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With the days continuing to grow shorter, you might find yourself increasingly willing to try anything to get you through the winter months. But before you invest in an expensive light therapy lamp or overhaul your gym regime, you could try something even simpler: changing the time you eat dinner.
Our metabolism is intrinsically connected with daylight — making when we eat nearly as important as what we eat. So shifting dinnertime during winter and eating a little bit earlier might help support our bodies and minds. Catherine Norton, a professor of sport and exercise nutrition from the University of Limerick, explains to us why aligning mealtimes with the body’s natural rhythms can have so many far-reaching benefits for health — and the best ways to do it.
With tech stocks starting to wobble in the last few days, it might be time to wonder whether the AI bubble is about to burst. One economist explains what to look out for to understand what’s going on in the markets.
We also take a look at what teens want adults to know about their digital lives — and why it’s important they’re brought into conversations on social media and digital communication.
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Heather Kroeker
Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine
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There’s a connection between daylight and our metabolism.
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Catherine Norton, University of Limerick
Aligning mealtimes with your body’s natural rhythms can help steady energy, mood and sleep through the darker months.
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Alex Dryden, SOAS, University of London
The sector has so far proved itself resilient to external economic forces.
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Leo Ziegel, Karolinska Institutet; Carl Fredrik Sjöland, Karolinska Institutet
Young people repeatedly mentioned that adults are not sufficiently involved or do not understand what children and teenagers do online.
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World
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Tahani Mustafa, King's College London
Calling Israel an apartheid state ignores the aspirations of the Palestinian people.
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Arts + Culture
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Julian Woolford, University of Surrey
As Oz descends into fascism, Elphaba fights to make others see the truth about the Wizard.
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Markus Gottschling, University of Tübingen; Nina Kalwa, University of Tübingen
The documentary has brought Germany together in shared debate.
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Tom Ratcliffe, York St John University
Some 6.5 million people in 2024 visited the park for a short or long walk.
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Anthony Downey, Birmingham City University
More than a decade after its release, the film Ex Machina has proven a insightful forerunner to current debates about AI.
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Business + Economy
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Alex Dryden, SOAS, University of London
The sector has so far proved itself resilient to external economic forces.
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David Bailey, University of Birmingham; Phil Tomlinson, University of Bath
New fees could stall the transition to more environmentally friendly vehicles.
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Environment
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Finn McFall, University of Surrey; Xavier Font, University of Surrey
Many calculators leave out big chunks of climate impact or rely on oversimplified assumptions.
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Piers Forster, University of Leeds; Jessica Seddon, Yale University
Removing so-called ‘short-lived climate pollutants’ from the atmosphere could reduce global warming – fast.
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Andrea Rigon, UCL
Climate change is already linked to mass deportation – and the worst is still to come.
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Health
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Dipa Kamdar, Kingston University
A banned weight-loss drug with dangerous cardiac side-effects is being marketed to young people as a natural supplement on social media.
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Science + Technology
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Vincent Charles, Queen's University Belfast; Tatiana Gherman, University of Northampton
Our brains work by putting things in mental categories, but this can be turned against us.
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Podcasts
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Anna Walker, The Conversation; Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Naomi Joseph, The Conversation
In the third episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, we speak to Austen experts about her politics and views on slavery, as we dive into the pages of Mansfield Park.
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