By William Burgos, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Penn State
Nathaniel Warner, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Penn State
Wastewater from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas wells is salty and radioactive, and doesn’t suppress dust. Two researchers explain why it keeps ending up on rural roads.
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By Kevin T. Smiley, Associate Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University
Deepti Singh, Associate Professor School of the Environment, Washington State University
Jennifer Marlon, Research Scientist, Yale University
Jim Hurrell, Professor and Scott Presidential Chair in Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado State University
A National Academy of Sciences report examined the latest advances in extreme event attribution science. As four of the authors explain, the type of disaster makes a difference.
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By Sarah Tomlinson, Veterinarian and Senior Research Scholar, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
New World screwworm, a concerning pest that mainly impacts livestock and wildlife, was detected in South Texas in June 2026. It has since expanded northward in Texas, and there was one case in New Mexico as of July 23, 2026.
The cases mark the return of a pest that was eradicated from the U.S. in 1966.
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By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Legal scholars argue that when executive branch agencies impose conditions on federal funds, courts should give these cases special scrutiny.
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By Jay L. Zagorsky, Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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By Amnesty International
Responding to the decision by Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor to invoke powers under India’s National Security Act (NSA) that allow police to hold people in administrative detention without procedural guarantees, including the right to be informed of the grounds of detention and the possibility to challenge it before judicial authorities, Aakar Patel, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International India, said: “This deeply concerning move is an affront to […] The post India: Invoking of extraordinary police powers amid Delhi protests an “affront to human rights” appeared first on Amnesty International.…
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By Jo Carter
It is very difficult for the Japanese-Filipino children to locate their Japanese fathers. Despite NGOs’ help, many suffer the pain of “endless waiting,” frustrations, and anxieties.
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
To lose a defence minister in time of war is a blow. To also lose a commander-in-chief is a crisis.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Labor’s national conference has written into the party platform support for telehealth as part of voluntary assisted dying care.
The amendment, passed on a voice vote, was the first of the conference that has been contested. It said:
Labor will remove barriers that exist in federal law to the provision of end-of-life care (including via telehealth) as part of lawful access to voluntary assisted dying in the states and territories, while maintaining appropriate clinical safeguards.
Moving the amendment, Ryan Batchelor, a member of the…
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By Pape Chérif Bertrand Bassène, Senior Lecturer, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
The Gambia is often portrayed as little more than a geographical oddity, a strip of land engulfed by its much larger neighbour Senegal. It was once the centre of Senegambia, administered by Britain between 1765 and 1779. But there is another way of looking at it which reveals its importance and adds to current reflections on reparations for slavery.
Pape…
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