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The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep 400 million pilgrims safe at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
The world’s largest gathering: how India plans to keep 400 million pilgrims safe at the Maha Kumbh Mela festival
Milad Haghani, UNSW Sydney
Imagine a gathering so...
When medals matter most: high-performance sport funding risks a return to the ‘win at all costs’ model
Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato
On the face of it, New Zealand’s new high-performance sport funding model announced yesterday is an increase on the previous...
Birkin handbags, Walmart’s ‘Wirkin’ and the meme-ification of class warfare
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
In previous eras of internet culture, mockery of the rich and famous was usually relegated to far-left forums.
But as 2025 begins,...
Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media’s WNBA coverage
Molly Yanity, University of Rhode Island
The “Caitlin Clark effect,” or the impact on women’s basketball from a ponytailed rookie phenomenon from America’s heartland, is...
Southern California is extremely dry, and that’s fueling fires − maps show just how dry
Ming Pan, University of California, San Diego
Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands...
