Getty Images Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The recent assertion by Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s security council (and former president), that the invasion of Ukraine will “achieve all its goals” and that peace will be “on our terms” raises an obvious question: what are those terms? History suggests the answer may
To combat the COVID-19 pandemic, an assortment of vaccines has been developed. Nucleic acid vaccines have the advantage of rapid production, as they only require a viral antigen sequence and can readily be modified to detected viral mutations. DoggyboneÔ DNA vaccines targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 have been generated and compared with
The use of Machine Learning (ML) and Sentiment Analysis (SA) on data from microblogging sites has become a popular method for stock market prediction. In this work, we developed a model for predicting stock movement utilizing SA on Twitter and StockTwits data. Stock movement and sentiment data were used to evaluate this approach
Conscious consumerism can mean more sustainable impact. But it’s a goal companies and consumers need to achieve together. “The Basics” provides essential knowledge about core business sustainability topics. “Vote with your dollar.” It’s a phrase you’ve probably heard before, a rallying cry for consumers to put their money where their mouth is and
Abortion-rights activists gather in front of the Supreme Court in May 2022 ahead of the Dobbs decision. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Abby Kiesa, Tufts University The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to abortion has far-reaching personal and political implications and may help decide the midterm elections in November
Se la passione per la musica è già presente dall’infanzia, può regalare nel tempo all’Italia artisti eccellenti, capaci con le loro interpretazioni, ricerche, collaborazioni, di esser apprezzati nel mondo. Ospite di questo appuntamento con Bruno Carenini, nella sua rubrica Windows Interview, è Raffaella Ambrosino, soprano e direttrice d’orchestra. Donna, madre, musicista, produttore, fondatrice
Gustavo Petro, president-elect of Columbia, announced that he wants to declare a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict with Columbian Guerilla Groups ELN and Farc-EP to finalise a peace treaty. Since 1964, over 260,000 civilians have died in the conflict. Petro’s announcement to start negotiations with the Guerilla fighters is not the first attempt
Christoph Bluth, University of Bradford Russian president Vladimir Putin’s increasingly explicit imperial ambitions to reconstitute a Russian empire from the ashes of the Soviet Union has raised considerable fears among former members. The only former USSR state that has fully endorsed and supported the Russian campaign against Ukraine is Belarus, where President Alexander
Catherine Nakayemba was just starting high school when her very first menstrual cycle came. She wasn’t sure what was happening, and thought she might be sick. In the school bathroom, she used pages from a book to stop the blood from staining her school uniform. This is the experience that launched her quest
With a disabled oil supertanker in the Red Sea possibly just weeks or months away from breaking up or exploding, triggering a $20-billion ecological and humanitarian disaster, countries that could help pay for an emergency salvage plan are saying they can’t find the right budget codes to free up the funds. Many of