By Wangda Zuo, Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State
The electricity needed to power new Pennsylvania data centers already in advanced stages of planning could power 11 million homes – nearly twice the total number of households in the state.
Companies that want to build data centers to expand their cloud and artificial intelligence computing are drawn to Pennsylvania due to its proximity to major East Coast cities, relatively affordable land and electricity, and legacy industrial infrastructure. For instance,…
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By Allie Mazurek, Engagement Climatologist and Researcher, Colorado Climate Center, Colorado State University
The answer has to do with the air we breathe and that bright white snowpack, as an atmospheric scientist in Colorado explains.
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By Arnaud Kurze, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Montclair State University
Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm, Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Social media is often blamed for stoking violence. But it can play a positive role by drawing attention to atrocities – both past and present – which research suggests can make them less likely to occur.
That’s what we found when we compared the role of social media in…
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By Corey D. B. Walker, Dean and Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Wake Forest University
For Madison, religious freedom was not a tool for political domination. Rather, he saw it as a constitutional safeguard for liberty and democracy.
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By Adetola F. Louis-Jacques, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida
Arielle Ayotte, MD candidate, School of Medicine, University of Florida
Michelle Nall, Nurse Practioner, College of Medicine, University of Florida
Mobile health clinics are a practical but underused solution to the growing number of maternity care deserts in the US.
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By James Horncastle, Assistant Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
The American and Israeli attacks on Iran and the confusion within the United States over the war’s objectives are making headlines.
The attacks, and Iran’s…
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By Rose Miyonga, Researcher, University of Warwick
Between 1952 and 1963, Kenya experienced one of the most violent chapters in its modern history. The Mau Mau uprising, rooted in land dispossession and political repression under British colonial rule, escalated into a brutal counterinsurgency war.
An estimated 50,000 Kenyans died during the violent conflict between Mau Mau guerrillas and British forces, and from disease and starvation. Torture, sexual violence and forced…
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By Ken Wilson, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Creative Writing, University of Regina
The official interpretation of Treaty 4 is historically contested. And if that interpretation is wrong, then Canada’s claim to “Crown Land” and settler ownership rests on a deeply unstable foundation.
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By Brendon J. Cannon, Associate Professor, Khalifa University
Gulf states have become increasingly prominent in the squabbles, civil wars and inter-country tensions in the Horn of Africa over the past decade. The countries in this region include Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somaliland, Somalia and Djibouti.
As a result, the US-Israel war on Iran matters for the Horn, where Gulf money, Gulf diplomacy and Gulf defence equipment have become part of the operating…
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By Daniel Sims, Associate Professor of First Nations Studies; Adjunct Professor of Education, University of Northern British Columbia
Can Aboriginal title truly co-exist with fee simple title — the ownership of full, permanent property rights? Recent First Nations agreements show no one has complete control over their land.
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