A new dataset, published on LawAtlas.org, includes state laws from 1849 through 2021 that regulate minors’ legal capacity to independently consent to several specific categories of care, including HIV prevention and treatment and sexually transmitted infection prevention and treatment, and the minors’ legal right to keep information about their receipt of these services confidential from their parents or guardians.

Industrial waste gases, long seen as a major contributor to climate change, could soon be captured and repurposed into everyday household products such as shampoo, detergent, and even fuel.  

Increasing influence of anti-pluralist parties is often associated with lower academic freedom in the respective country. This is one of the findings of the latest Academic Freedom Index (AFI) which is being released March 13, 2025. Scholars at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) publish the index every year in collaboration with colleagues at the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg. It covers 179 countries across the world.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has achieved exceptional results in the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS ) World University Rankings by Subject. HKU boasts four subjects in the top 10 globally, with Dentistry and Education ranking 2nd and 3rd respectively, and Linguistics and Geography securing the 9th and 10th positions. In terms of local rankings, HKU leads in 33 out of 50 subjects, accounting for two-thirds of the 50 HKU subjects ranked.