By Lauren Gould, Assistant Professor, Conflict Studies, Utrecht University
Linde Arentze, Researcher into AI and Remote Warfare, NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Marijn Hoijtink, Associate Professor in International Relations, University of Antwerp
As Israel’s air campaign in Gaza enters its sixth month after Hamas’s terrorist attacks on October 7, it has been described by experts as one of the most relentless and deadliest campaigns in recent history. It is also one of the first being coordinated, in part, by algorithms.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is being…
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By Daniel Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry, Sheffield Hallam University
In terms of men’s health issues, prostate cancer features high on the agenda. It’s the second most diagnosed cancer in men globally – closely followed by lung cancer. And it’s the most common cancer in men in the UK.
As the prostate is a reproductive organ with its main job being to help make semen – the fluid that carries sperm in ejaculate – researchers have long…
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By Sean McMahon, Chancellor's Fellow in Astrobiology, The University of Edinburgh
While we go about our daily lives on Earth, a nuclear-powered robot the size of a small car is trundling around Mars looking for fossils. Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, Nasa’s Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to “search for potential evidence of past life”, according to the official mission objectives.
Jezero Crater was chosen as the landing site largely because it contains the remnants…
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By Rama Kanungo, Associate Professor (Reader) in Finance and Accounting, UCL
There are some fundamental differences between listing on the LSE and in the US – and they may be contributing to London’s decline.
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By Laura Higson-Bliss, Lecturer in Law, Keele University
Scotland’s new hate crime law came into force on April 1, sparking immediate controversy over its potential effects on freedom of speech and expression, especially online. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act expands on current laws about crimes that have the possibility to stir up hatred, in Scotland only.
A “hate crime” itself is not its own specific offence under existing laws, or the new law. But if you are found to commit another crime (for example, assault) and it is proven that this was…
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By Trevelyan Wing, Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics and Centre Researcher at the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (CEENRG), University of Cambridge
One year ago, Germany took its last three nuclear power stations offline. When it comes to energy, few events have baffled outsiders more.
In the face of climate change, calls to expedite the transition away from fossil fuels, and an energy crisis precipitated by Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Berlin’s move to quit nuclear before carbon-intensive energy sources like coal has attracted significant criticism. (Greta Thunberg prominently labelled it “a mistake”.)
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Activists and supporters of Together with Refugees stage a protest in Parliament Square in London, January 25, 2023. © 2023 NEIL HALL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock It is a dark day in the United Kingdom as the Safety of Rwanda Bill will soon become law after passing its final stages in parliament yesterday. This will have a devastating impact on human rights and the rule of law, risking the lives of people who came to the UK seeking safety and setting a dangerous global precedent. The government’s new law tries to legislate away the facts and declare Rwanda safe to send asylum…
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By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The thing to look for is the “fiscal strategy”. For the past quarter-century, it’s provided a surprisingly accurate insight into what each budget is doing.
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By Lizzie Wright, Postgraduate Researcher in the School of English, University of Leeds
Though she appears to be a child, we soon learn Abigail is centuries old, and has developed a habit for ‘playing with [her] food’
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By Peter Gittins, Lecturer in Management, University of Leeds
Deema Refai, Associate Professor in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, University of Leeds
The UK’s farming landscape has changed dramatically since Brexit. Agricultural policy has been adjusted, and EU subsidies, which funded UK farming for decades, are no more.
Before the split, those subsidies helped British farmers to the tune of nearly £3 billion a year, which for some, made up
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