Columbia president holds her own under congressional grilling over campus antisemitism that felled the leaders of Harvard and Penn
A rhetoric scholar says Columbia University President Nemat Shafik fared much better than her predecessors at a hearing about ...
The tragedy of sudden unexpected infant deaths – and how bedsharing, maternal smoking and stomach sleeping all contribute
Rates of sudden unexpected infant deaths have not gone down significantly over the last 20 years, and in some racial groups ...
Billions of cicadas are about to emerge from underground in a rare double-brood convergence
The last time that these two groups of cicadas emerged from underground together, Thomas Jefferson was president.
Cities with Black women police chiefs had less street violence during 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests
The type of life and professional experience a police chief has can influence how their departments react to protests, new ...
South Africa’s electricity crisis: a series of failures over 30 years have left a dim legacy
After 30 years of democracy, South Africa is in a deep electricity crisis which can only be solved if the government moves ...
5 years after the Mueller report into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election on behalf of Trump: 4 essential reads
What Trump knew about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election remains an open question despite the nearly ...
AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem
In general, AI providers have the right to adopt restrictive policies. They are not bound by international human rights.
5 years after the the Mueller Report into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election on behalf of Trump: 4 essential reads
What Trump knew about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election remains an open question despite the nearly ...
Hard work and happy accidents: why do so many of us prefer ‘difficult’ analogue technology?
We have spent a decade researching what’s behind the extraordinary revival of vinyl records, film cameras and other ‘old ...
Climate change makes life harder: in South Africa it’s likely to bring heatwaves, water stress and gender-based violence
The University of Cape Town’s new report on the impacts of climate change in South Africa found that heatwaves and water ...
An Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons programme is unlikely – here’s why
Iran has reached a stage in its weapons programme where it would be difficult for a single strike to do significant damage.