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If it sounds like science fiction, it is because it is close to it. Consider two events that made headlines in the last month regarding Artificial Intelligence. The first was an incident in June when...

Beyond the many headline events of this past month, some equally important news stayed under the surface. For example, the US government changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, prompting...

As the new academic year approaches, teachers look ahead with a certain amount of excitement and trepidation. Students in higher education were born after 2006 or so, well after the Internet and...

In an otherwise quiet summer season when news is sparse, the literary world erupted with concerns about what was happening to used books, even some single-edition rare ones. The story itself is a...

“If you are not enough for yourself, you will never be enough for someone else,” writes Rupi Kaur, a popular Instagram poet, against a blank white digital backdrop with a doodle of two people...

The highest-grossing and most anticipated film of 2026, Christopher Nolan’s 'The Odyssey', has been reviewed with much adulation and critique that is typical of an ambitious film....

As we head into another academic year, the headlines in many social media platforms and mainstream journals are getting predictable: universities in Europe, North America and Asia are downsizing,...

At a time when we are witnessing rapid social, political and technological upheavals that leave older generations confused and judgemental, Gen Zs are showing a way forward. Around the world, and...

As the Strait of Hormuz takes up centre stage in geopolitics today, the larger context within which the strait exists in the Indian Ocean has been more widely researched lately by historians,...

The doomscrollers have already had their day with the liberal arts. What is the purpose, cynics argue, of learning to write, paint, or play an instrument, if artificial intelligence can make a piece...

Many countries have started to implement a limit on the use of social media for children under 16. It began with Australia in 2025, followed by other countries who are now in the process of developing...

It is football season and while tempo is building up in the World Cup, the lessons emerging from it reflect the world as we know it today. In fact, football reflects the changing cultural and social...

As schools and colleges across Oman close in a sweltering summer, keeping children engaged in a productive manner is going to be a key challenge. Not only will the heat keep families indoors, but it...

World Environment Day was observed this year on one of the hottest days in the northern hemisphere. Europe sweltered, as did much of Asia and the Middle East. This is not irony but a fact that will...

There have been some major headlines around the world that suggest that AI has reached a moment of reckoning. For example, graduating students in major universities in the United States, such as the...

As the teaching semester comes to a close across universities in Oman, it is an opportune time to take stock of where higher education stands today. While the composition of students has seen...

The panic around Artificial Intelligence is not going away anytime soon. While the initial excitement seems to have waned, concerns around job losses, ethical considerations, and implications on...

As the famous natural historian and broadcaster David Attenborough turns 100 this week, it is an opportune moment to see how individuals can single-handedly make a difference in the way that we...

One of the most oft-repeated concerns in education today is that it is not preparing students for the challenges of the future. Based on traditional learning styles and content, education still...

As summer catches up with us in Oman and we gradually move indoors from the calming autumn and winter days, the natural recourse will be to fall back on digital screens for entertainment and...