Alongside traditional estates, we now leave behind digital remains after we die, from social media accounts and emails to AI-generated recreations of ourselves. Our digital legacies are creating new and potentially troubling questions about…
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Who owns our digital afterlife? Helping the law keep pace with society
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Friendly encounters and nature make international exchange students happy in Finland
Smooth everyday services, a safe environment, and small, friendly encounters with locals are key factors that increase the happiness of international students in Finland. This is shown by a recent study conducted at the University of Oulu…
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Italy’s Winter Olympics are stunning from space
With the 2026 Winter Olympics now in full swing, imagery from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission offers a clear and striking look at northern Italy, bringing several major Olympic locations into view from space.
Known as the Milano Cortina Games,…
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Psychopathy test used in Canadian courts unreliable, prone to bias, study finds
A psychological assessment test often used to evaluate psychopathy in Canadian criminal cases is unreliable and prone to unconscious bias on the part of expert witnesses, according to research from the University of Toronto Mississauga.
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Lifetime MDMA use and associations with meaning in life in the context of childhood trauma
Kessler, R. C. et al. Trauma and PTSD in the WHO world mental health surveys. Eur. J. Psychotraumatol. 8, 1353383 (2017).
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Narratives, trade-offs and scenarios to explore the livestock transition in Belgium
Steinfeld, H., Gerber, P. J., Wassenaar, T., Castel, V. & De Haan, C. Livestock’s Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options. Food Agric. Organ. U. N. FAO https://www.fao.org/3/a0701e/a0701e.pdf (2006).
Gerber, P. J. et al. Tackling Climate…
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