By Reid Kress Weisbord, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Norma Shapiro Scholar, Rutgers University - Newark
Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
When Michael Jackson died in 2009,his fairly straightforward 5-page will left everything he owned to a family trust – an estate planning technique for giving away property that allows for privacy. The trust benefits Jackson’s three children and
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By Will Rice, Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation and Wildland Management, University of Montana
Bing Pan, Associate Professor of Tourism Management, Penn State
Being in public parks and natural environments with other visitors is a powerful opportunity to enhance enjoyment rather than detract from it.
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By Imtiaz Rangwala, Senior Research Scientist in Climate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted. Rising temperatures are changing that.
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By John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
The DOJ wants states to send it copies of voters’ names and addresses as well as sensitive information such as driver’s license and Social Security numbers. Here’s why many states have refused.
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By Dennis Murphy, Ph.D. Student of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
Commercial data centers have become critical infrastructure, supporting everything from financial transactions to government services. And critical infrastructure is often targeted in war.
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By Federico Riva, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University
About 70 per cent of the species on Earth are insects. They are fundamental components of most ecosystems: they comprise half of the biomass on the planet, pollinate flowers, decompose dead organic matter and play multiple roles in food webs. They are quite literally everywhere, including in and around our homes, but they have also been declining at alarming rates in many places.
The societal implications of this potential “insectageddon”…
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By Sabrina Rondeau, Postdoctoral Researcher in Pollinator Ecology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Charles-Antoine Darveau, Professor, Department of Biology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Nigel Raine, Professor/ Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation, University of Guelph
The ability to of queen bumblebees to breathe and survive underwater could play an important — and previously overlooked — role in the resilience of threatened bee populations.
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By John Duncan, Director of the Ethics, Society and Law Program; Academic Director of the Ideas for the World Program, University of Toronto
Donald Trump will probably lean into his rhetorical strengths and try to convince Americans the U.S. has won in Iran when it hasn’t.
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By Tullia Jack, Associate Professor, Service Studies, Lund University
Communal laundries are easy to find in Swedish apartment buildings and can provide a cheap way to do the washing.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned Australians to brace for difficult months ahead, but pledged the government will protect them as well as it can, in an address to the nation on the impact of the Middle East War.
Albanese said he wanted to be “upfront” about the situation.
“The months ahead may not be easy”, he said.
“Australia is not an active participant in this war, but all Australians are paying higher prices because of it.
"And the reality is, the economic shocks caused by this war will be with us for months.”
In his address,…
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