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I broke its neck. When making a vase at the potter’s wheel, I torqued its slippery neck clear off the pot as I tried to thin it into a graceful...
Some Black consumers may be breaking up with Target this February. It all started late last month, when the retailer announced that it was ending...
Russia President Vladimir Putin sent a guarded message of congratulations to Donald Trump on inauguration day, but then held a long direct call...
AI has made it easier than ever to find information: Ask ChatGPT almost anything, and the system swiftly delivers an answer. But the large language...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
The alarming national rise in suicidal thoughts and behaviors among teenage girls has made headlines recently. Experts point to social media,...
The Bible story of the Good Samaritan is more than a mainstay of Sunday school courses. “Good samaritan” is the catch-all way to describe a...
Valentine’s Day often conjures images of chocolates and romance. But the crop behind this indulgence faces an existential threat. Regions like...
A good night’s sleep often sets the stage for a positive day. But for the nearly quarter of American adults struggling with mental illness, a good...
Imagine a world in which a hurricane devastates the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. has no federal agency prepared to quickly send supplies, financial aid...
Years ago, as a high school librarian in suburban Philadelphia, I hosted a group of honors students from a high school just across the nearby city...
Could the United States soon be joining the likes of Norway, Kuwait and Mongolia in having a national reserve to invest on projects of strategic...
On the day after the New England Patriots ended their NFL season with a miserable 4-13 record, team owner Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo, the team’s...
“And one other thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education.” President Donald Trump made this...
Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE, is on the surface a dramatic effort to overhaul the...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is expected to clear the final hurdles in his confirmation as President Donald Trump’s health secretary, and a host of...
Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and name territories and...
The United States’ security depends on leaders who make well-informed decisions, including matters ranging from diplomatic relations around the...
Generative artificial intelligence tools can help design students by making hard tasks easier, cutting down on stress, and allowing the students...
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. “STEM & Social Impact:...
My colleagues and I at Purdue University have uncovered a significant imbalance in the human values embedded in AI systems. The systems were...
A single wind turbine spinning off the U.S. Northeast coast today can power thousands of homes – without the pollution that comes from fossil fuel...
In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu has forced...
It’s “the revolution of common sense,” President Donald Trump announced in his second inaugural address. And so it is. The latest installment of...
What makes something a flop? Not the kind of flop that Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is prone to do, but a flop in the world of...
If you live in the Philadelphia or Kansas City metro areas, congratulations: The fact that your city made it to the Super Bowl translates to about...
As Los Angeles County students begin returning to school after wildfires devastated the region, it’s worth examining how other U.S. educational...
Freedom of worship is tenuous around the globe. The Pew Research Center’s latest annual report found “high” or “very high” levels of government...
In 2024, state legislatures introduced an all-time record of 533 bills targeting LGBTQ populations. These policies create a patchwork of legal...
In the September 2024 NFL ad announcing Kendrick Lamar as the halftime performer at Super Bowl 59, the 37-year-old rapper stands before a colossal...
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Donald Trump’s special commission tasked with slashing federal spending, continues to...
Most people love love, but not everyone loves Valentine’s Day. When it was first invented in the 1300s in medieval Europe, this holiday was a...
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the U.S. should “take over” Gaza, displace its current population and turn the enclave into “the...
The Greek divinity Nemesis, rarely depicted in art, has no place in the Olympian pantheon of a dozen gods and goddesses. But she’s an omnipresent...
U.S. foreign aid is in disarray. The Trump administration froze most aid disbursements on Jan. 20. According to billionaire Elon Musk, an adviser...
Immigration and border security will be the likely focus of U.S.-Mexico relations under the new Trump administration. But there also is a growing...
For the idea of love, biblical Hebrew has precious few synonyms. Yet the Hebrew of the Bible can communicate a rich sensation of love: the love of...
In his first few days back in office, President Donald Trump engaged in a whirlwind of executive actions, from exiting the World Health...
Millions of people have been visiting Prayagraj, a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, to take part in the Maha Kumbh festival – a...
There are trillions of charged particles – protons and electrons, the basic building blocks of matter – whizzing around above your head at any...
Back in 2012, quarterback Colin Kaepernick was one of the NFL’s most popular stars. He led the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl and was just a...
On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan to slap steep tariffs on imports from key American trading partners – 25%...
If U.S. voters reelected Donald Trump hoping for relief from higher prices, his recent threats to impose tariffs on America’s three largest trade...
Undocumented immigration is a key issue in American politics, but it can be hard to nail down the basic facts about who these immigrants are, where...