By Michael Richardson, Professor, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University
Working with the traces of thought instead of the process of thinking means AI systems are limited – and they limit their users, too.
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By Christine Slaughter, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race was one of the most-watched contests in the 2026 midterm elections.
As the results for this race came in, I had my eye on one demographic: Black voters. I am a political scientist who studies Black political behavior. My research has been published…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Garment workers demanding fair wage increases, payment of salaries, improved workplace facilities, and other benefits at a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 4, 2026. © 2026 Sipa via AP Images Bangladesh police have used batons and tear gas to disperse thousands of garment workers protesting for higher wages. Violence by thugs allegedly linked to factory owners and political parties, arson, factory vandalism, and attacks on police have all been reported. Consistent with international standards, Bangladesh authorities should…
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By Umar Boodoo, Associate Professor, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Office attendance from Monday to Friday used to be a pretty standard requirement for many jobs.
But plenty of employees have now developed a taste for working from home. And in response, some of their employers have started to tighten the rules on hybrid work.
Barclays Bank is one of latest big companies to do so, telling thousands of UK staff they must be in the office at least three days a week…
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By Morag Kennedy, Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Nottingham Trent University
Intimate partner abuse occurs between two distinct parties: the victim and the perpetrator. But the harm done can be much more complicated than this. It often spills over to affect families, friends and many others in the victim’s life.
Within the traditional criminal justice system in the UK and beyond, this concept of two distinct parties is referred to as the “victim-perpetrator dichotomy”.…
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By Dean Curran, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Calgary
The sociological concept of ‘risk positions’ helps explain why those who profit from risky technologies often aren’t the ones who bear its consequences.
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By Catherine Greenwood, Lecturer in Digital Marketing, University of Lancashire
The clocks have gone back, and suddenly getting dressed feels more difficult. The coat you wore constantly last winter is still hanging in the wardrobe, but it no longer looks quite how you remember. The boots you loved in February don’t seem to go with anything, while a jumper that once felt like you somehow doesn’t anymore.
Perhaps we’ve all simply forgotten how to dress for the cold. But there is something peculiar about returning to clothes we know so well and finding them unexpectedly unfamiliar.
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By Sol Gamsu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Durham University
If you want to see how private schools in the UK can reinforce segregation between children of different social classes, the London Borough of Southwark provides a good example.
It has three large private secondary schools, less than in other wealthier London boroughs. When we took a close look at these schools, we found that 75% of the students are from the top two social classes: from families with higher professional and managerial backgrounds.
By contrast, in two of the 13…
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By Stacy Olive Jarvis, PhD Candidate in in Musicology, University of Birmingham
Tchaikovsky and his pupil Sergei Taneyev were united in embracing European cultural influences in Russian classical music – they just disagreed on how to go about it.
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By Deldhy Nicolás Moya Sánchez, Psychiatrist and Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Using an ADHD diagnosis to avoid hard tasks, rather than to plan around them, is linked to more anxiety and lower quality of life.
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