The world is facing a “silver tsunami” – an unprecedented ageing of the global workforce. By 2030, more than half of the labour force in many EU countries will be aged 50 or above. Similar trends are emerging across Australia, the US and other developed and developing economies. Far from being a burden or representing a crisis, the ageing workforce is […] … learn more→

The Trump administration is demanding that at least 60 U.S. colleges and universities change their policies or lose out on billions of dollars in federal funding. In Harvard University’s case, the government has accused the Ivy league school – so far without providing any specific evidence – of violating some students’ civil rights by allowing other students to engage […] … learn more→

At his inauguration on January 20, 2025, Trump affirmed his desire to recreate a “new American Gilded Age.” A few days later, he made this unexpected reference to the period from the 1870s to the 1890s, known as the Gilded Age  : “The United States was at its richest from 1870 to 1913. That’s when we were […] … learn more→

Like chatbots, new digital healthcare tools are changing patient care. Their promoters tout the assistance they provide to doctors, who can focus more on the consultation process. To ensure ethical use, humans must remain the central agent in the practice of digital medicine. Digital health tools have gradually become a part of our daily lives. […] … learn more→

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” said Aristotle. Understanding a phenomenon requires multiple perspectives. The more sources of information we consider, the more precise our interpretation will be and the greater our ability to detect hidden patterns and relationships. This is precisely what happens in electronic handwriting analysis applied to fields such as […] … learn more→

When humans begin our life journey as infants, our only form of communication is through body language, which includes expressive movement and gestures, as well as the sounds that accompany these gestures. When we acquire other languages, expressive movement becomes unintentional, so speech can be clear without its support. Although this bodily expression is innate […] … learn more→

Even though it seems highly rule-bound, the English language changes all the time. Every year new words are added to the dictionary. These days a lot of new words come from popular culture and new technologies. And they spread online. New words are made by  changing existing words, adding to them, abbreviating them or they are spoken […] … learn more→

“I did revise… it just didn’t go in!” Sound familiar? What about “I turned over the exam paper and my mind just went blank…” It’s worrying to feel like everything you’re doing to prepare for an exam somehow isn’t working. But you can harness the science behind how memory works to make your revision more […] … learn more→

What do you think of when it comes to extra terrestrial life? Most popular sci-fi books and TV shows suggest humanoid beings could live on other planets. But when astronomers are searching for extra-terrestrial life, it is usually in the form of emissions from bacteria or other tiny organisms. A new research paper in the […] … learn more→

When the men’s and women’s boats took to the water for the 2025 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, a few students who would have hoped to be part of the crews were missing. Matt Heywood, Molly Foxell and Kate Crowley, all of Cambridge, did not take part after a complaint from Oxford University Boat Club over their eligibility was […] … learn more→