By Naomi Joseph, Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
A British take on an American classic, an absurdist video podcast, stories of displacement, a buggy nightmare and a book about an obsessive friendship.
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By John Shattuck, Professor of Practice in Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University
Oliver Kaplan, Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Denver
The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy and protect fellow citizens.
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By Nitin Sanket, Assistant Professor of Robotics Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Inspired by bats, a new ultra-low-power sensing system enables tiny drones to navigate through darkness, smoke and dust, where cameras and other light-based sensors fail.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Following the March 28, 2025 earthquake in Myanmar, people clear debris from damaged buildings in Naypyidaw, April 7, 2025. © 2025 AP Photo On March 28, 2025, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, killing thousands and devastating communities already affected by armed conflict, displacement, and economic collapse.The quake and its aftershock toppled buildings and collapsed roads and bridges across several of the country’s states and regions. Essential services were brought to the “verge of collapse,” according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination…
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By Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch mourns the passing of Burundian journalist Jackson Bahati, who died suddenly at age 55 on March 16, 2026. Click to expand Image Jackson Bahati. © Private Bahati was a pillar among journalists in Burundi. A skilled writer and presenter, he was led by an innate curiosity and love for his country. Throughout his career spanning decades, Bahati interviewed many victims and witnesses of human rights abuses with care and compassion, empowering them while giving voice to their experiences.Bahati worked for a variety of outlets across Burundi over the course of his…
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By Andrea Hollomotz, Associate Professor in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds
MP Charlotte Nichols recently took the brave step to speak publicly about her rape trial experiences in parliament. Nichols endured a 1,088-day wait for her case to reach court. This experience led her to speak out, in a debate over the government’s plan to cut jury trials in England and Wales. Arguing that the proposals would only minimally reduce wait times, she called instead for the creation of special courts to hear rape cases.
Later, in an in-depth…
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By Loizos Heracleous, Professor of Strategy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
The war in the Middle East swiftly led to the cancellation of thousands of flights across the Persian Gulf. The crisis in the industry is severe, but aviation is no stranger to existential shocks. Over the last four decades it has faced the COVID pandemic, the 2008 recession, the September 11 attacks, the Gulf war and Sars.
This time around, the conflict wiped US$53 billion from the market value of…
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By Adam Behr, Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
“Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?” John Lydon’s closing words before stalking off stage at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom in January 1978, concluding the Sex Pistols’ US tour, have echoed ever since. They’re a bitter bookend to a fractious spell in the limelight. Barely three years had passed since the band’s first gig and less than two since they exploded into the national consciousness.
Lydon’s words marked an ending, but the start was almost as combustible. Fifty years ago, on March 30 1976, the Sex Pistols played a pivotal gig at London’s 100 Club. Photographer P.T.…
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By Richard Wall, Emeritus Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol
A flesh eating parasitic fly has spread north through Mexico to within a few hundred miles of the US southern border.
The New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) lays its eggs in open wounds and in the orifices of live, warm-blooded animals – including, occasionally, humans. The maggots then devour the animal’s flesh, causing devastating lesions that can quickly kill the infested host.
Before the 1950s, it was found in the southern states of the…
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By Debak Das, Assistant Professor, University of Denver
Conducting military strikes against a nation that is engaged in negotiations to reduce its nuclear capacity has set a dangerous precedent.
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