By Sarah E. Turner, Associate Professor, Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Brogan M. Stewart, PhD Candidate in Environmental Science, Concordia University
Megan M. Joyce, PhD Student in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University
Mikaela Gerwing, Wildlife Conservation Biologist and PhD Student, Concordia University
Japanese macaques are smart social animals. We expect that Punch will be able to learn how to find a place in his monkey group.
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By Saharnaz Babaei-Balderlou, Teaching Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Shishir Shakya, Assistant Professor of Economics, Appalachian State University
A 2025 study shows that an AI-based tutor improves learning when it prompts reasoning and is paired with peer discussion.
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By Gillian Russell, Assistant Research Professor, Penn State
Glenn Sterner, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Kentucky
Online gambling has become easier, faster and more prevalent on social media feeds and streaming platforms – which appeals to younger adults in particular.
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By Michael Wysession, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
Solar cycles, sea ice and rising electricity use all play a role. So does an unhealthy surprise that has been quietly hiding a large amount of global warming – until now.
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By Sagar Lekhak, Ph.D. Student in Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
Using drones makes detecting land mines safer. Using AI to fuse data from multiple types of sensors on the drones makes it more efficient.
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By Vahe Peroomian, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
From Earth spinning on its axis and orbiting the Sun to it precessing like a top, lots of factors affect which stars you can see in the sky.
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By Beverly Kingston, Director and Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, University of Colorado Boulder
Northeast Park Hill, a Denver neighborhood, has a long history of violence. During Denver’s summer of violence in the early 1990s, it was considered ground zero for gang conflict.
From the late 1990s through 2014, violent crime in Northeast Park Hill declined from its peak in the early ’90s but remained persistently higher than city averages. In 2016, Northeast Park Hill recorded 1,086…
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By Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
A longtime diplomat explains how the State Department normally encourages and helps Americans to leave countries amid political instability and war – which didn’t happen over the last week.
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By Sarah Greene, Instructor in Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Washington University in St. Louis
Philip Budge, Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis
Public health campaigns had made significant strides toward eradicating diseases like elephantitis and river blindness. But this progress has since unraveled with the second Trump administration.
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By Bomikazi Zeka, Associate Professor in Finance, University of Canberra
Romalani Leofo, Lecturer in Accounting, University of Canberra
You’ve probably heard the saying, “The rich become richer, while the poor become poorer”. It’s about how uneven financial progress can be.
One of the reasons behind financial inequality is the gender pay gap, but the wealth gap is even more revealing. It explains why disparities persist between the rich and the poor. Wealth – your assets, savings, property and retirement provisions – is the true measure of long-term financial security.…
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