The first ice core library in Antarctica to save humanity’s climate memory

With its temperature of -50°C, the archive sanctuary built below the surface at Concordia will allow endangered ice cores ...

There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants

Restricting academic freedom is often thought of in terms of universities telling professors what they can and cannot do or ...

Why Canada’s reaction to the Grok scandal is so muted in the midst of a global outcry

Governments around the world are clamping down on Grok’s production of nonconsensual sexual images. Why does Canada seem to ...

Nigeria’s 2027 election can set a model for disability inclusion. Here’s how

Nigeria has built an impressive legal framework for disability rights. The challenge now is turning these commitments into ...

South Florida’s Brightline has highlighted an old problem – every year for the past decade, 900 pedestrians were killed by trains

Railway safety has vastly improved for motor vehicles, but reducing the risk of collisions with pedestrians is much trickier.

Uganda’s autocratic political system is failing its people – and threatens the region

The youth-led struggle for democracy in Uganda reflects a broader continental reality: young Africans want better leadership.

Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks

Some methods being tried to counter climate change shift the ocean’s biology or chemistry. Others would deflect solar ...

Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...

Broncos say their new stadium will be ‘privately financed,’ but ‘private’ often still means hundreds of millions in public resources

The Denver Broncos announced in early September 2025 their plan to build a privately financed football stadium. The proposal ...

Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh

Martin Luther King Jr. and Thich Nhat Hanh shared a vision of ‘beloved community’ that shows how democracy begins not with ...

From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space

The US, China, India, Europe and Japan all have exciting missions on the horizon in 2026. Many of them are collaborative ...