By Ray Brescia, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Albany Law School
Smartphone video, ICE-tracking apps and 3D-printed whistles have been emblematic of the protests in Minneapolis. Social movements have long latched onto and been catalyzed by new technologies.
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By Mark Benincosa, Teaching Associate Professor, West Virginia University
AI is already in much of the music you hear. It can be as mundane as a production tool or as deceptive as a fake recording artist – and a whole lot in between.
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By Seth King, Associate Profess of Special Education, University of Iowa
As AI spreads in special education, the question remains: Can these tools uphold the individualized, legally protected services students with disabilities need?
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By Jan Pospisil, Researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs
The UN issued warnings of potential mass violence between the South Sudanese government and the White Army in January 2026. A peace agreement ended a five-year civil war in the country in 2018. This was followed by a period of relative calm that ended in 2025 in the wake of clashes…
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By Luke William Hunt, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Alabama; Institute for Humane Studies
A policing scholar and former FBI special agent lays out the established principles of policing and constitutional law that govern how federal immigration enforcement efforts should be carried out.
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By Amnesty International
On 2 February, Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court is expected to consider whether to resume proceedings against independent investigative journalist Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy, after her defence lawyers filed a petition requesting a full re-examination of her wrongful conviction. The petition, which ultimately seeks her immediate release, follows a legal opinion published by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary […] The post Kyrgyzstan: Authorities must free journalist Makhabat Tazhibek-kyzy and quash her wrongful conviction appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to media reports in which Eswatini’s Minister of Education and Training, Owen Nxumalo while making school visits during back to school visits in schools in the Hhohho Region, around Mbabane, is quoted as saying same-sex relationships have “no place” in schools and that LGBTI students should be expelled, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for […] The post Eswatini: Education minister’s anti-LGBTI remarks risk fueling discrimination in schools appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Sucharit Katyal, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
Have you ever made a decision, only to find yourself second-guessing it moments later? Maybe you spoke up in a meeting and immediately wondered if you said the wrong thing, or left a social gathering feeling confident, only to replay your actions in your head and feel uncertain. For many of us, reflecting on our choices doesn’t always reassure — sometimes it fuels self-doubt.
As a cognitive scientist, I am fascinated by this gap between what people objectively know and how confident they feel.…
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By Csanád Horváth, PhD Candidate, Radio Astronomy, Curtin University
Natasha Hurley-Walker, Radio Astronomer, Curtin University
Radio pulses repeating every minute-to-hour have puzzled astronomers, but a new paper in Nature Astronomy might finally shed some light.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
With Andrew Hastie out of the way, Angus Taylor has decisions to make. Leadership struggles are always messy but the optics of this one are worse than most.
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