We are well aware how dramatically and rapidly a single innovation can change our lives. The smartphone has rapidly altered communication, access to information, navigation, photography and more. We know...
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) dominate clinical research. Among many research designs, RCTs are often considered the gold standard—the most credible and respected form of evidence. In fact, authors...
The prohibition of torture is a peremptory norm of international law, while the prohibition of other ill-treatment is at least of a customary law nature. However, although this is clear, the precise parameters...
What are we talking about? In recent years, sustainability and sustainable finance have become central public and academic debates. A growing number of laws, policies, and regulations have been introduced...
When I sat down to write Fighting Grand Corruption, I didn’t think I’d be writing it not just about Latin America (with a smattering of other countries) but also about my own country, the United States....
It is rare that a television show becomes truly ubiquitous, but since its release, Adolescence has been talked of almost everywhere in the UK – even Parliament (March 22nd, 2025). Indeed, the series...
‘What about looting? Was there looting during the First World War?’ – I smile at the question from the young man who eagerly awaits confirmation of his supposition. There’s some habit in...
When philosophers write about and explain actions they focus almost exclusively on so-called “intentional actions.” These are actions that are done for reasons, selected in the light of one’s beliefs...
As the diminutive early Christian saint Giustina teeters between life and death in Paolo Veronese’s painting depicting her martyrdom, her gaze sets itself upon one of the most spectacular scenes of...
Americans hear a lot about corruption these days, with prominent figures claiming (and many citizens agreeing) that our governments suffer major waste, fraud, and abuse. Major changes are taking place,...
It is Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 10:42 am. Artist A. is mixing magenta and cobalt blue oil paint – produced by the famous Blockx manufacturers of artist materials – with a few drops of alkyd...
In July 2024, amidst the global attraction of a Paris 2024 Olympics with eugenicist roots historically designed in part to prove the athletic superiority of Europeans racialized as white, Aya Nakamura,...