By Irit Katz, Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Cambridge
At least 27 Palestinians were reported to have been killed on the morning of June 3 amid chaotic scenes at an aid distribution centre in the southern Gaza Strip. This follows a similar incident on June 1 when around 30 civilians were reportedly killed as people scrambled to get food supplies at an aid centre…
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By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
Operation Spider Web does not change the Ukraine-Russia war militarily. But the successful Ukrainian drone attacks do bring Russia’s military weaknesses and miscalculations into sharp focus.
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By J.B. Ruhl, Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
For lawyers, industry, advocates and the courts, environmental review after the Eagle County decision is not just a new ballgame. It is a new sport.
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By Aya Aboelenien, Associate Professor of Marketing, HEC Montréal
Ai Ming Chow, Postdoctoral Fellow, Management and Marketing, The University of Melbourne
Social media influencers have become cultural powerhouses, setting trends, shaping lifestyles and even swaying…
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By Gregory Camp, Senior Lecturer, School of Music, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
A few snippets of musicalised dialogue from the cast album of the new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her – with music and lyrics by Julia Mattison and Noel Carey, and a book by Marco Pennette – have recently become trending sonic memes on TikTok.
In all sorts of situations, users are lip synching to audio clips of Broadway star Jennifer Simard, in the character of Helen Sharp (played by Goldie Hawn in the 1992 cult film on which the musical is based), saying things like “That was rude. That was pretty…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Sen. Josh Harkins, R-Flowood (R), reacts as Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson (L), purposes amendments that would affect Harkins' proposed legislation that would shift control of the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport to state officials and surrounding counties, March 3, 2016, in Senate chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi. © 2016 Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo A federal court has allowed Jackson, the Blackest major city in the US, to pursue claims that the state of Mississippi is trying to strip away control of its airport for racially discriminatory…
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By Alejandro Gómez Pazo, Profesor Ayudante Doctor. Departamento de Geografía y Geología, Universidad de León
Marc Oliva, Profesor, Departamento de Geografía, Universitat de Barcelona
Xosé Lois Otero Pérez, Catedrático del Centro Singular CRETUS. Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
For most of us, first-hand knowledge of Greenland is probably limited to flying over it en route to North America. It’s likely that you’ve heard more about it over the last few months than in the rest of your life combined, but geopolitical debates aside, Greenland is also of vital importance for research into the climate and environment.
In recent decades this territory – 80% of which is covered with ice – has recorded a loss of frozen…
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By Jennifer McHenry, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
Julia K. Baum, Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
Highly productive kelp forests are being touted as a natural climate solution, but do we know enough to count them as such?
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By Adebusola Okedele, Senior Lecturer, Political Science, Babcock University
Alice J. Kang, Professor, Political Science and Ethnic Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jill S. Greenlee, Professor of Politics and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
Children absorb the power dynamics and gender roles they observe and this shapes their understanding of who a political leader should be.
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By Robert Nasi, Director General CIFOR, Director of Science CIFOR-ICRAF, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million hectares in extent, these forests occupy an area the same size as the Amazon rainforest.
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