A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialing the mass production of flying cars.
Electric vehicle prowess helps China’s flying car sector take off
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In ancient Athens, the agora was a public forum where citizens could gather to deliberate, disagree and decide together. It was governed by deep-rooted social principles that ensured lively, inclusive, healthy debate.This post was originally [...]
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American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” plurality voting system—also called winner-take-all—used to elect [...]
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A record number of Colorado children died in 2024 as a result of domestic violence, despite a statewide reduction in overall homicide.This post was originally published on this site
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There are several predictable cycles in Australian public opinion, and one of them is the moral panic surrounding immigration.This post was originally published on this site
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When parliamentarians disclose their additional income from lobbying work, they gain more trust from the electorate. This was shown by researchers at the University of Basel in a survey conducted in seven European countries. Even [...]
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New pan-European research has shown that the spread of conspiracy theories across the continent is driven by a continuous feedback loop between media reporting, political rhetoric, protest movements and social media algorithms—not any single cause.This [...]
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Victims who participate in proceedings at the International Criminal Court are unlikely to be fully representative of the communities harmed by the crimes that have been charged, a new study warns.This post was originally published [...]
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New York’s mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, campaigned on a promise to raise the city’s income tax on its richest residents from 3.9% to 5.9%. Combined with the state income tax, which is 10.9% for the top [...]
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Arts-based approaches effectively capture the complex and layered experiences of displaced young people, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. The research is published in the Journal of Community & Applied Social [...]
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Women commit far fewer sexual offenses than men, and their risk of reoffending after returning to the community is also much lower.This post was originally published on this site
