
Andy Burnham wants beer beer back in the stands – but football’s traditional fans have larger concerns
Increasing commercialisation has left some loyal fans feeling pushed out to make way for new, higher-spending ones.
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Increasing commercialisation has left some loyal fans feeling pushed out to make way for new, higher-spending ones.

In the Ecuadorian Amazon, oil extraction reaches communities already facing environmental pressures, pressing needs and aspirations for a better life.

Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won for optogenetics, a technique that uses light to switch brain cells on and off.

New research reveals how bears became more common in English towns after 1066, helping illuminate the history of bear baiting.

Russia’s strategy is twofold, to secure compliance from parents in occupied areas and erase Ukrainian identity.

Popular discontent with the performance of a president should not be grounds for a military coup.

The purpose of social listening is to connect what is being heard to decisions about what needs to be communicated.

A study finds that in the moments when parents checked their phones or smart watches they were almost six times more likely to miss their children’s signals.

A large-scale study of library circulation finds that attempts to censor books often boost their readership.

Popes have bestowed golden roses on warriors, rulers, women – and, increasingly in recent decades, shrines.

Hands-on learning about building a business is something students of all majors can benefit from.

Some of these changes have already taken effect. Others that are a year or more away could make it hard for some states to keep participating in the program at all.