By Charlie Scherer, PhD Candidate in Earth Sciences, UCL
Cassius Morrison, Postdoctoral Researcher in Palaeontology, UCL
The fossilised skull of a new species of mysterious meat-eating dinosaur from the Isle of Wight has been rediscovered in the collections of the Natural History Museum after over 100 years in storage.
Over its nearly 150-year history, this London museum has become home to over 30 million specimens, making it fairly easy to forget about the odd fossil or rock here and there. This is almost definitely what happened to the only known fossil of the UK’s newest dinosaur, a two-legged meat-eating theropod (the dinosaur…
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By Tamir Sorek, Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History, Penn State
Elections are typically framed as a choice for voters. For Palestinian citizens of Israel, however, the country’s national ballots pose more of a dilemma.
Constituting about one-sixth of eligible voters in Israel, Palestinian citizens could hold the difference in a race expected to be…
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By Rebecca Walker Reczek, Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
Aprajita Gautam, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Texas A&M University
Rajagopal Raghunathan, Professor of Marketing, The University of Texas at Austin
While perfectionists hold themselves to high or even impossible standards, people who want perfect stuff hold what they buy and own to lofty standards.
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By Shannon Gibson, Professor of Environmental Studies, Political Science and International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
David Ginsburg, Professor (Teaching) of Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
When conservation affects local people, the question of who pays and who has a voice in decisions can make or break species recovery.
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By David DeMatteo, Professor of Law and Psychology, Drexel University
Philadelphia police and FBI are conducting a massive investigation into the home where the late R.C. Horsch and his son lived, along with several women who’ve gone missing.
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By Daniel H. Robinson, Professor, College of Education, University of Texas at Arlington
The number of uncertified teachers rose, while enrolled student numbers dropped, following a state takeover of Houston. Data shows other uneven results across districts.
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By Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Jesse Rhodes, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Lane Cuthbert, Doctoral candidate, UMass Amherst
In a recent national survey, Americans with the most negative views of women were the biggest proponents of transgender sports bans.
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By Valerie M. Fridland, Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno
Vowels have become the latest players in partisan politics, a barometer of how beliefs and values fit within the old vs. new South.
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By Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, Research Fellow and Visiting Scholar of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
Some governments use legitimate AI concerns as a pretext to control political discussion, particularly chatbot responses about those in power.
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By Markus Schneider, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Denver
From tax policy to gas prices and tariffs, a mix of new factors is making inequality in the US more extreme.
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