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Crimes against humanity – such as murder, torture and deportation – are on the rise globally. Yet, there isn’t an international treaty specifically outlawing them. Penelope Andrews reflects on what the UN is doing to expand the definition of crimes against humanity – and why adding a gender lens is important.
Chinstrap penguins are highly specialised predators, hunting for marine crustaceans called Antarctic krill. It’s useful to know how much of this food they catch to predict population trends and inform ecosystem management strategies, but it’s hard to observe the birds’ ocean hunting forays. Chris Oosthuizen, Emmanuel Dufourq, Lorène Jeantet, Pierre Pistorius and Stefan Schoombie have found a solution. They explain how they trained machine learning algorithms to interpret data about a penguin’s diving movements.
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Penelope Andrews, New York Law School
Codifying apartheid could offer significant relief to many victims and survivors who otherwise would not be entitled to adequate recourse from the international community.
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Chris Oosthuizen, University of Cape Town; Emmanuel Dufourq, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences; Lorène Jeantet, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences; Pierre Pistorius, Nelson Mandela University; Stefan Schoombie, University of Cape Town
The machine learning model can work in the absence of video data, identifying prey capture events from new acceleration and depth data.
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Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Pregnant women in urban areas of Nigeria are more at risk than rural women of not getting emergency obstetric care. Digital technology can help.
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Job Mwaura, University of the Witwatersrand
Pastoralist communities face barriers like poor infrastructure, illiteracy and government neglect.
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From our international editions
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Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
The raised fist - used by Donald Trump as he was rushed off a stage after an assassination attempt - has been used by fascists, communists, Black Power advocates and even golfer Tiger Woods.
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Thomas Klassen, York University, Canada
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump adds to the long history of presidents and presidential candidates in the United States who have been the victims of gun violence.
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Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University
Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.
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Kolawole Osinnowo, University of Hertfordshire; Claire Jenkin, University of Hertfordshire; Matt Jewiss, Anglia Ruskin University
Two former players in this research team’s study retired early from professional English football because of the traumatic toll of racial abuse.
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Brad Greenwood, George Mason University; Gordon Burtch, Boston University; Michaela R. Anderson, University of Pennsylvania
The uptick in anxiety, depression and other mental health issues happened after states enacted bans or restrictions on abortion.
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