By Aoife Lynam, Assistant Professor in Psychology of Education, Trinity College Dublin
I thought when someone was bereaved it was the first couple of months and then everything was okay again. I was so naive. It is so different.
When I met Ella, it had been ten years since her father had died by suicide. She was 17 at the time, repeating important school exams. Although her parents had separated when she was young and contact with her father had been limited, they had started rebuilding their relationship.
She described that period as a happy one: her father was making more effort, both parents had new partners, and things…
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By Sinan Aşçı, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University
The Irish government has signalled that it is exploring options to introduce age restrictions on social media use for under-16s. The proposal sits within the government’s new National Digital and AI Strategy 2030, which frames online safety and age verification as part of Ireland’s broader ambition to act as a European digital regulatory hub.
The proposals include a “digital wallet” age-verification system. Detailed technical specifications…
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By David C. Gaze, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Pathology, University of Westminster
A liquid injected into the heart that sets like a gel could one day prevent strokes caused by atrial fibrillation, animal tests suggest.
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By Karen Schlatter, Director, Colorado Water Center, Colorado State University
Sharon B. Megdal, Professor of Environmental Science and Director, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
The current Colorado River negotiations process includes all five of the most common sources of conflict in any process seeking compromise.
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By Katrine L. Wallace, Epidemiologist, University of Illinois Chicago
The judge’s decision is a win for public health, but the back-and-forth on vaccine policy may undermine the public’s trust in science.
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By Jeffrey Tully, Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego
Christian Dameff, Associate Professor of Emergency Medical Services, University of California, San Diego
Policy and legal efforts aim to stop these malicious security breaches, but they are growing more common as hospitals adopt remote health care delivery and hackers adopt artificial intelligence.
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By Laura Aull, Professor of English and Linguistics, University of Michigan
Suspicion and affection. Apprehension and excitement. Most people have mixed feelings about AI English, whether or not they always recognize it. When reading text generated by AI, people feel it sounds off, or fake. When reading English by a human, people are more likely to feel it has a characteristic voice or a personal touch.
What exactly makes English sound human, or sound like…
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By Mary Magnuson, Associate Science Editor, The Conversation
The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.
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By Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
The Trump administration’s miscalculation of Iran is the latest entry in an old and lethal tradition in international politics: the catastrophic gap between what leaders believe and what war delivers.
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the release of 250 individuals imprisoned in Belarus on politically motivated grounds, including human rights defenders Marfa Rabkova and Nasta Loika, as a part of a deal with the United States, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, said: “While the release of hundreds of individuals unjustly detained on politically […] The post Belarus: Welcome release of 250 political prisoners must not be mistaken for justice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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