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/ 1 year agoAs the US begins to build offshore wind farms, scientists say many questions remain about impacts on the oceans and marine life
A recent study focusing on how offshore wind farms in Massachusetts waters could affect endangered right whales does not call for...
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/ 1 year agoA TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts
A scholar of American religion explains how a new phenomenon of Jesus images on TikTok is tapping into the prosperity gospel,...
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/ 1 year agoThe universe is expanding faster than theory predicts – physicists are searching for new ideas that might explain the mismatch
The universe is expanding faster than physicists would expect. To figure out what processes underlie this fast expansion rate, some researchers...
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/ 1 year agoScientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon, and a host of missions from the US and beyond are searching for it
Some dark craters on the Moon are never exposed to light − ice could be hiding in these permanently shadowed regions,...
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/ 1 year agoFor decades, mothers have borne the brunt of scrutiny for alcohol use during pregnancy − new research points to dad’s drinking as a significant factor in fetal alcohol syndrome
Public health messaging has focused on the drinking habits of the mother during pregnancy. But a growing body of research shows...
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/ 1 year agoBiden-Xi meeting: 6 essential reads on what to look out for as US, Chinese leaders hold face-to-face talks
Scholars writing for The Conversation take a deeper look at some of the issues expected to be on the agenda when...
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/ 1 year agoMusic painted on the wall of a Venetian orphanage will be heard again nearly 250 years later
On the wall of an orphanage in Venice, a musicologist encountered a fresco featuring an aria written for an opera. She’s...
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/ 1 year ago1 in 4 Colorado 11th-graders skipped their state’s standardized test − geography and income help explain why
The opt-out movement caught on heavily in Colorado in the late 2010s. A group of education scholars is exploring the reasons...
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/ 1 year agoInsulin injections could one day be replaced with rock music − new research in mice
Researchers successfully treated diabetes in mice by engineering cells to make insulin in response to the music of Queen.
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/ 1 year agoHow PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ are getting into Miami’s Biscayne Bay, where dolphins, fish and manatees dine
Scientists discovered PFAS hot spots in the bay and found PFAS in water along the Atlantic coast. In a new study,...
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/ 1 year agoBrains have a remarkable ability to rewire themselves following injury − a concussion specialist explains the science behind rehabilitation and recovery
Concussions can teach researchers a great deal about how the brain recovers after injury and offer insights into how people can...
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/ 1 year agoMass shootings often put a spotlight on mental illness, but figuring out which conditions should keep someone from having a gun is no easy task
Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role...
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/ 1 year agoAmid ‘checkout charity’ boom, some Americans are more likely to be impulse givers than others
Middle-class consumers and shoppers of color give the most this way.
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/ 1 year agoDreams of a ‘broken up’ Russia might turn into a nightmare for the West – and an opportunity for China
Hawkish foreign policy wonks have called for a breakup of Russia. But would that fall into Beijing’s hands?
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/ 1 year agoMéxico elegirá pronto a su primera presidenta, pero este hito oculta una marcha desigual hacia los derechos de la mujer
Las mujeres representan la mitad del Congreso mexicano y ocupan puestos clave en la política y la judicatura. Sin embargo, el...
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/ 1 year agoThe battle over right to repair is a fight over your car’s data
Today’s cars include hundreds of computer chips, and carmakers say the data produced by those chips is proprietary – and a...
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/ 1 year agoIs time travel even possible? An astrophysicist explains the science behind the science fiction
Scientists are trying to figure out if time travel is even theoretically possible. If it is, it looks like it would...
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/ 1 year agoClimate change is altering animal brains and behavior − a neuroscientist explains how
Rapidly changing temperatures and sensory environments are challenging the nervous systems of many species. Animals will be forced to evolve to...
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/ 1 year agoAs yet another deadline looms, a divided US House stumbles closer to a federal shutdown: 5 essential reads
The threat to shut down the federal government to attain political goals appears to be an important factor in the budget...
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/ 1 year agoWe studied jail conditions and jail deaths − here’s what we found
Higher jail mortality is related to jail turnover rates and demographics.
