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The climate is changing so fast that we haven’t seen how bad extreme weather could get

Simon H. Lee, University of St Andrews; Hayley J. Fowler, Newcastle University y Paul Davies, Newcastle University Extreme weather is by definition rare on our planet. Ferocious storms, searing heatwaves and biting…

Nicolás Maduro Moros, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in 2016. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Author: Eneas De Troya.

Nicolás Maduro and the Trans-leftism

In recent days, in a WhatsApp group of the Commission for the Study of Church History in Latin America (CEHILA), where I share space with other university professors from the region, a…

What is love? A philosopher explains it’s not a choice or a feeling − it’s a practice

Edith Gwendolyn Nally, University of Missouri-Kansas City Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected].…

Elon Musk interviewed by Chris Anderson at TED2017 - The Future You, April 24-28, 2017, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED

Elon Musk says he’s a ‘cultural Christian’ – why some leading thinkers are embracing Christianity

Simon McCarthy-Jones, Trinity College Dublin The world’s richest person, Elon Musk, just announced that he’s a “big believer in the principles of Christianity” and “a cultural Christian”. Musk’s reasons are moral and…

5 growing threats to academic freedom

Fierce debates about what should be taught at colleges and universities is part of what academic freedom is all about. But…

Monster Soup, an 1828 political cartoon by William Heath, shows a woman horrified by a magnified drop of Thames River water. Wellcome Images via Wikimedia

Can humanity address climate change without believing it? Medical history suggests it is possible

Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change.…

President Donald J. Trump disembarks Marine One at Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, on Jan. 12, 2021, and boards Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead). Public domain, uploaded on Flickr, January 13, 2021.

On Political Violence After Trump’s Assassination Attempt

I therefore propose to put the Trump and Biden issues in brackets. If you like, I propose to think of them only as part of a larger set of forces.…

Donald Trump speaking to supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on October 4, 2016. Photo by Gage Skidmore.

‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

If both sides are hammering into people again and again that losing an election is the end of the world, then it’s not a surprise that eventually people are willing to take…

Javier Milei, President of Argentina, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum 2024 in Davos, Switzerland. Credit: World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

Milei’s first months in office: is freedom moving forward?

In this context of division and confrontation, it is evident that Milei's government must adopt a more inclusive, flexible, and dialoguing approach…

European Elections: The Far Right Advances Less Than Expected

Although it is still too early to analyze the voting impact, it is likely that the consolidation of the far-right in many member states will represent a significant challenge for the European…

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