Your energy bills are finally about to go down – here's why

Even if your bill is falling, though, this may bring no sudden relief due to continued high inflation and interest rates.

Karen Turner, Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde • conversation
June 29, 2023 • ~6 min

English dialects make themselves heard in genes

People with a common history – often due to significant geographic or social barriers – often share genetics and language. New research finds that even a dialect can act as a barrier within a group.

Nicole Creanza, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University • conversation
June 28, 2023 • ~9 min

I'm one of the UK's official climate change advisers – our new report says the country is no longer a world leader

This government has taken its foot off the throttle and the world has noticed.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
June 28, 2023 • ~6 min

We have forgotten what a 'natural' river even looks like

In praise of messy rivers.

David Sear, Professor in Physical Geography, University of Southampton • conversation
June 27, 2023 • ~7 min

Why Labour is right to stop future UK oil and gas development

Keir Starmer pledges to end new UK oil and gas exploration – an expert’s take on why this is the right move.

David Waltham, Professor of Geophysics, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
June 21, 2023 • ~7 min

An 'extreme' heatwave has hit the seas around the UK and Ireland – here's what's going on

A thin layer of surface water has been baked by the sun.

Tom Rippeth, Professor of Physical Oceanography, Bangor University • conversation
June 20, 2023 • ~6 min

Mae’n bryd i ni ailfeddwl beth yw gwyddoniaeth dinasyddion

Mae gwyddoniaeth dinasyddion yn cynnig y posibilrwydd o wyddoniaeth i'r bobl, gan y bobl.

Rob Evans, Professor in science and technology studies, Cardiff University • conversation
June 9, 2023 • ~7 min

Keir Starmer hasn't really called time on North Sea oil and gas – here's why

Labour would still honour existing licenses to drill for fossil fuels.

Gisa Weszkalnys, Associate Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science • conversation
June 7, 2023 • ~8 min

Energy generators' soaring revenues highlight deep problems in the way Britain prices its electricity

British electricity generators saw their revenues increase by £29 billion in 2022 – here’s why that happened.

Serguey Maximov Gajardo, Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Resources, UCL • conversation
June 7, 2023 • ~8 min

The UK's recycling system is confusing, chaotic and broken – here's how to fix it

The UK needs to fix its recycling system for a more sustainable future.

Kristoffer Kortsen, Post Doctoral Research Associate, Materials Engineering, University of Manchester • conversation
June 5, 2023 • ~7 min

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