By Lotfi Khemiri, Medical doctor, specialist in psychiatry. Adjunct Lecturer, Karolinska Institutet
A study of 4.2 million people found a strong link between substance-use disorders and suicidal behaviour, with family patterns offering further clues.
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By Artemis Spyrou, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Michigan State University
Andrea Richard, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University
Particle accelerators aren’t just for testing the Standard Model. They’re also used to diagnose and treat disease and study world history.
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By Monideepa Tarafdar, Professor of Information Systems, UMass Amherst
Knowledge workers such as scientists, teachers, lawyers and business leaders are increasingly using generative artificial intelligence applications for tasks that demand imagination, creativity and problem-solving. Ironically, perhaps, recent research shows that people who interact with generative AI for work tasks can end up not thinking critically. They can surrender…
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By Alex H. Poole, Associate Professor of Information Science, Drexel University
By the time Dolly Parton died on Aug. 25, 2026, her Imagination Library had gifted more than 332 million children’s books to babies and kids in all 50 states and four other countries: Canada, the U.K., Australia and Ireland.
If they were set end to end, these books would circle the earth 1.8 times.
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By Susan Farrell, Professor of English, College of Charleston
The battle over the novel offers a window into America’s long-running fight over what students should be allowed to read.
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By Aarti Krishnan, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and Innovation, University of Manchester
Ahmad Aldrie Amir, Associate Professor of Mangrove Ecology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia)
Behara Satyanarayana, Associate Professor, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Beyond the monetary value of carbon credits sits something more complex: every restoration project involves trade-offs, and somebody carries them.
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By Patrick Egan, Professor of Politics & Public Policy, New York University
James Bisbee, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
Joshua A. Tucker, Professor of Politics, New York University
Nearly 1 in 7 white men under 30 in the US support white nationalism, and partisanship alone doesn’t explain who’s drawn to it.
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By Tzachi Zach, Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
The U.S. government has pitched an obscure accounting rule change that has ignited a firestorm of opposition. If enacted, its effects might be felt from the capital markets to your retirement savings account.
At issue is a proposal by the Securities and Exchange…
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By Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Chairperson, Diabetes Alliance; Co-founder, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Pretoria
Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) recently released its report on deaths that occurred in 2024. The headline findings contain a sobering, recurring truth: diabetes was once again the country’s leading underlying natural cause of death.
In 2024 alone, 28,767 people died from complications caused by diabetes, accounting for 6.1% of all deaths nationwide. That is an average of nearly 79 deaths every day.
Diabetes also claimed the top spot in 2022…
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By Benedict Carpenter van Barthold, Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
An exhibition that will leave most with a deep appreciation for Renoir as an artistic innovator and painter of the first rank.
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