Smallpox DNA from two people buried in Chile reveals the virus’s arrival through European colonisation – but recreating it would require deliberate laboratory work.
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Studying the scale and intensity of previous fires can help us to detect thermal hotspots earlier and support faster, smarter crisis response and post-fire restoration.
A labour and political ecology expert looks back at imperialistic logic and how chemical fertilisers have repeatedly served as strategic objectives and weapons, particularly in wartime.
An economist explores the gender data bias behind credit scoring and borrowing money from the bank that excludes women worldwide, denying them the same economic rights as men.
The fast-growing market of non-invasive neurotechnology is collecting people’s neural data without clear guidelines.
The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy and protect fellow citizens.
The High Seas Treaty requires a secretariat to co-ordinate between parties, service meetings, manage information and keep the machinery running.
China accounts for more than 80 per cent of global battery production. It’s highly unlikely the U.S. can reduce China’s role in the production and processing of critical minerals.
José Antonio Kast, who has run for the presidency several times, successfully seized on widespread dissatisfaction over issues like crime and immigration.
Many of Operation Condor’s crimes remain shrouded in impunity and silence, 50 years after its creation.
By militarizing law enforcement, the US is entering largely uncharted waters, but it’s familiar territory for Chile and Argentina, where established democracies broke down in the 1970s.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture enough detail to see a golf ball from 25km away.
Packaged foods in Kenya are required to list ingredients, but this information can be hard to interpret.
A big part of the explanation for why women are paid less than men is the companies they work for.
Rather than ‘offshoring’ criminals to the US, Venezuelan government policies have both consolidated gangs and created volatile pacts with them.
Experts on politics in Canada, Germany, Chile, Belarus and the Philippines weigh in on what to expect as each country’s voters prepare to head to the ballot box.
Cosmology could be transformed by a new wave of telescopes – both on the ground and in space.
Every country that has successfully transitioned from poor to prosperous has done this through elevated savings and investment.
Chile has the largest population of Palestinians outside of the Middle East, they have set up a series of community institutions including a football team.
As The Settlers reminds us, films have often played a crucial role in helping establish and disseminate colonial mythologies.
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Associate Professor of Politics, Occidental College
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PhD Candidate, Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies, King's College London
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Outgoing Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
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Adjunct Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
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Associate Professor in International Relations of the Americas, UCL
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Professor, Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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Research fellow, University of Warwick
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Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts & Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Politics, Oberlin College and Conservatory
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Head of School, Physical Sciences, Adelaide University
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Exeter
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Postdoctoral fellow, FP7 Marie Curie Cofund Agreenskills+, Aarhus University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bath
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Postgraduate Associate at the Institute of Latin American Studies, La Trobe University
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Researcher at Observatorio Regional, Universidad Catolica de Temuco