By Douglas Clark, Associate Professor in Human Dimensions of Environment & Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
Researchers found that the more time bears were off the ice, the more likely they were to approach human sites.
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By Trudy Meehan, Lecturer, Centre for Positive Psychology and Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
After a violent attack shakes a community, children absorb the fear. Here’s how to talk to them honestly, calmly and in ways that help them feel safe.
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By Nicholas Vincent, Professor of Medieval History, University of East Anglia
In his speech to Congress during a trip to the US to mark the country’s 250th anniversary, King Charles made repeated references to Magna Carta, the medieval English charter that laid the foundations for the modern rule of law. Dating back to 1215, Magna Carta also established for the first time that the monarch was not above the law. Charles used his speech to reference the common Anglo-American tradition of law, and of how the charter has been cited in more than 160 US judgments of the US Supreme Court.
It was notable that the king chose to cite this ancient charter, which stands…
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By Eliza Bechtold, Programmes Manager and Research Fellow, the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
The White House says criticism of the Trump administration encourages political violence. But this presidency has a track record of attacking free speech.
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By Pierre-Marie David, Professeur adjoint à la faculté de pharmacie, Université de Montréal
A secret HIV research project carried out in the Central African Republic in the 1990s sheds light on how biomedical extractivism operates.
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By Daniel A. Smith, Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
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By Amnesty International
Responding to reports that Israeli forces intercepted 22 vessels and detained around 175 crew members of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was attempting to break Israel’s illegal blockade and deliver essential humanitarian aid to the occupied Gaza Strip, amidst Israel’s ongoing genocide, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, […] The post Israel’s brazen interception of Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza sparks fears for 175 arbitrarily detained appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
His health is not good, but he is strong in spirit Besigye is strong in spirit. He continues to state his innocence, and he continues to remind people that all this is political and that you never give up what you believe in, what you stand for politically, just because you are being persecuted. So, […] The post He continues to resist despite his frail health: wife of jailed Ugandan politician Kizza Besigye appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Laura O'Flanagan, PhD Candidate, School of English, Dublin City University
Twenty years after the first instalment catapulted Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt onto Hollywood’s A-List, The Devil Wears Prada is back with a second incarnation. The sequel reunites the pair with Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci for a fun, frothy – but not very devilish – time.
Set at Runway, a thinly veiled fictional version of Vogue magazine, much has changed in the world of journalism since the first film was released in 2006.
Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs has spent the intervening years becoming…
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By Rassim Khelifa, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology; Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Global Change Biology, Concordia University
Carlos Antonio Lopez Manzano, Master's student, Department of Biology, Concordia University
Black soldier fly larvae can convert Canada goose feces into protein and fertilizer, transforming an urban nuisance into an agricultural resource.
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