By Steven Paton, Research Biologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Smithsonian Institution
El Niño can affect agriculture, marine life and economies in profound ways, including slowing commerce at the Panama Canal. This El Niño is likely to be the strongest in over a century.
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By Andrew McLean, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota
Calls to reduce the use of antidepressants highlight valid issues with long-term use and withdrawal, but blanket efforts to discourage their use overlooks why they are so widely prescribed.
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By Sarah Wagner, Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science, Queen's University Belfast
The extreme right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has won a decisive victory in a regional election in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, gaining nearly 44% of the vote. However, it fell just short of the outright majority needed to govern alone, so negotiations are underway to determine who will run the state.
One small party, the Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW), stands as possible kingmaker. Formed in 2024 by high-profile figures who broke away from the radical left-wing Die Linke, the BSW won…
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By Thomas Waters, Lecturer in History, Imperial College London
If you’ve got problem neighbours, or your house and garden seem to suffer from bad luck, perhaps it’s time to try a magical solution.
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By Jean Clinton, Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, McMaster University
Some experts believe what we are sometimes seeing today is not true gentle parenting, but rather an anxious drift into permissive parenting.
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By Anneleen van der Meer, Assistant Professor, Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA), Leiden University
Persistent allegations of chemical weapons use in the Sudanese civil war have recently been reinforced by new evidence.
US news outlets The New York Times and The…
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By Will Shüler, Vice-Dean of Education and Senior Lecturer, School of Performing and Digital Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London
Written and directed by Benedict Andrews, Electra/Persona is two plays conjoined. The first is a version of Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Electra, and the second is a stage adaptation of the 1966 Ingmar Bergman film Persona.
In Sophocles’ play, Electra seeks vengeance for her father, Agamemnon, who upon returning from war was murdered by her mother, Clytemnestra.
Clytemnestra feels justified in the killing because Agamemnon sacrificed her first-born daughter, Iphigenia, to win the gods’…
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By Oluwafemi E. Adeyeri, Research Fellow, The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century, Australian National University
The world is likely to pass 1.5°C of warming. Africa faces worse heat, drought and floods, but faster cuts to emissions can still limit the overshoot damage.
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By Suvi Rautio, Anthropologist, University of Helsinki
Digital platforms offer opportunities for African dance influencers to construct their own visions of what it means to be African.
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By Ryan A. Manzuk, Research Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The amount of undeclared uranium from the DRC’s cobalt mines could – if processed – produce enough material for 600-1,500 nuclear weapons.
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