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Ukraine recap: Drone warfare brings new phase to battlefront

Like many people, I first encountered drones when they looked like toys, something fun to play with and be entertained by. Not long afterward, I was waiting for a boat on my commute to work, and a drone hovered overhead, ...

From harmony to civil war: When language turns deadly

For years, Jaroslav Tir has been pondering a perplexing mystery: Why do some countries where a multi-ethnic populace once lived together in harmony devolve into civil war, slaughter and ethnic cleansing?

Spot AI images this election: Fact vs. fiction tips

On Aug. 18, former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump posted an unusual endorsement to his social media account on Truth Social. Amid a series of photos, he included an image of pop megastar Taylor ...

Researcher studies how violent policies spread among governments

Complexity Postdoctoral Fellow Kerice Doten-Snitker studies how government-sanctioned violence in medieval Germany diffused from one community to another. More specifically, she wants to know what sometimes prevented the ...

Easing bail policy does not lead to increased crime, report finds

A new report by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) shows the estimated effects of several bail policy changes in the City and County of Los Angeles, including removing the emergency bail schedule that was implemented ...

Red flag laws may reduce the growing burden of firearm homicides

A recent study from researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health has found that Florida's red flag gun law, which was enacted in response to the 2018 Parkland mass shooting, was associated with an 11% ...

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A world mired in conflict calls for international tribunals that play multiple roles
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AI used by police cannot tell Black people apart: Canada's AI laws need urgent attention, say researchers
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The truth about Tasers: What UK statistics and research tell us
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How Twitter—now X—helps with understanding Canadian values and attitudes toward asylum seekers
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Research reveals many laws targeting homelessness are ineffective
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International Criminal Court should adopt 'joint criminal enterprise' criminal liability mode, team argues
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Satellite imagery could aid in seeking justice for human rights violations in Sudan
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Astronomers spot merging galaxies from 12.8 billion years ago
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Study combines data and molecular simulations to accelerate drug discovery
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Fungus gnat entombed in a 40-million-year-old piece of amber is a rare gem
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Researchers identify genes for low glycemic index and high protein in rice
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Why not knowing what to do isn't always a bad thing for leaders

In 2002, after a Pentagon news briefing, the then US secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld was widely ridiculed for his thoughts about knowledge. Discussing the issue of whether Iraq was supplying weapons of mass destruction ...