By Jess Carniel, Associate Professor in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
Joe Dolce’s Shaddap You Face has been inducted into the National Film and Sound Archive’s Sounds of Australia. How can we best understand this song in 2026?
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By Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor, Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative, The Conversation
Pope Leo responded firmly to Trump’s scathing criticism. A deeper dive into our archives explains how the exchange might well show a recurring dynamic.
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By Pascale Biron, Professeure titulaire, Département de géographie, urbanisme et environnement, Concordia University
Maxime Boivin, Professeur en géographie et hydrogéomorphologie, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, Professeur en géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
Beaver dams play a key role in the ecosystem but are often considered dangerous, even though they have a limited impact on flooding downstream.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Special police forces in a Kazakh court on the day of the sentencing of 19 people accused of "inciting ethnic hatred." Taldykorgan, April 13, 2026. © 2026 Melirim Bakytzhanqyzy/RFE/RL A Kazakh court convicted today 19 Kazakhstan citizens for participating in a peaceful protest against human rights abuses in Xinjiang, China.During the protest, which took place in November 2025, activists from the Nagyz Atajurt Volunteers Group condemned Chinese government abuses, some of which amount to crimes against humanity. They called for the release of a Kazakh citizen,…
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By Alexander Bor, Post-doctoral Researcher, Democracy Institute, Central European University
Hungarian voters have overwhelmingly rejected the 16-year rule of authoritarian strongman Viktor Orbán, electing his one-time political ally, Péter Magyar, to replace him. Magyar’s Tisza party has secured a two-thirds majority in parliament and therefore a supermajority. This will allow the new government to roll back some of the illiberal measures introduced Orbán…
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By Anna Piela, Visiting Scholar in Religious Studies and Gender, Northwestern University
The war with Iran is not just a geopolitical conflict. We see religious rhetoric used to cast strategic interests as a moral or sacred matter.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson described Iran’s majority faith tradition, Shiite Islam, as a “misguided religion” while discussing the ongoing U.S. strikes against Iran on March 4, 2026. A complaint made to the Military…
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By Carrie Sampson, Assistant Professor in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation, Arizona State University
School boards have gained attention for taking on controversial issues, such as transgender students participating in sports, but much of their work is administrative.
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By Josie Slaathaug, Graduate Student in Marine Biology, Sonoma State University
Daniel Crocker, Professor of Marine Biology, Sonoma State University
In the past, the gray whale population recovered fairly quickly. But data on baby whales show that isn’t happening, and a new study finds an alarmingly high mortality rate.
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By Aparna Soni, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Indiana University
Medicaid enrollment surged during the pandemic, then tumbled during the Great Unwinding – reflecting how paperwork and state policy determine who keeps health coverage.
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By Tamilla Triantoro, Associate Professor of Business Analytics and Information Systems, Quinnipiac University
Many people are interacting with AI large language models, and most of them would say the models have different “personalities.” Some models come across as calm and useful. Others feel eager, flattering or strangely cold. You can ask two models the same question and walk away with two very different impressions, even when the factual content they return is similar.
Artificial intelligence models do not have personalities in the human sense; they do not have childhoods, inner motives or self-awareness. But they do display patterns of behavior that people read as personality: supportive…
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