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September 8, 2021

9/11 conspiracy theories debunked: 20 years later, engineering experts explain how the twin towers collapsed

David Oswald, RMIT University; Erica Kuligowski, RMIT University, and Kate Nguyen, RMIT University

The World Trade Center buildings were built to withstand wind loads more than 30 times the aircrafts’ weight.

Vaccine passports may soon be required for travelling amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Like biometrics, they’ll likely become a permanent part of our daily lives — and there’s barely been any debate about them. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

May 19, 2021

Why we need to seriously reconsider COVID-19 vaccination passports

Tommy Cooke, Queen's University, Ontario and Benjamin Muller, Western University

COVID-19 vaccine passports are being presented as a relatively simple technological solution to our current travel woes. But meaningful public debate about their merits and problems is essential.

Julia Roberts interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci for a non-profit organization. Here, Roberts, left, at an Obama Foundation event in December 2019, and Fauci, right, in Washington on June 23. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian and Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

July 14, 2020

Celebrity views on COVID-19 aren’t welcome — except when drawing attention to heroes

Lorraine York, McMaster University

Just like in the days following 9/11, celebrities most successfully use their star power in the COVID-19 crisis when they appear to step out of the limelight, publicly praising first responders.

People, including the activist group Code Pink, hold signs at the Embassy of Saudi Arabia during a protest about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Oct. 10, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

October 15, 2018

In the end, it was Khashoggi’s ‘friends’ who silenced him

Shenaz Kermalli, Toronto Metropolitan University

Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was no ordinary reporter. His contacts included the Royal Family as well as known terrorists.

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