By Jung Woo Lee, Senior Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Policy, University of Edinburgh
The 2026 Asian Games in Japan drew to a close on October 4 following two weeks of competition between 45 countries and territories across 43 sports. Despite the official slogan “imagine one Asia”, fragmented regional politics came to the fore as the event unfolded.
Just days before the games officially began, tensions between Japan and South Korea flared…
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By Hannah Revill, PhD Candidate in navigating everyday life with HIV/AIDS for the LGBQI+ community, Centre for Policy, Citizenship and Society, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University
Effective treatment means people with HIV can live long lives and cannot sexually transmit the virus when undetectable, yet stigma persists.
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By Amarnath Krishnamoorthy, Lecturer, Sustainable Bioenergy, University of the West of Scotland
Microalgae (microscopic organisms that use light and carbon dioxide to grow) can be used to make ingredients and food for animals, pigments and potentially renewable fuels. But growing microalgae efficiently at an industrial scale is difficult.
My own research with microalgae began with their potential for biofuel production. I have been exploring how AI can help scientists scale up the growth of microalgae, particularly for the production of biofuel from microalgal species such as Chlorella vulgaris…
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By Aisha Ahmad, Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Toronto
Jeremy Wildeman, Adjunct assistant professor, International Relations, Carleton University; L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Beyond Donald Trump’s anti-Canada rhetoric, there are many material and geo-strategic reasons why Canada must take his threats to Canadian sovereignty very seriously.
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By Rahim Barzegar, Professeur, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT)
Ehsan Raei, Researcher
Jan Franklin Adamowski, James McGill Professor, McGill University
Water levels in the Great Lakes swing from one extreme to the other. An analysis using artificial intelligence reveals how (and why) weather causes them to fluctuate.
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By Philip Broadbent, Wellcome Multimorbidity PhD Fellow & Public Health Registrar, University of Glasgow
Pennsylvania counts five measles deaths this year, the CDC two. Without an agreed definition, the confusion hits hardest where vaccination rates are lowest.
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By Ibrahim Al-Marashi, IE School of Humanities, IE University; California State University San Marcos
Since the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023, the world has witnessed unimaginable, almost constant violence in Gaza and the West Bank. But people’s understanding of these events is not universal – each person is exposed to a particular set of narratives surrounding history, victimhood and trauma.
The vast majority of news reports, social media posts, videos, and books that have covered the events since October 7, 2023 can be defined as what I call “conflict media”, which reproduces…
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By Nancy Forster-Holt, Clinical Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Rhode Island
Many older incumbents are on the ballot for the 2026 midterms, adding to America’s debate over the wisdom of aging politicians delaying their retirement.
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By Robert Boatright, Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies
Primary winners represent the views of a small group of people who turn out inconsistently and often do not even represent the the views of the parties’ voters, to say nothing of the general public.
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By Noelia Noël, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Surrey
The 2026 Nobel prize for physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his discovery of high energy neutrino particles from space.
The Nobel committee said Halzen has made “decisive contributions” to the discovery of “neutrinos of astrophysical origin” with IceCube, an experiment installed under ice at the South Pole.
Ellen Moons, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, referred…
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