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Iran: How the Islamic Republic uses internet shutdowns as a tool of repression

When a protest by angry traders about what they see as the Islamic Republic’s poor handling of the economy morphed into a national uprising across Iran, the authorities moved quickly to shut down the internet. […]

Opinion: China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing is reaching […]

Lack of coordination is leaving modern slavery victims and survivors vulnerable, say experts

Researchers at The University of Manchester are calling for stronger, coordinated partnerships to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking, warning that gaps between organizations risk leaving victims and survivors without consistent protection and support.This article […]

Earth keeps getting hotter, and Americans’ partisan divide over science grows sharper

As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth’s third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply divided over the role of science in the United States.This article is brought to you by […]

Young environmental activists’ identities are multidimensional and partly contradictory, study finds

A new study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland sheds light on young Finnish environmental activists, discovering that their activist identities are multidimensional and even contradictory at times. The study has explored how young […]

Young people risk drifting into serious online offenses through a slippery slope of high-risk digital behavior

New findings from the University of East London show that online risk-taking is widespread among young people, with behaviors such as digital piracy, accessing risky online spaces or engaging with harmful content having a high […]

Can a hashtag help prevent atrocities? Study shows social media can be a powerful tool

Social media is often criticized for fueling misinformation and violence, but it could actually play a role in preventing genocide and mass atrocities—if used strategically.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Study shows how kidnapping of athlete’s father influenced society, president across continents

Sports are often viewed as an escape from the problems of the real world. But when a Colombian soccer star’s father was kidnapped, the resulting media coverage helped move the story from the field of […]

Whether or not US acquires Greenland, the island will be at the center of a massive military build-up in the Arctic

Donald Trump is clearly in a hurry to dominate the political narrative in his second term of office. He began 2026 with strikes in Syria against Islamic State groups, the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás […]

The US military has a long history in Greenland, from WWII mining to a nuclear-powered Army base built into ice

President Donald Trump’s insistence that the U.S. will acquire Greenland “whether they like it or not” is just the latest chapter in a co-dependent and often complicated relationship between America and the Arctic’s largest island—one […]