Conflict News
June 13, 2025
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Apr. 2, 2025 — World leaders should look to existing international law on the use of force to address the threat of space becoming ever more militarized, a new study ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Scientists have found Siamese fighting fish are typically kept in containers just one-quarter the size they need to thrive, challenging decades of retail practice in the ornamental fish industry ...
Jan. 31, 2025 — In India, tigers haven't just survived they're making a comeback. Despite a growing population and increasing pressure on their habitats, the number of wild tigers is rising. The reason? According to a new study, it's a combination of ecological ...
Jan. 20, 2025 — A global survey spanning 68 countries reveals that public trust in scientists is still high. A team of 241 researchers conducted the largest post-pandemic study of trust in science, societal expectations and public views on research ...
Nov. 20, 2024 — Researchers are looking at the impact of climate change in communities affected by conflict and have found that many countries most impacted by these crises are being ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Fish can accumulate high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), even far from sources of contamination, according to a new study. The research highlights the need for expanded ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — A new study sheds light on how Viking Age societies in Norway and Denmark differed in their experiences with violence and the role social structures played in shaping those ...
July 10, 2024 — There is a pressing need for countries and international organizations to understand better how existing international law can help them address serious concerns about the militarization of outer ...
May 20, 2024 — When migrating through Ukraine in 2022, Greater Spotted Eagles were exposed to multiple conflict events that altered their migratory course, according to a new ...
Feb. 14, 2024 — Jared Diamond proposed that Eurasia's unique geographic axis of orientation fueled a rapid spread of critical innovations among its societies, leading to a cultural and military dominance over other regions. A team of ecologists and cultural ...
Feb. 7, 2024 — A more accurate way of identifying underground nuclear tests, including those conducted in secret, has been ...
Jan. 16, 2024 — Neuroscientists have investigated whether playing violent video games leads to a reduction in human empathy. To do this, they had adult test subjects play a violent video game repeatedly over the course of an experiment lasting several weeks. Before ...
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July 26, 2024 — There's an experiment going on in conservation in Africa. With biodiversity imperiled, and nations facing financial and political crises, some governments are transferring the management of protected ...
Mar. 14, 2024 — Advanced killer robots are more likely to blamed for civilian deaths than military machines, new research has revealed. The study shows that high-tech bots will be held more responsible for ...
Dec. 7, 2023 — Once an entrepreneur always an entrepreneur? Not necessarily, says a new study. Former entrepreneurs can transition from being their own boss into successful employees within an organization, ...
Nov. 14, 2023 — A new study has discovered asbestos exposure led to a higher incidence of asbestos-related lung cancers in British and Australian naval personnel than in other armed ...
Nov. 14, 2023 — For the first time, teachers in a nationwide study have told researchers what strategies they think work best to deal with student violence against educators. Teachers rated suspending or expelling ...
Nov. 8, 2023 — As new technologies like artificial intelligence, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as drones and so-called 'cyberweapons' such as malware and ...
Nov. 2, 2023 — Artificial Intelligence (AI) and algorithms can and are being used to radicalize, polarize, and spread racism and political instability, says an academic. An expert argues that AI and algorithms are ...
Oct. 12, 2023 — Food shortages caused by extreme weather could lead to civil unrest in the UK, according to a new study which has surveyed some of the country’s leading food ...
Aug. 1, 2023 — The statistical model identifies links between battles in Africa and can be applied to other armed conflicts, according to a new ...
July 13, 2023 — Research finds 'AI-tocracy,' China's increased investments in AI-driven facial-recognition technology, both help the regime repress dissent and may drive the technology ...
Earlier Headlines
Jan. 16, 2025 — A survey of more than 800 people living in Afghanistan carried out since the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country, shows high rates of stress, food insecurity, and limited healthcare ...
Oct. 23, 2024 — People's bias toward sacrificing unknown bystanders appears to stem from assuming the unidentified person is an enemy, according to a new ...
Aug. 28, 2024 — A new study finds that, counter to expectations, geographic disparities in rates of homicides in the US have decreased in recent ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — Changing weather patterns induced by climate change are contributing to shifts in the location of terrorist activity, according to new ...
Aug. 10, 2023 — Concealed guns significantly impact homicide rates and public safety, according to a new study that found an increase in homicides based on the number of concealed carry weapons licenses ...
Feb. 5, 2023 — How long people live is less predictable and life expectancy for young people can be as much as 14 years shorter in violent countries, compared to peaceful countries, according to a new study. It ...
Jan. 17, 2023 — A new report by artificial intelligence (AI) and foreign policy experts predicts that deepfakes technology is on the brink of being used much more widely, including in targeted military and ...
Dec. 22, 2022 — A new study puts the risk of firearm-related death in perspective and calls attention to the urgent need for violence reduction interventions in the United ...
Nov. 3, 2022 — Only a handful of U.S. states showed a surge in gun violence incidents in mid-2020 during civil unrest at the start of COVID-19 lockdowns and the murder of George Floyd, a new study finds. The study ...
Oct. 27, 2022 — When groups of people need to reach a decision, they will often take a straw poll to test opinions before the official vote. New research shows that one specific voting method proved more effective ...
Oct. 19, 2022 — Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia, is plagued by political and economic crises. The fall of a president, a military putsch and the crackdown on religious minorities have had an impact not only on ...
Oct. 17, 2022 — The COVID-19 pandemic and the return of military conflict to Europe are two of the present's defining crises. A new study sheds light on their ramifications for the global energy ...
Sep. 20, 2022 — A new study has found that the average rate of assaults with firearms increased an average of 9.5 percent relative to forecasted trends in the first 10 years after 34 states relaxed restrictions on ...
Aug. 18, 2022 — The higher percentage of enslaved people that a U.S. county counted among its residents in 1860, the more guns its residents have in the present, according to a new analysis by researchers exploring ...
Aug. 15, 2022 — More than 5 billion people would die of hunger following a full-scale nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia, according to a global study led by climate scientists that estimates post-conflict crop ...
July 14, 2022 — A new study of data from Chicago found that the neighborhoods where violent crime fell the most, cardiovascular disease mortality fell sharply, ...
June 29, 2022 — In a new study, researchers describe a spatio-temporal model to predict trends in firearm prevalence on a state-by-state level by fusing data from two available proxies -- background checks per ...
June 22, 2022 — Allowing fights among players in the National Hockey Leagues does not deter greater violence in the modern game, according to a new ...
June 14, 2022 — Using artificial intelligence (AI) for warfare has been the promise of science fiction and politicians for years, but new research argues only so much can be automated and shows the value of human ...