By Justin Vovk, Royal Historian, McMaster University
King Charles isn’t permitted to interfere in politics. Nonetheless, there are an array of signs that he’s throwing his support behind Canada amid Donald Trump’s annexation threats.
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
Authorities have also taken measures to prevent potential protests, such as closing roads and banning demonstrations for four days. Access to a number of social media platforms was throttled.
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By Mark Rerick, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, University of North Dakota
More student-athletes are opting to play sports for private clubs rather than their varsity high school teams. To retain more athletes, schools should focus less on competition.
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By Lightning Jay, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Can you tell fact from fiction online? In a digital world, few questions are more important or more challenging.
For years, some commentators have called for K-12 teachers to take on fake news, media literacy, or online misinformation by doubling down on…
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By Suzanne OConnell, Harold T. Stearns Professor of Earth Science, Wesleyan University
Alton C. Byers, Faculty Research Scientist, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder
In mountain ranges around the world, glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. Europe’s Alps and Pyrenees lost 40% of their glacier volume from 2000 to 2023. These and other icy regions have provided freshwater for people living downstream for centuries – almost 2 billion people rely on glaciers today.…
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By Abdulmalik Alluhidan, Ph.D. student in Computer Science, Vanderbilt University
Policymakers are focusing on restricting teens’ access to social media, but this approach risks cutting them off from its benefits. Making the platforms safer offers an alternative path.
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By Jennifer Mercieca, Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
Overwhelming people with a deluge of announcements makes it difficult to easily track and understand what is happening in the White House.
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By Kendra D. Boyd, Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers University
Black businesses were essential to facilitating the Great Migration of African Americans out of the South between the 1910s and 1960s. Yet, the traditional narrative of the migration as a movement of laborers seeking high-wage jobs obscures the history of African Americans who moved north or west seeking entrepreneurial opportunities.
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By Elizabeth Call, University Archivist, RIT Libraries and Archives, Rochester Institute of Technology
Some of the United States’ most important historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation, are housed in the U.S. National Archives. Beyond these high-profile items, it also preserves lesser-known but no less vital records, such as national park master plans, polar exploration documents and the records of all U.S. veterans. Together, these materials stand as a testament to the country’s commitment to…
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By Shawn Simpson, Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh
Without being able to get into the heads of animals, it’s hard to say for sure. But instances of pig painters, whale crooners and bird sculptors certainly make it seem plausible.
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