By Amnesty International
Responding to the latest acts of state-driven Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank over the weekend, which also targeted a delegation of European diplomats and a Washington Post photojournalist, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Heba Morayef, said: “Once again, Israel’s apartheid system is turning the olive harvest […] The post States must act as Israeli state-driven settler violence escalates at the start of Palestinian olive harvest appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Chelsea Whittaker, Assistant Professor in Further Education and Training and Inclusion, Trinity College Dublin
Anti-immigrant sentiment in Ireland has increased alongside concerns about the cost of living, public services and migrant integration. Against this backdrop, the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is considering changes to the requirements for naturalisation. People applying for citizenship may be required to demonstrate language proficiency as part of the naturalisation process.
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By Mackenzie Graham, Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
We infer what animals experience from how they behave. But can we rely on those same inferences after substantially altering their brains?
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By Kat Ford, Research Fellow in the Public Health Collaborating Unit, Bangor University; Liverpool John Moores University
Karen Hughes, Professor of Public Health, Bangor University
Childhood trauma can leave scars that last long after the experiences themselves have ended. Its effects can reach into adult life, increasing the risk of mental illness, physical health problems and other difficulties.
Our latest research estimates that the health effects associated with adverse childhood experiences cost the equivalent of £7.8 billion in Wales and £115.6 billion in England in 2023. These figures represent 8.4% of Wales’s gross domestic product (GDP) and 5% of England’s.
These are…
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By Trent Wintermeier, Ph.D. Candidate in Rhetoric and Writing, The University of Texas at Austin
A kill switch to shut down dangerous AI systems is a seductive concept, but the metaphor hides how the models work – and how they get out of control in the first place.
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By Margaret Landis, Assistant Professor of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
NASA lost contact with its Maven spacecraft – the youngest of its Mars orbiters – at the end of 2025. The others in its fleet are over two decades old.
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By Alida de Flamingh, Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Genomics, University of Tennessee
From domesticated foxes to tuskless elephants, humans have directly and indirectly influenced the evolution of a wide range of animals.
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By Shushan Karapetian, Director of the Institute of Armenian Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Armenian culture marks major events such as birth and death with a special period of 40 days, called ‘karasunk,’ as people transition from one state to another.
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By Nicholas Jacobs, Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies
The line between political favoritism and effective representation is remarkably thin. Why is access to public money so dependent on the political influence of individual legislators?
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By Liza Bondurant, Associate Professor of Secondary Math Education, Mississippi State University
Students’ scores on standardized tests can affect schools’ ratings, adding to the pressure teachers experience in preparing their students for the assessments.
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