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30,000 people tried for bigamy over the past 400 years in England and Wales, archives reveal
Bigamy has been a rare crime during the past 400 years—and offenders have been harshly punished. It seems likely that no more than 30,000 individuals have ever been tried for bigamy in England and Wales during this period. ...
Social Sciences
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AI falls short on context and cultural rhetoric in United Nations speech translations
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in translation, questions have been raised about whether it could eventually replace professional interpreters. A joint study led by Lingnan University found ...
Social Sciences
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Q&A: How do federal taxes impact local schools and services?
Increases to the standard federal tax deduction implemented in 2018 were made permanent a year ago, and researchers are beginning to understand the downstream effects on state and local governments. The increased deduction ...
Economics & Business
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Worried about booking a holiday abroad? How travel operators can provide reassurance
Flying abroad for a summer vacation is not as simple as it used to be. Geopolitical uncertainty has already disrupted flight schedules and fuel prices this year. For many, staying closer to home will seem like a sensible ...
Economics & Business
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State anti-DEI laws alter the graduate student experience, study finds
A new study by University of Delaware professor Jarett Haley and others explored how racially minoritized graduate students understood the impacts of proposed or enacted state anti–diversity, equity and inclusion (anti-DEI) ...
Education
Jul 19, 2026
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EU's AI 'guardrails' cannot absorb rapid changes in technology, study warns
"Guardrails" built by the EU to govern AI fall short in both ambition and execution and have become too heavy to absorb rapid changes in technology, a new study in Big Data & Society warns.
Social Sciences
Jul 16, 2026
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Political representatives found more polarized on climate change than their constituents
It is no surprise that there are political disagreements over climate protection measures. Parties differ in their assessments of which measures they consider effective, fair or economically acceptable. However, the question ...
Political science
Jul 16, 2026
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Americans increasingly view illicit drug policy through a partisan lens, new analysis finds
Since the early 1970s, when the Nixon administration launched the "war on drugs," Gallup has been asking Americans how they feel about problems surrounding illicit drugs. But the war has not gone well and Gallup's surveys ...
Social Sciences
Jul 16, 2026
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New research shows how to expand the pool of tomorrow's leaders
Americans are dissatisfied with the state of leadership in the United States across several sectors—business, education, government and health care—a Harris poll showed in 2025. The survey raised a foundational question about ...
Economics & Business
Jul 16, 2026
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Trump wants to make daylight saving time permanent—but some fear the move would be a nightmare
One of the most intractable, contentious and niche issues in U.S. politics has come back into the spotlight. This week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to make daylight saving time permanent in the United States.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2026
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AI explored as tool for unraveling radicalization's complex drivers
Radicalization is a complex process, influenced by many variables that interact to varying degrees. AI scientist Mijke van den Hurk investigated whether artificial intelligence could help unravel this intricate interplay. ...
Political science
Jul 14, 2026
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When words signal conflict: Measuring exclusionary nationalism in prewar Japan
Why do countries go to war? While economic, military and geopolitical factors are often part of the answer, researchers have also pointed to exclusionary nationalism—the belief that one's own nation is superior to others. ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2026
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Watchdog science journalism: Crucial yet precarious work, according to study
How do journalists act as watchdogs of science? New qualitative research led by University of Amsterdam media scholar Alice Fleerackers sheds light on the labor-intensive nature of watchdog science journalism, a form of critical ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2026
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UN statements help predict China's human rights compromises, analysis suggests
A study of China's participation in United Nations human rights reviews argues that its public statements are more than diplomatic rhetoric. The paper published in the International Journal of Public Law and Policy also suggests ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2026
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Researchers suggest ways to improve US sentencing guidelines
The U.S. Sentencing Guidelines play a pivotal role in some of the federal government's most consequential drug policy decisions. Two recurring themes have been the balancing—or lack of balancing—between drug weight and the ...
Political science
Jul 14, 2026
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Widespread misuse of crowd-control weapons by law enforcement at immigration enforcement protests
Law enforcement agents misused crowd-control weapons during protests against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations in 412 verified incidents across 16 U.S. cities from when immigration enforcement ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2026
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Unequal taxation helped fuel the French Revolution, say economists
Deep inequalities in taxation played a key role in fueling the French Revolution, according to a new study published by the ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin). For the first time, economists have substantiated this with ...
Economics & Business
Jul 13, 2026
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Scientists and citizens are more persuasive than government and industry in mobilizing action, study finds
In environmental, health and technology crises, Americans are more persuaded to take action by scientists and public consensus than by leaders in government and industry, according to a study in the Proceedings of the National ...
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2026
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Theorization of environmental justice in Chinese political philosophy
Shizhi Zhang, Linda Westman and Vanesa Castán Broto have published a paper in Political Geography that explores how classical Chinese political philosophy can contribute to contemporary debates on environmental justice (EJ) ...
Political science
Jul 13, 2026
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The 'safe third country' concept turns out to be an empty shell
In her recently completed research, Dr. Gaia Romeo exposes the reality behind the EU's 'safe third country' policy. She focuses on the only case in which that policy has already been applied on a large scale: Greece. There, ...
Political science
Jul 11, 2026
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