

Their drawings did not reflect the make up of the natural world.

Kate Howlett, PhD candidate in Zoology, University of Cambridge • conversation
July 13, 2023 ~6 min

Researchers can learn a lot with your genetic information, even when you skip survey questions – yesterday's mode of informed consent doesn't quite fit today's biobank studies

Biobanks collect and store large amounts of data that researchers use to conduct a wide range of studies. Making sure participants understand what they’re getting into can help build trust in science.

Robbee Wedow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Data Science, Purdue University • conversation
June 29, 2023 ~7 min

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