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A Harvard anthropologist is drawing attention for publicly challenging the assumptions and habits of his own field, a move that has sharpened an already long-running debate over anthropology’s methods, authority, and political commitments. The critique lands at a moment when elite academia is under pressure to justify its relevance, rigor, and public value.
Chinese President Xi Jinping used his White House meeting with President Donald Trump to argue that the long-feared "Thucydides Trap" between a rising China and an established United States can be overcome. The message signaled Beijing's preference for intense competition without military confrontation, even as core flashpoints such as Taiwan remain unresolved.
Janus Metz Pedersen's Netflix film revisits Ted Kaczynski's life through two timelines — his teenage years at Harvard and the FBI's late-1990s hunt for the bomber — but the result is a sluggish, uneven drama that struggles to justify its own premise. Despite strong turns from Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe and Shailene Woodley, the film is said to lose track of its central subject by trying to force a real-life figure into a fictional villain template.
Astronomers have reported the first-ever detection of radio emissions traced directly to an exoplanet, a breakthrough that could open a new way to study distant worlds and their magnetic environments. The signal, identified by Harvard researchers and highlighted across major science outlets, is being framed not as evidence of alien life but as a historic step in understanding how planets outside our solar system behave.
An equal workplace cannot be created by announcement alone and must instead be built by identifying and correcting the inequalities embedded in everyday systems, DG Charu Sinha said in Hyderabad on Saturday. Speaking at a panel on inclusive workspaces, she urged institutions to make exclusion visible, amplify women's voices and confront the subtle biases that continue to shape access to leadership, recognition and pay.
China is rapidly transforming AI-generated video from a niche creative tool into a state-backed industry, with cities from Shenzhen to Beijing offering subsidies, cheap rent and computing support to lure filmmakers and startups. The push mirrors Beijing's broader industrial policy model, but early signs of overcapacity and falling prices suggest the sector may soon face the same pressures that have hit other heavily subsidized industries.
The Athletics Federation of India has launched a sharp inquiry after hurdler Jyothi Yarraji and triple jumper Praveen Chhitravel failed to compete in their Asian Games events in Nagoya on Saturday. AFI spokesperson Adille Sumariwalla said the federation had been assured both athletes were fit to start, calling the late withdrawals "unacceptable" and insisting someone must be held answerable.
An independent review has concluded that Utah Valley University and event organizers made a series of security missteps before conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot dead on campus last year. The report says the university failed to complete a proper written security assessment and event action plan, while coordination with Kirk's private security team broke down in the run-up to the outdoor appearance.
The White House has barred CNN from travelling with President Donald Trump on Air Force One for a trip to Tennessee, intensifying an already volatile confrontation between the administration and major news organizations. The move comes days after a federal judge said Trump's restrictions on some outlets were likely unconstitutional and after the White House briefly restored access to regular television coverage.
Kratom, a Southeast Asian plant sold widely in the United States as a supplement, is facing renewed scrutiny after investigators found packaged kratom in the possession of two deceased University of Mississippi students. While officials have not attributed the deaths to the substance, the episode has intensified warnings about a product that is legal in some states, unregulated at the federal level and increasingly available in convenience stores, petrol stations and vape shops. Advocates describe it as a pain-relief lifeline; critics warn that its opioid-like effects and inconsistent contents can make it dangerous.
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