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Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on my phone. It nodded – virtually – asked me how I was...
“Is it just me, or is there a storm coming?” If you are one of the 39 million Americans in the U.S. living with migraines, there’s a good chance an...
It’s hard work soaking up sunlight to generate clean electricity. After about 25 to 30 years, solar panels wear out. Over the years, heating and...
Jimmy Swaggart, one of the most popular and enduring of the 1980s televangelists, died on July 1, 2025, but his legacy lives. Along with Jerry...
The Trump administration wants to take away citizenship from naturalized Americans on a massive scale. While a recent Justice Department memo...
The multitrillion-dollar bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, will change how the U.S. tax code treats charitable...
Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we...
As the summer’s sunny days take hold, many people turn to outdoor exercise. But in parts of North America, pleasant weather often aligns with...
In the middle of the South Pacific, a group of Fijian plants have solved a problem that has long puzzled scientists: How can an organism cooperate...
Across the US, parents are leading the charge to limit cellphone use in schools.
After a 12-day war launched by Israel and joined briefly by the United States, Iran has emerged weakened and vulnerable. And that has massive...
Fast fashion got a lot pricier for Americans this spring – and it’ll likely get even more expensive in 2027. That’s because the Trump...
Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office hit, and critics...
When congressional Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies to help fund their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they could have pruned...
The Trump administration has recently directed that a new wave of polygraphs be administered across the executive branch, aimed at uncovering leaks...
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Anime and Religious...
In June 2021, a deadly heat wave pushed temperatures to 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) in Spokane, Washington, a northern city near the Idaho...
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Art and Generative AI I see...
The Philadelphia municipal workers strike ended after eight days in the early hours of July 9, 2025. The American Federation of State, County and...
Vance Boelter, who allegedly shot Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state representative, and her husband, Mark Hortman, on June 14, 2025,...
Cybersecurity and data privacy are constantly in the news. Governments are passing new cybersecurity laws. Companies are investing in cybersecurity...
The Philadelphia municipal workers strike ended after eight days in the early hours of July 9, 2025. The American Federation of State, County and...
The longer someone stays in school, the more likely they are to delay getting married – but education does not reduce the overall likelihood of...
Over the past 400 years or so, a set of mostly unwritten guidelines has evolved for how science should be properly done. The assumption in the...
The Trump administration has been freezing or reducing federal grants to universities across the country. Over the past several months,...
At its heart, pizza is deceptively simple. Made from just a few humble ingredients – baked dough, tangy sauce, melted cheese and maybe a few...
The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a big win on June 27, 2025, by limiting the ability of judges to block Trump administration...
Hurricanes, tornadoes and other extreme weather do not distinguish between urban and rural boundaries. But when a disaster strikes, there are big...
As the Philadelphia municipal workers strike enters its second week, so-called “Parker piles” – large collections of garbage that some residents...
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is currently feeling the sharp end of the country’s powerful judiciary. On July 2, 2025, Thailand’s...
Seattle astounded housing advocates around the country in February 2025, when roughly two-thirds of voters approved a ballot initiative proposing a...
Despite representing only 4% of the world’s population, the United States accounts for over half of science Nobel Prizes awarded since 2000, hosts...
Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states. It is a design choice to...
In 2019, a rare and shocking event in the Malaysian peninsula town of Ketereh grabbed international headlines. Nearly 40 girls age 12 to 18 from a...
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...
In 2020, as Latin American countries were contending with the triple challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, a global economic shock and U.S. policy...