By Mohamed Shaheen, Lecturer in Structural Engineering, Loughborough University
Climate change isn’t rewriting the laws of structural engineering, but it is rapidly eating away at our margins of safety.
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By Gavin Furrey, PhD Student, Political Science, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The reaction to Bad Bunny’s selection as the Super Bowl halftime performer reveals how MAGA politics continues to police language, race and belonging in America.
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By Amnesty International
The heavy prison sentences imposed on Rached Ghannouchi and four other Ennahda party leaders mark is the latest blow in the Tunisian authorities’ campaign to crush the opposition party ousted from power by President Kais Said in 2021 as part of their broader crackdown on dissent, Amnesty International said today. On 2 February, a Tunis appeals court convicted at least 20 individuals including opposition figures handing down prison sentences ranging from three to 35 […] The post Tunisia: Authorities intensify crackdown on Ennahda party leadership in Conspiracy 2 appeal appeared first…
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By Mervin XuYang Lim, Ph.D. Student in Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona
Desalination of seawater and sewage treatment plants leave behind water that contains high concentrations of salt, metals and other contaminants. What if that water could be separated from the rest?
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By Thomas A. DuBois, Professor of Scandinavian Studies, Folklore, and Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
At the outset of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic, a singer bemoans his separation from a beloved friend who grew up beside him. Today, the friends rarely meet “näillä raukoilla rajoilla, poloisilla Pohjan mailla” – lines which translator Keith Bosley renders “on these poor borders, the luckless lands of the North.”
The Kalevala, a poetic masterpiece of nearly 23,000 lines, first appeared in 1835. Now, nearly 200 years later, those “luckless…
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By Grace Mackleby, Research scientist of Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
Jeff Marr, Assistant Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University
The pilot, launched in January 2026 in 6 states, could reduce wasteful spending, but increases provider paperwork and risks patient access to necessary care.
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By E. Andrew Taylor, Associate Professor and Director of Arts Management, American University
While the center’s need for major upgrades is real, the dramatic and disruptive closure of the entire campus isn’t in order, a scholar of arts institutions explains.
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By Bess Rowen, Assistant Professor of Theatre, Villanova University
The new subscription model shows how local theaters can work together to build audiences instead of treating each other as competition.
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By Bingbing Zhang, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa
Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people’s ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues and I conducted.
Although researchers have focused primarily on advancing technologies for detecting deepfakes, there is also a need for approaches that address the potential audiences for political deepfakes. Deepfakes are becoming increasingly difficult to identify, verify and combat…
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By Katrina Kosec, Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
When floodwaters washed away Woudou Oumar’s home in northern Cameroon, he and his family lost not only shelter but hope. Then a government-supported cash transfer arrived. “The money transfer was a real boost for me and my family,” he says, explaining how he rebuilt his house, bought seeds for farming, paid for his daughters’ schooling, covered his son’s medical care after the disaster, and became more hopeful.
Stories like Woudou’s highlight how social transfers can shape more than incomes:…
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