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Colossal Bioscience’s attempt to de-extinct the dire wolf is a dangerously deceptive publicity stunt

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotech company, made headlines this April after falsely claiming to resurrect the extinct dire wolf. The company presents this as a breakthrough for conservation biology. However, our team of conservation geneticists at the Western University — along with many other academics views it as a dangerous…

The Conversation · May 12, 2025

How a ‘simple selfie’ could be used to predict life expectancy

Academics say AI could be used in cancer treatment alongside vital signs, lab results and medical imaging

The Independent UK · May 8, 2025

Black students are increasingly less likely to get a first or 2:1 than their white peers

Black students are increasingly less likely to get a first or 2:1 than their white peers, according the latest Ethnic Representation Index for higher education in England and Scotland.

The Conversation · May 8, 2025

Tony Blair opposes phasing out fossil fuels. These academics disagree

Rapidly phasing out fossil fuels and limiting energy consumption to tackle climate change is “a strategy doomed to fail” according to former UK prime minister Tony Blair.

The Conversation · Apr 30, 2025

Obsession with tough borders creating a ‘booming £2bn industry for private companies’, ministers warned

UK border security industry worth billions and expanding, academics suggest

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2025

The Lege’s ‘Big Government Intrusion’ into University Academics

Expanding on last session's anti-DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

Texas Observer · Apr 24, 2025

Oxford academics used cup made from human skull at formal dinners until 2015

Skull’s ‘shameful history’ charted in new book exploring colonial theft of ancestral remains

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025

Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull, book reveals

Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan Hicks

The Guardian - UK · Apr 22, 2025

Europe wants to poach US academics in wake of Trump funding cuts. Can it entice them to move?

Europe is trying to woo American researchers threatened by Trump’s research cuts to this side of the Atlantic. But what will make them stay?

Euronews · Apr 21, 2025

Harvard shows resistance is possible. But universities must join forces

Far too many academics are repeating propaganda about a ‘free speech crisis’. It’s time for a shared strategy

The Guardian - US · Apr 18, 2025