By Martin Danahay, Professor, English Language and Literature, Brock University
A landmark 1884 court ruling essentially outlawed ‘murder by necessity’ on the high seas. Is Donald Trump running afoul of the law with his boat strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific?
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By Jamie Anderson, PhD Candidate, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Hilary Jahelka, Instructor Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of Calgary
The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its ruling that mandatory minimum sentences for access or possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material — previously called child pornography — may be unconstitutional in some cases.
The court found that these crimes are uniquely damaging and deserve…
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By Britta Baechler, Adjunct Professor, Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto
Erin Murphy, Adjunct Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Arizona State University
To date, every family of marine mammal and seabird and all seven species of sea turtles have been documented to ingest plastics.
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By Alex Dryden, PhD Candidate in Economics, SOAS, University of London
The global investment frenzy around AI has seen companies valued at trillions of dollars and eye-watering projections of how it will boost economic productivity.
But in recent weeks the mood has begun to shift. Investors and CEOs are now openly questioning whether the enormous costs of building and running AI systems can really be justified by future revenues.
Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, has spoken…
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By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
Donald Trump’s claim that some satire could be ‘illegal’ harks back to an age when criticising a monarch could see the offender drawn and quartered.
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By Shelley Mitchell, Senior Extension Specialist in Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University
Pecans are a truly American nut: They grew on George Washington’s estate, and they flew to space on an Apollo mission.
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By Kahli Zietlow, Physician and Clinical Associate Professor of Geriatrics & Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
Addressing the financial and personal aspects of aging proactively helps to ensure that you will receive the care you need – and want – as you age.
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By Genevieve Hofmann, Assistant Professor of Nursing and Women's Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Hormone therapy is not a silver bullet that reverses aging, but it can significantly improve bothersome symptoms that can diminish people’s quality of life.
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By Antar A. Tichavakunda, Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara
Black student unions date back to the late 1960s, and were formed so Black students could find community, and also make their schools more responsive to their needs.
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By Ambuj Tewari, Professor of Statistics, University of Michigan
To overcome two challenges in training AI – scarce or hard-to-get data and data privacy – researchers have come up with a counterintuitive technique: fake it.
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