By Franklin Glozah, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science in Health, University of Ghana
Africa is a multi-billion dollar market for gambling, with a growing number of young people using smartphones to place bets, particularly on football matches. The issue is often framed in terms of addictive behaviour, but that doesn’t provide a full picture.
Franklin Glozah was part of a team of public health researchers who examined existing research across sub-Saharan…
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By Cornel Grey, Assistant Professor in Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, Western University
The Art Gallery of Ontario’s ‘Sunday Best’ gathers a century of Black style, from churches to ballrooms, and reveals dressing well as an ethic of dignity and care.
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By Katerina Sviderska, PhD Candidate in Politics, University of Cambridge
When European Union officials Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa recently joined Mark Carney on the docks of Montréal’s Old Port for the Canada-EU Summit, Canada’s prime minister presented closer ties with the EU as a good deal for Canadian households.
He argued a closer relationship promised more choices and lower costs for families at a time when American tariffs are…
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By Liv Coleman, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, University of Tampa
In the midst of what pundits are calling a blue tsunami nationwide, Florida remained resolutely red, electing Republican Byron Donalds as its first Black governor and sending Republican Ashley Moody back to the U.S. Senate.
Donalds ran on a promise to continue the legacy…
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By Gavin Furrey, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
The recent Parti Québecois victory is more akin to detecting a faint pulse in a terminally ill patient than a spectacular jolt back to life.
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By Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor, The Conversation
From photosynthesis to fluffy cloud formation, plankton play a huge role in planetary systems, from marine food chains to the carbon cycle.
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By Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
The US midterm elections have shifted the balance of power in Congress, delivering a massive blow to Donald Trump and his Republican party. This has implications both at home and possibly abroad, including for US policy towards Ukraine; an issue that was hardly mentioned during the campaigns.
But even if Ukraine did not figure much in the election, the question in US politics of what to do about the war has not gone away. Indeed, in the weeks and months before the result was announced, Trump had been busily…
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By Didier Camilo Olarte Gonzalez, PhD Student in Experimental Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Pier-Luc de Chantal, Professeur en psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
‘World models’ are an emerging technology that could help AI systems anticipate what might happen and use that to act. This is not the same as human ‘thinking.’
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By Joni Wildman, PhD Candidate in Mycology, University of Bath
This autumn looks like it could be a good year to spot large numbers of wild mushrooms. Already many can be seen covering tree roots and shady spots.
Mushrooms are the part of certain fungi that you see above ground. The rest of it is either underground or within a tree trunk. All mushrooms are part of a fungus, but not all fungi produce…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
Jesús de Miguel, a football played with CD Tenerife, may have died from commotio cordis. An anatomist explains the condition.
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