By Gavin Furrey, Assistant Professor, Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
The recent Parti Québecois victory is more akin to detecting a faint pulse in a terminally ill patient than a spectacular jolt back to life.
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By Anna Turns, Senior Environment Editor, The Conversation
From photosynthesis to fluffy cloud formation, plankton play a huge role in planetary systems, from marine food chains to the carbon cycle.
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By Michael Cox, Founding Director of LSE IDEAS and Emeritus Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science
The US midterm elections have shifted the balance of power in Congress, delivering a massive blow to Donald Trump and his Republican party. This has implications both at home and possibly abroad, including for US policy towards Ukraine; an issue that was hardly mentioned during the campaigns.
But even if Ukraine did not figure much in the election, the question in US politics of what to do about the war has not gone away. Indeed, in the weeks and months before the result was announced, Trump had been busily…
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By Didier Camilo Olarte Gonzalez, PhD Student in Experimental Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Pier-Luc de Chantal, Professeur en psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
‘World models’ are an emerging technology that could help AI systems anticipate what might happen and use that to act. This is not the same as human ‘thinking.’
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By Joni Wildman, PhD Candidate in Mycology, University of Bath
This autumn looks like it could be a good year to spot large numbers of wild mushrooms. Already many can be seen covering tree roots and shady spots.
Mushrooms are the part of certain fungi that you see above ground. The rest of it is either underground or within a tree trunk. All mushrooms are part of a fungus, but not all fungi produce…
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By Adam Taylor, Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
Jesús de Miguel, a football played with CD Tenerife, may have died from commotio cordis. An anatomist explains the condition.
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By Amnesty International
In response to the Israeli military’s arrest of Palestinian farmer and land defender Ghassan Najjar during a pre-dawn raid on the village of Burin south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, on 27 October, Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns, said: “Israeli authorities must immediately release […] The post Israel/OPT: Israel must immediately release Palestinian farmer and land defender Ghassan Najjar appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband making a statement on Israel-Palestine in the House of Commons, London, United Kingdom, September 8, 2026. © 2026 Press Association via AP Photo The UK has significantly expanded its Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, allowing the government, for the first time, to impose targeted sanctions on individuals and entities involved in war crimes. The new powers were approved by parliament yesterday.The previous framework, adopted in 2020, did not allow for such sanctions, providing, instead, for targeted sanctions only for certain serious…
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By Grace Jennings-Edquist, Executive Producer, Podcasts, The Conversation
Justin Bergman, International Affairs Editor, The Conversation
The young men and Hispanic and Latino voters who helped propel Donald Trump to his presidential victory in 2024 swung sharply towards the Democrats in the midterm elections, contributing to the historic defeat for Republicans.
Charles Hunt, an associate professor of political science at Boise State University in Idaho, tells The…
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
How big is the threat posed by One Nation to the Nationals? And can the party’s past predict its future?
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