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/ 10 months agoWhat is Volt Typhoon? A cybersecurity expert explains the Chinese hackers targeting US critical infrastructure
Chinese state-sponsored hackers are targeting critical infrastructure. Here’s what they’re doing, how the US government is responding and how you can...
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/ 10 months agoExploding stars are rare but emit torrents of radiation − if one happened close enough to Earth, it could threaten life on the planet
Some ancient texts record what were likely dying stars, faintly visible from Earth. If close enough, these events can disturb telescopes...
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/ 10 months agoCompetitive workplaces don’t work for gender equality
Wall Street and big law firms are famous for their hard-charging, cutthroat work cultures. Here’s one reason they should reconsider.
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/ 10 months agoWhy Jersey girls − and guys − still don’t pump their own gas
The Garden State is the only one in the country that forbids self-service gas stations − and that’s not likely to...
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/ 10 months agoA new US-run pier off Gaza could help deliver 2 million meals a day – but it comes with security risks
This isn’t the first time the US military has turned to building a pier to help reach people during times of...
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/ 10 months agoMany travel nurses opt for temporary assignments because of the autonomy and opportunities − not just the big boost in pay
A new study found that temporary assignments in new places reignited nurses’ passion to help others and helped them rediscover the...
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/ 10 months agoMoscow terror attack showed growing reach of ISIS-K – could the US be next?
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on...
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/ 10 months agoFor over a century, baseball’s scouts have been the backbone of America’s pastime – do they have a future?
Even with teams’ embrace of analytics, the number of scouts employed by MLB teams had stayed remarkably consistent. That all changed...
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/ 10 months agoFailure of Francis Scott Key Bridge provides future engineers a chance to learn how to better protect the public
A bridge engineering expert discusses the costs and limitations of building structures to withstand extreme events – and what it takes...
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/ 10 months agoTweaking US trade policy could hold the key to reducing migration from Central America
Relaxing ‘rules of origin’ restrictions in an existing trade deal could add tens of thousands of jobs in Central America.
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/ 10 months agoNASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside...
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/ 10 months agoThe amazing story of the man who created the latest narco-state in the Americas, and how the United States helped him every step of the way − until now
Washington looked the other way as coup leaders and drugs cartels conspired to turn Honduras into a center of the cocaine...
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/ 10 months ago69% of US Muslims always give to charities during Ramadan, fulfilling a religious obligation
During the month-long period of fasting, the obligation of zakat takes on heightened significance.
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/ 10 months agoOne year ago, Pope Francis disavowed the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ – but Indigenous Catholics’ work for respect and recognition goes back decades
Indigenous Catholics have long argued they should be able to embrace both sides of that identity.
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/ 10 months agoAs climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans
Just as the world’s zoos breed critically endangered animals in captivity to repopulate the wild, scientists are building a global effort...
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/ 10 months agoInvisible lines: how unseen boundaries shape the world around us
Maxim Samson speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the hidden lines that explain variations in everything from access to education...
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/ 10 months agoBridges can be protected from ship collisions – an expert on structures in disasters explains how
A civil engineer explains why ships taking out bridges is rare, and describes how bridge builders protect the structures from ship...
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/ 10 months agoPort of Baltimore bridge collapse rattles supply chains already rocked by troubles in Panama and the Red Sea
A supply chain expert looks at the short- and long-term impacts of the bridge collapse.
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/ 10 months agoWhy civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’
Fannie Lou Hamer became one of the most respected civil rights leaders during the 1960s in part because of her resistance...
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/ 10 months agoHow to have the hard conversations about who really won the 2020 presidential election − before Election Day 2024
What does someone like me, who believes that the last presidential election was legitimately won by Joe Biden, say to those...
