By W. Keith Robinson, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
US patent law says inventors must be human, but they can use AI. This changes the nature of invention and raises the question: Is this what the founders had in mind when they set up the patent system?
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By Benjamin Roulston, Assistant Professor of Physics, Clarkson University
When a spacecraft is too far from the Sun to use solar panels, it needs a different reliable source of power.
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By Julia Standefer, Ph.D. Student in Psychology, Iowa State University
L. Alison Phillips, Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
Two social psychologists explain the ways unconscious biases influence how people think and can fuel discrimination against transgender people and other minority groups.
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By Miriam Eve Mora, Managing Director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute, University of Michigan
Jewish American artists were at the heart of the comics industry – and a closer read of beloved characters reflects fears about assimilation and acceptance.
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By Ruth Patrick, Professor in Social Policy, University of York
Aaron Reeves, Associate Professorial Research Fellow in Poverty and Inequality, London School of Economics and Political Science
Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the labour market.
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By Graham Haughton, Professor, Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Manchester
The UK government has published its planning and infrastructure bill, a cornerstone of its strategy for growth. The bill aims to “get Britain building again and deliver economic growth” and includes the hugely ambitious target of building 1.5…
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By Patrick Diamond, Professor of Public Policy, Queen Mary University of London
All governments, it seems, are destined to go to war with Whitehall. The administration of Keir Starmer has been in power only nine months, but there are clear indications ministers are frustrated and dissatisfied with civil service performance.
They have so far avoided the temptation to publicly vilify Whitehall officials for the government’s inability to deliver rapid progress. There is no repeat of the rhetoric that a hard rain is about to fall on the civil service, as Boris Johnson and his chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, threatened…
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By Amnesty International
Reacting to the acquittal of 45 members of the Saturday Mothers, prosecuted after their 700th peaceful vigil for their forcibly disappeared loved ones was banned and violently dispersed in August 2018, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake said: “Almost seven years after the Saturday Mothers’ 700th peaceful vigil was violently broken up […] The post Türkiye: Acquittal of Saturday Mothers protesters brings seven year ordeal to an end appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Everyone knew Itai Dzamara as a journalist and pro-democracy activist who was forcibly disappeared on 9 March 2015 after he criticised the Zimbabwean government. Itai was my husband and best friend. He was a great father to our two children Nokutenda and Nenyasha. He was always there for us making sure that we are happy. […] The post “I will not stop asking until I know the whereabouts of my husband” appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor
While Donald Trump’s special envoy was en route to Moscow to talk about a possible ceasefire deal with his opposite numbers in the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin enjoyed a meet-up with his old friend Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, and the atmosphere was reportedly congenial.
According to the Guardian’s contemporaneous report,…
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