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Some animals are more equal than others: the dark side of researching popular species

Biologists often form deep bonds with the species they study. For some, that relationship begins early in their careers and shapes decades of research. The connection can be personal, even affectionate, but it can also create tensions when others set their sights on the same species.

The Conversation

Sharing happy moments may boost health of older couples, study finds

Academics in the US analysed data from three pieces of research that included 321 couples in Canada and Germany aged between 56 and 89.

Evening Standard

Four emotions that can boost health and wellbeing in older couples

Experiencing these emotions together can decrease levels of the stress hormone cortisol

The Independent UK

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Foreign spies are trying to steal Australian research. We should be doing more to stop them

When we think of spies, we may go to images of people in trench coats and dark glasses, trying to steal government papers. Or someone trying to tap the phone of a senior official.

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Help guide the future of The Conversation

Have you ever wondered how our Daily newsletter comes into being? It lands in your inbox every day as a neat package: a short editorial followed by a dozen or so articles written by academics on everything from health and science to politics to the environment or arts. For you…

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Millions exploited by ‘menopause gold rush’ amid lack of reliable information, say UK experts

Women’s health academics at UCL call for national education programme to combat misinformation and unregulated advice

The Guardian - UK

Women are being exploited by menopause ‘gold rush’ – experts

Academics have said there is a need for a national education programme for women.

Evening Standard

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Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency's ability to keep pollution out of air and water

Two academics look at the stakes involved with air and water pollution if the EPA's budget is cut.

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Academic freedom: how to defend ‘the very condition of a living democracy’ in France and worldwide

Director of the CERI at SciencesPo, Stéphanie Balme conducted a study for France Universités, an organisation whose members are presidents of universities, titled “Defending and promoting academic freedom. A global issue, an urgent matter for France and Europe. Findings and proposals for action.” She shares some of her insights here.

The Conversation

OPINION - Steven Pinker: Civilisation has been built on the exploration of cancellable ideas

Why are we so horrified by difficult topics, asks Steven Pinker

Evening Standard

Conflating criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews ‘quite audacious’, lawyer for Sydney academics tells court

University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech

The Guardian - AU

University of Sydney argues academic’s article not racist against Jewish people as ‘Zionism is a political concept’

Case taken by academics against two colleagues and the university is considered a major test case for hate speech in Australia

The Guardian - AU

How Viewpoint Diversity Can Help Protect Academics from Themselves (and Perhaps Help Heal Our Civic Culture Too)

The lack of intellectual pluralism undermines the truth-seeking function of the university.

Reason

OPINION - The real, sinister reason academics keep cancelling each other

Scarcely a week goes by without lecturers being cancelled, says Toby Young. Why?

Evening Standard

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US professors facing threats, firings and harassment over Charlie Kirk posts

As many as 40 academics have been dismissed in aftermath of shooting, allegedly without due process

Reason

Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics)

The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where I'm now a Senior Fellow, has long offered up-to-5-year paid in-residence positions (with… The post Hoover Fellow Program: Up-to-5-Year Paid In-Residence Position for Aspiring Academics (Including Aspiring Legal Academics) appeared first on Reason.com.

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Jewish staff at Scottish universities condemn 'weaponisation' of Manchester attack

A GROUP of Jewish academics working at universities across Scotland have condemned "unfounded, irresponsible and dangerous" attempts by…

Reason

Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations of Non-Citizen Students and Academics Violate the First Amendment

The decision is the most thorough in a line of recent court decisions reaching similar results.

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Struggling pupils most likely to have negative phone experiences – study

Research by UWE Bristol academics also found a disconnect between parental concerns over phone use and actual negative experiences pupils reported.

The Guardian - UK

Rachel Cooper obituary

Other lives: One of the UK’s leading design management academics

Evening Standard

Eating fruit could slash effects of air pollution on the lungs, study finds

Researchers from the University of Leicester compared diets, including intake of fruits, vegetables and wholegrains, with lung function.

The Guardian - UK

UK considers visa fee cuts for highly skilled as Trump hikes US charges

Starmer’s ‘global talent taskforce’ examines plans to make it easier for foreign academics and digital experts to relocate to UK

The Conversation

Economic sanctions need a rethink: evidence shows they raise food prices and hurt the poor most

Economic sanctions are widely viewed by academics and policymakers as a better alternative to military interventions to pressure governments to change objectionable policies. The idea is simple: instead of using weapons, squeeze the ruling elite economically until they change their behaviour.

The Guardian - UK

Israel boycott aims are misunderstood

Letters: The boycott targets institutions, not academics or the flow of ideas, writes Jonathan Rosenhead

The Guardian - UK

Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war

Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the action

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