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World leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pose for a group photo during the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France on Feb. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

The Paris summit marks a tipping point on AI’s safety and sustainability

The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, held in Paris on Feb. 11, reflected a political shift towards addressing social and environmental challenges posed by AI.
Teenage boy sits on stairs at home, one hand covering his face, the other other holding smartphone, feeling alone, stressed, overwhelmed, depressed. myboys.me/Shutterstock

Can the UK’s ‘Online Safety Act’ tame the hidden violence in leisure communities?

New UK legislation aims to curb online abuse by enforcing swift removal of harmful content. Research shows even leisure communities can foster toxic behaviour.
British Chagossians demonstrate in London, after the UK announced a deal to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Mauritius has won back Chagos – but not all of it. Why the largest island, Diego Garcia, is so important to the UK

The UK’s handover of the Chagos archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the intentions of major powers’ relations with small island nations.
The Celtic festival of Samhain celebrates a time of year when the division between Earth and the otherworld collapses, allowing spirits to pass through. Matt Cardy/Getty Images

The ancient Irish get far too much credit for Halloween

Folklorists created a through line from the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain to Halloween. But the Halloween we know today has more to do with the English, a 9th century pope and American consumerism.
Graduates toss their caps into the air at the conclusion of the 2022 Dana Hills High School graduation ceremony in Dana Hills, Calif. Leonard Ortiz/Orange County Register via Getty Images

How a British military march became the distinctive sound of American graduations

For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
British soldiers questioning suspected members of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army near Gilgil, Kenya, on Jan. 8, 1953. (AP Photo)

Operation Legacy: How Britain covered up its colonial crimes

Operation Legacy highlights the repercussions faced when people with power determine what information is available to interpret events of the past.
Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in Sweden, where KBS-3 repository technologies have been tested. Anna Storm

100,000 years and counting: how do we tell future generations about highly radioactive nuclear waste repositories?

Spent nuclear fuel remains dangerous for so long that languages can disappear and humanity’s very existence cannot be guaranteed. So how do we communicate information about repositories into the future?
The World Health Organization recommends formal school programmes as the key to preventing skin cancer. Paul Higley/Shutterstock

Why schools need to take sun safety more seriously – expert explains

Being severely sunburnt as a child more than doubles the chance of developing future skin cancer but less than half of primary schools questioned in new research have a sun safety policy.

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