Insufficient capacity in domestic food production, just-in-time supply chains and Brexit-
related labour market challenges have weakened the UK's food system. Building …

We report here trends in the usage of “mood” words, that is, words carrying emotional
content, in 20th century English language books, using the data set provided by Google that …

Recently, Early Warning Signals (EWS) have been developed to predict tipping points in
Earth Systems. This discussion highlights the potential to apply EWS to human social and …

Purpose–Social media has become an important part of daily interpersonal communication
in contemporary society. The purpose of this paper is to explore the attitudes of UK …

The rise of complexity sciences has led to the development of new language about systems.
Concepts such as 'complex systems thinking'; or 'complexity thinking'; have appeared in the …

Abstract Economic, physical, built, cultural, learning, social and service environments have a
profound effect on lifelong health. However, policy thinking about health research is …

Regulated transport of the plant hormone auxin is central to many aspects of plant
development. Directional transport, mediated by membrane transporters, produces patterns …

As public and political debates often demonstrate, a substantial disjoint can exist between
the findings of science and the impact it has on the public. Using climate-change science as …

Collectivism and individualism are commonly used to delineate societies that differ in their
cultural values and patterns of social behavior, prioritizing the relative importance of the …

The mental health and well-being of university staff and students in the UK are reported to
have seriously deteriorated. Rather than taking this 'mental health crisis' at face value, we …