By David Van den Heever, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University
Elite athletes miss plenty of shots during March Madness and the NBA playoffs. Training both brain and body can help even beginners and novices get more net.
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By Scott Pace, Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, George Washington University
Artemis II will test the life control systems on the Orion spacecraft and, if all goes well, take a trip around the Moon.
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By Brian C. Keegan, Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder; Harvard University
Emily Klancher Merchant, Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis
In the 1960s and ’70s, his arguments also resonated on the left, including with the head of a powerful environmental group.
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By James McLean, Lecturer in Media Production, Graphic Design, and Media Studies, University of Hull
Television has become a very difficult concept to pin down. It’s no longer the box situated in the corner of a family living room. Mobile platforms, online streaming and different modes of delivery have diffused our understanding of television. The concept of a podcast has, so far, undergone much less scrutiny, and yet we are seeing a need for a similar conversation: what is a podcast, not just to audiences, but to creators?
The podcast is becoming trickier to define. Where its roots may have been in radio, its relationship, or convergence, with that murky beast of television is becoming…
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By Lisa Schirch, Professor of the Practice of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
David Cortright, Professor Emeritus, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
The organizers of the estimated 3,000 “No Kings” protests, rallies and other events planned for March 28, 2026, say they expect that the protests will be the largest such mass mobilization in U.S. history.
As scholars of peace studies and social movements, we investigate how…
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By Frances Hand, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Women report experiencing pressure to birth naturally. This is often overlooked, but can be just as harmful as pressure to have birth interventions.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the European Parliament’s vote on its position on the European Union (EU) Return Regulation today, Eve Geddie, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office, said: “Today the European Parliament has voted to expand the EU’s punitive and restrictive detention and deportation plans. This agreement – the result of a collaboration between the European […] The post EU: European Parliament greenlights punitive detention and deportation plans appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to a US jury finding that Meta and YouTube were liable for designing platforms that are harmful to children and young people, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, said: “This damning verdict is a landmark moment in recognizing the harm caused by tech giants in the manipulative designs of their social media platforms. For years, social media companies including Meta and YouTube have profited from targeting children and young […] The post USA: Landmark YouTube and Meta social media ruling must lead to design changes…
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By Metamorphosis Foundation
The March 8 protest in Skopje highlighted systemic failures in protecting women in North Macedonia, with activists warning that femicide begins long before the final act of violence.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Crises “stress test” governments and countries. Memories remain vivid of COVID, which put immense pressures on the Australian economy, the federation and Commonwealth and state budgets.
The domestic crisis triggered by the Middle East war is well short of – and certainly less frightening than – the COVID emergency. But it is imposing major strains on supply chains, businesses, federal and state governments and the public.
The immediate “stress test” for the Albanese government comes from the hit to fuel. But the test is also wider, extending, for example, to how it handles…
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