Indonesia’s El Niño‑driven peat fires are choking the region – and releasing centuries of stored carbon

Right now, people in parts of Indonesia are inhaling what may be the most polluted atmosphere on Earth. As the historically ...

Qui doit payer les morts ? Une histoire politique du prix des obsèques

Depuis le XIXᵉ siècle, la prise en charge financière des obsèques s’est transformée. Aujourd’hui, la question de la création d’une « sécurité sociale de la mort » revient sur le devant de la scène.

Couper l’aide au développement au nom de l’intérêt national : le paradoxe des pays donateurs

Les discours récents cherchent à subordonner ce dernier critère à l’« intérêt national » des donateurs. Or une aide qui ...

Pourquoi Kant jugeait‑il les peuples autochtones d’Amérique « incapables de toute culture » ? Enquête sur une source oubliée

Kant défendait une hiérarchie raciale tout en élaborant une morale universaliste. Une source historique oubliée éclaire ses ...

Global sexual health: why communal knowledge about pleasure and wellbeing matters

Put global south communities at the centre of sexual health decision-making. Support community-led understandings of pleasure ...

African universities can do more than teach and research: they can drive social change

African universities can help solve social problems by changing their own institutions, supporting emerging ventures and ...

AI poses three big types of risk – here’s how worried we should be about them

The most dramatic warnings fall into three broad categories: humans losing control over their creations, AI becoming ...

We studied 1,584 data centers – and found the buildings full of machines are tied to modest local job growth

This employment boost took three to five years to show up, two researchers found after studying more than two decades of data ...

School librarians are vanishing from Michigan schools just when they are needed most

Certified librarians can help boost students’ reading and technological skills but aren’t required in Michigan public schools ...

Leave home with a plan: What to pack in your medical kit and when to seek care for symptoms abroad

People with chronic conditions should pack enough of their regular medications for the entire trip, plus extra in case of ...

How should AI be regulated? Follow the harm

Instead of trying to restrict AI technologies, regulations could focus on the harm the technology causes people and companies ...

Viruses obey the laws of physics – studying how can help researchers understand why they infect people differently and lead to better treatments

Mechanobiology can help identify how the physical forces within cells affect how well viruses can invade them.