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Elections around the world are facing an evolving threat from foreign actors, one that involves artificial intelligence. Countries trying to...
Streaming disrupted the entire entertainment industry, upending the DVD-purchasing, film-renting, moviegoing model of decades past. That shift has...
Barbie dolls and “Star Wars” movies and toys have entertained generations of American children – in many cases, well into adulthood. But these...
For the second time in three months, the U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed Alabama’s attempts to advance its legislature’s congressional maps...
There’s an empty seat in the U.S. Senate now that California’s longtime and senior senator, Dianne Feinstein, has died. And, following the Sept....
Science fiction can lead people to be more cautious about the potential consequences of innovations. It can help people think critically about the...
When Sen. Chuck Schumer quietly relaxed the U.S. Senate’s dress code, supposedly to accommodate Sen. John Fetterman’s desire to wear hooded...
Parents send their children to school to learn, and they don’t want to worry about whether the air is clean, whether there are insect problems or...
Amid expressions of outrage and disgust over a nonconsensual kiss between the male head of Spanish soccer and a Women’s World Cup-winning player,...
My grandmother’s name was Mrs. Zola Jackson. As one of the handful of Black teachers in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era of racially...
You’re shopping for a bag of coffee beans at the grocery store. After reading about the effects of climate change and how little farmers make –...
When the Supreme Court is in the news for overturning a long-standing precedent or violating standard judicial ethics, the news is often...
I’ve been primarily an experimental chemist – the kind of person who goes into the laboratory and mixes and stirs chemicals – since the...
When it comes to shutdowns, the U.S. is very much an exception rather than the rule. Save for a last-minute spending deal in Congress on Oct. 1,...
Ever since the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit on Oct. 4, 1957, America has been struggling to recruit and retain STEM teachers in its...
This fall, I’ve been starting my sociology classes by asking my students to share some uplifting news they’ve come across. On Tuesday, Sept. 26,...
Life exists in every conceivable environment on Earth, from the peaks of towering mountains to the remote stretches of isolated islands, from...
Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and staying abreast of news, but also for monitoring daily...
China has big ambitions in Africa. Between 2000 and 2020, the economic superpower loaned African governments US$159 billion to build railroads,...
Each human body contains a complex community of trillions of microorganisms that are important for your health while you’re alive. These...
Ledura Watkins was 19 years old when he was accused of murdering a public school teacher. At trial, a forensic expert testified that a single hair...
Unless Congress and the White House can agree on a budget or extend funding short term, the federal government will shut down on Oct. 1, 2023. This...
When you stroll along a beach, you may look down and spot colorful bits of worn glass mixed in with the sand. But the little treasures you’ve...
The U.S. is moving toward a government shutdown. House and Senate appropriators are divided on spending levels, policy riders and additional items,...
When police arrested Nevada rapper Kenjuan McDaniel on a murder charge in August 2023, they cited a music video he posted on YouTube that they say...
When India invited delegates attending the G20 summit in September 2023 to dinner with “the President of Bharat,” rather than “the President of...
The multibillion-dollar collapse of FTX – the high-profile cryptocurrency exchange whose founder now awaits trial on fraud charges – serves as a...
For thousands of Philadelphia kids, the return to school this fall was made more difficult because they don’t have a secure place to call home....
Congress has just days to keep the federal government from grinding to a halt, and a last-minute deal seems increasingly unlikely. The problem is...
Worn by some Muslim women, an abaya is a long, loose-fitting, robelike garment that covers the entire body, except for the face, hands and feet....
The United States’ top humanitarian aid representative, Samantha Power, was dispatched on a fact-finding mission on Sept. 26, 2023, to a...
People think sexual harassment and domestic abuse are less harmful for women in poverty than for higher-income women, according to four studies...
It was a night in which even “the great communicator” himself may have struggled to be heard. At the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in...
In today’s electronic age, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous. Compared with the lead-acid versions that have dominated the...
People usually think about the Bible as a book with a fixed number of texts within its pages: 24 books in the Jewish version of the Bible; 66 for...
Ever go to the movies or a rock concert and been blasted by the sound? You may not realize it while it’s happening, but ongoing exposure to loud...
Of all the debate over teaching U.S. slavery, it is one sentence of Florida’s revised academic standards that has provoked particular ire: “...
Music education – which traditionally has been heavily reliant on large ensembles and classical music – is changing with the times. Not since...
The first Monday in October, the traditional date for the beginning of the U.S. Supreme Court’s term, is almost here: On Oct. 2, 2023, the court...
Sukkot is a Jewish festival that follows right on the heels of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Judaism’s High Holy Days. The harvest holiday, which...
APIs, or application programming interfaces, are the gateways to the digital world. They link a wide array of software applications and systems....
Workers who telecommute tend to be more aware of cybersecurity threats than those who spend most of their time in a physical office and are more...
As the U.S. shifts away from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, thousands of people working in the coal, oil and gas industries will be...
Radios crackle with chatter from a wildfire incident command post. Up the fireline, firefighters in yellow jerseys are swinging Pulaskis, axlike...
The hollowing out of U.S. cities’ office and commercial cores is a national trend with serious consequences for millions of Americans. As more...
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal – threat to people. In September...
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...
Biomedical implants – such as pacemakers, breast implants and orthopedic hardware like screws and plates to replace broken bones – have...
People in the oldest stage of life who regularly engage in aerobic activities and strength training exercises perform better on cognitive tests...
Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks in Ohio was added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites on Sept. 19, 2023. The eight mound complexes that...
Today a majority of U.S. Supreme Court justices are either self-described originalists or strongly lean toward originalism. Yet less than 50 years...
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. The Design of Coffee: An...
When Angelica landed a prestigious internship with a major corporation just outside of Houston, she was ecstatic about the opportunity to launch...