By Shola Apena Rogers, Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Birmingham
Lived experience of a mental health issue is often devalued in psychological research – embracing it can create more impact for minoritised communities.
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By Robyn Nakano, PhD candidate, Great Ape Behaviour (GAB) Lab, University of Victoria
Ammie Kalan, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria
To study accumulative stone throwing among wild chimpanzees, researchers hike deep into the savanna-woodland of Boé — a habitat increasingly threatened by industrial mining.
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By John Gradek, Faculty Lecturer and Academic Program Co-ordinator, Supply Network and Aviation Management, McGill University
The Canadian government recently announced that it will lease a fleet of 10 firefighting aircraft and other support assets to be deployed for the 2026 wildfire season. The plan will see these 10 leased aircraft being managed by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre deployed strategically across the country and made…
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By Christopher Lieu, Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz
Around 97% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer die within five years. Researchers have figured out a way to target the mechanism that makes these tumors so deadly.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his second state of the nation address at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, Philippines, July 24, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Aaron Favila (Manila) – A proposed Philippine law to combat “false information” and so-called troll farms has vague and overly broad language that government officials could readily abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. Philippine lawmakers considering the Digital Media Anti-False Information Act, which passed a second reading in the House of Representatives on May 26, 2026, should withdraw…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Anti-government students show a national flag to a National Guard barricade during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on February 16, 2014. © 2014 Leo Ramirez/AFP via Getty Images (Madrid) – Argentina’s efforts to extradite and question a former Venezuelan official residing in Spain accused of crimes against humanity could offer a pathway toward accountability, Human Rights Watch said today, following Spanish authorities’ reported decision to continue proceedings on the extradition request.Argentina seeks the extradition of Ephraín Enrique Verdú Torrelles, a former…
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By Christopher Magra, Professor of American History, University of Tennessee
A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.
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By Angelica Kalika, Assistant Teaching Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
With spectacle, personality clashes and corruption increasingly defining American politics, it was only a matter of time before TMZ would set its sights on the Beltway.
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By Vijayan Asari, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton
If you are fortunate enough to have a ticket to an event at Madison Square Garden in New York – say, an NBA Finals game – one aspect of your visit will be having your face scanned by a facial recognition system.
Major event venues are increasingly using the technology. Some, like Madison Square Garden, use it for surveillance purposes, and some, like Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia,…
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By Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Adam Eichen, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst
Jesse Rhodes, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
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