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/ 1 year agoMission trips are an evangelical rite of passage for US teens – but why?
Today’s short-term missionaries continue a long legacy, but in a very different way.
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/ 1 year agoIslam’s call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities — affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America
The earliest documented public broadcasting of the Muslim call to prayer in the U.S. took place during the World’s Columbian Exposition...
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/ 1 year agoOcean heat is off the charts – here’s what that means for humans and ecosystems around the world
Drought in Europe, dwindling Arctic sea ice, a slow start to the Indian monsoon – unusually hot ocean temperatures can disrupt...
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/ 1 year agoChina and the US are locked in struggle — and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations
The US and China are engaged in a classic power struggle. The question is, who will come out on top?
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/ 1 year agoTrump’s trial will soon be underway in Florida – here’s why prosecutors had little choice in selecting any other courthouse location
The Constitution says that a trial must be held where an alleged crime happened – while Trump’s indictment mentions Washington, D.C....
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/ 1 year agoWhy no living people appear on US postage stamps
Hint: It’s all tied up with the country’s history with British royalty.
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/ 1 year agoAnnouncing The Conversation’s new investigative unit – we’re looking for collaborators in academia
Why The Conversation U.S. started an investigative unit.
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/ 1 year agoBehind the scenes of the investigation: Heists Worth Billions
Professor David Maimon describes how his team investigated criminal enterprises on the dark web.
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/ 1 year agoHeists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank accounts and secret online marketplaces to steal from almost anyone – and little being done to combat the fraud
Check fraud is one of history’s oldest financial crimes and criminals are finding new ways to use it to steal billions...
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/ 1 year agoHurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows
Currents can carry that deep ocean heat hundreds of miles to surface again at distant shores.
