By Nana Nwachukwu, PhD Researcher, Centre for AI-Driven Digital Content Technology (Adapt), Trinity College Dublin
The Enclosure Acts allowed fencing of common lands that villagers had used for generations. Something similar has happened in the digital space.
(Full Story)
|
By Rosamund Oates, Senior Lecturer in History, Manchester Metropolitan University
In February, Leicester Cathedral hosted a British Sign Language (BSL) service celebrating a deaf marriage that took place in the church 450 years ago, in 1576.
The groom was a deaf blacksmith from Leicester named Thomas Tilsey, who made his wedding vows in sign. It was so unusual that the clerk who witnessed the marriage recorded it in full in the parish records. Although the BBC…
(Full Story)
|
By Guest Contributor
"What is at stake in Botswana media is not only law reforms but the viability of journalism in a disrupted, underfunded and rapidly changing environment."
(Full Story)
|
By Mark Maslin, UCL Professor of Earth System Science and UNU Lead for Climate, Health and Security, UCL
Health and climate action can be designed together, supporting and reinforcing each other, instead of being treated as separate priorities.
(Full Story)
|
By Vivek Soundararajan, Professor of Work and Equality, University of Bath
Every week brings fresh claims about AI transforming the workplace. A CEO declares a revolution. A think piece predicts millions of jobs vanishing overnight. The noise is relentless.
But strip away the hype and there is a simpler question. In developed economies, what has AI actually changed about work so far? The answer turns out to be more interesting, and more uneven, than either side suggests.
What’s real
Let’s start with what the evidence supports. AI is delivering…
(Full Story)
|
By Jim Franklin, Professor of Accounting, Western Governors University School of Business
Those who stand to benefit from the changes in tax code include workers who earn tips, those receiving overtime pay, purchasers of US-made autos, and seniors.
(Full Story)
|
By Casey Ryan Kelly, Professor of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Why does Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brag and gloat in his statements about the Iran war? In the MAGA media world, war is a game, a test of masculine fortitude.
(Full Story)
|
By Yaw Edu Essandoh, Ph.D. Student in Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
From wearable samplers to passive environmental monitoring, new research is changing how scientists observe chemical exposure – without invasive sampling.
(Full Story)
|
By Phil Starks, Associate Professor of Biology, Tufts University
Lilia Goncharova, Master's Candidate in Biology, Tufts University
The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling when it’s more of a medical liability today?
(Full Story)
|
By Wangda Zuo, Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State
The electricity needed to power new Pennsylvania data centers already in advanced stages of planning could power 11 million homes – nearly twice the total number of households in the state.
Companies that want to build data centers to expand their cloud and artificial intelligence computing are drawn to Pennsylvania due to its proximity to major East Coast cities, relatively affordable land and electricity, and legacy industrial infrastructure. For instance,…
(Full Story)
|