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Could AI replace politicians? A philosopher maps out three possible futures
From business and public administration to daily life, artificial intelligence is reshaping the world—and politics may be next.
Social Sciences
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Overcoming barriers to food systems sustainability: An interconnected framework
We all recognize the importance of sustainable diets for both human and planetary health, yet it often seems like we are up against impossible odds.
Economics & Business
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Mass deportations don't keep out 'bad genes.' They use scientific racism to justify biased immigration policies
Threats of mass deportations loom on the post-2024 election horizon. Some supporters claim these will protect the country from immigrants who bring "bad genes" into America. But this is a misguided use of the language of ...
Social Sciences
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Is capitalism falling out of favor? We analyzed 400,000 news stories to find out
Capitalism, communism and socialism are the world's three major economic systems. While the phrase "economic system" may seem like a yawn, countless people have fought and died in major wars over which one should dominate.
Political science
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Study finds adults with language disorder face higher wrongful conviction risk
Adults with developmental language disorder (DLD) are more likely to be judged as guilty in criminal mock trials, regardless of their actual guilt, according to a new UConn study published in the Journal of Communication ...
Social Sciences
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Prison staff and inmates face unseen psychological wounds, experts warn
Overcrowded prisons in England and Wales are at breaking point, with self-harm at record levels. Now, researchers are sounding the alarm over a largely overlooked issue: moral injury, a psychological wound caused by witnessing ...
Social Sciences
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Who really benefits from economic development? Experts say human rights needs to be priority
A new study by the University of Portsmouth calls for human rights to be at the heart of any economic development.
Social Sciences
18 hours ago
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Does the social media ban for Australian children go too far, or not far enough?
Under a controversial new law, which comes into force in Australia at the end of 2025, children under 16 will not be permitted to hold an account on social media platforms such as Facebook, X, Instagram, Tiktok and Snapchat.
Social Sciences
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Chaos on Bourbon Street: The growing threat of 'rampage terrorism'
A man in a pickup truck drove down a crowded Bourbon Street in New Orleans on New Year's Day, killing 14 and wounding at least 35 others. The driver engaged police in a shootout, wounding two before being fatally shot and ...
Social Sciences
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Canada halts new parent immigration sponsorships, keeping families apart
The Canadian government recently announced it is indefinitely pausing new permanent residency sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents.
Political science
Jan 12, 2025
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If Greenland were for sale, what would it be worth? How to put a 'price tag' on a territory
It's unlikely you've missed the story. In recent weeks, US President-elect Donald Trump has again repeatedly voiced his desire for the United States to take "ownership and control" of Greenland—an autonomous territory of ...
Economics & Business
Jan 11, 2025
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Study highlights US public support for eco-social policies over economic growth
A new study highlights growing public support in the United States for eco-social policies designed to address the interconnected ecological and social crises of our time. The research, led by the Institute of Environmental ...
Economics & Business
Jan 10, 2025
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Gaza analysis: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 and June 2024
An independent study by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) suggests the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza underreported the death toll due to violence by approximately 41%.
Political science
Jan 9, 2025
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'Only yes means yes': How 'La Manada' case reshaped social and legal discourse
Samara Velte of the NOR research team has investigated the social, media and legal discourses that emerged in relation to the gang rape perpetrated during the festival of San Fermin in 2016, and proposes discursive analysis ...
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2025
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How the US could in fact make Canada an American territory
"We take nothing by conquest…Thank God," wrote the National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser, an influential Washington newspaper, in February 1847.
Political science
Jan 9, 2025
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US steel needs federal investment to stay competitive, expert says
If Tokyo-based Nippon Steel's proposed $14.1 billion purchase of U.S. Steel doesn't go through, the U.S. government should support the domestic steel industry the way it supports the development of semiconductors, a Northeastern ...
Economics & Business
Jan 9, 2025
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'Wrong' data increases confusion over reducing ethnic civil war risk
The use of territorial self-governance seems to decrease the risk of ethnic civil war in some cases and to increase it in others. This has led to claims that arrangements designed to manage such conflicts—like federalism, ...
Political science
Jan 8, 2025
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Even the much lauded Nordic prisons are facing overcrowding and understaffing
Prison reform advocates often point to the Nordic countries as examples of "how to do prison right." The low rates of imprisonment and more humane approach to incarceration in these countries have long been considered exceptional ...
Social Sciences
Jan 8, 2025
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Meta's move away from fact-checking could allow more false or misleading content, expert says
Meta's move away from fact-checking in content moderation practices could potentially allow more hate speech or mis- or disinformation, a Northeastern University social media expert says.
Social Sciences
Jan 8, 2025
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Providing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants improves birth outcomes, research shows
When states give driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants, it affects nondrivers, too—even the littlest ones. Babies born to immigrants from Mexico and Central America are bigger and healthier in states that make that ...
Social Sciences
Jan 7, 2025
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