By Brian O'Neill, Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
A ‘domestic terrorism’ label that comes before the facts teaches the public to treat the term as propaganda rather than factual diagnosis.
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By Keith Musselman, Assistant Professor in Geography, Mountain Hydrology, and Climate Change, University of Colorado Boulder
Agnes Macy, Graduate Student in Geography, University of Colorado Boulder
US Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science to the rising risk of crashes.
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By Kevin Lopuck, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
Social studies education demands sustained engagement with difficult knowledge and a heightened sense of obligation to both students and society.
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By Savo Heleta, Researcher, Nelson Mandela University
Logan Cochrane, Associate Professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Higher education institutions are frequent casualties in violent conflicts. In Palestine, Ukraine and Sudan, to mention only a few recent examples, university campuses have been bombed. Academics, staff and students have been killed, injured or displaced. Teaching, learning and research have been undermined or come to a halt.
Higher education plays a critical…
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By Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Lauretta Ngcobo, who passed away in 2015, left a singular and impactful literary legacy in South Africa. Even in a life of exile and resistance to apartheid and white minority rule in the country. As a novelist, feminist thinker and freedom fighter, her intellectual contributions were foundational.
Ngcobo’s work often deals with the realities of black…
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By Sharief Hendricks, Senior Lecturer Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences , University of Cape Town
Children in South Africa are back at school after their summer holidays. My son, aged five, has just started school at Wynberg Boys Junior, a school based in Cape Town’s southern suburbs with a strong record of playing rugby.
Like most rugby-loving families in South Africa, we hope our child discovers the pleasures of the game. We would like him to enjoy the sport, but we want him to do it in the safest way possible.
As a contact sport, rugby has the potential to result in some serious injuries if players aren’t properly prepared and supervised. Full contact tackle rugby…
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By Keiichi Ohnaka, Associate professor, Universidad Andrés Bello (Chile)
Jacco van Loon, Reader in Astrophysics, Keele University
The WOH G64 star looked to be accelerating to its end of life. But now astronomers are not sure that’s the case.
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By Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest night in American sports. The 2026 NFL showdown between the New England…
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By Guest Contributor
Africa has 11 percent of the world’s population and 24 percent of the global disease burden, yet only 3 percent of the world’s health workers and less than 1 percent of global health expenditure.
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By Sangeeta Khorana, Professor of International Trade Policy, Aston University
The recently concluded EU-India free trade agreement is notable for the huge scale and ambition of the deal. Labelled the “mother of all deals” by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, it comes as India has overtaken Japan as the world’s fourth-largest economy.
Bilateral trade in goods and services between the EU and India is already worth €180…
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