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/ 1 year agoBeing humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker
Being open to the possibility you could be wrong about your beliefs is an important part of learning about the world....
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/ 1 year agoWhat are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections
Whether you call them rotaries, traffic circles or roundabouts, they offer a safer alternative to the four-way stop. But the modern...
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/ 1 year agoFrom morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent
Most states permit government officials to donate unclaimed bodies to medical schools, with no legal requirement for prior approval from the...
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/ 1 year agoIsraeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria
Hamas and the international community expect Israel to invade the Gaza Strip. The battle will probably be more like recent Middle...
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/ 1 year agoTCUS senior editor Kalpana Jain explores Indigenous communities in Indonesia − and learns about their struggles to reclaim land
The Conversation’s senior religion and ethics editor traveled the world to learn more about Indigenous populations. See one piece of what...
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/ 1 year agoAre ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence
Ghosts can be spooky fun, but there’s no evidence they exist.
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/ 1 year agoLet the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media’s crisis of legitimacy
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers...
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/ 1 year agoBacklash to the oil CEO leading the UN climate summit overlooks his ambitious agenda for COP28 – and concerns of the Global South
An analysis of past UN conference presidencies suggests the 2023 summit’s agenda would do more to accelerate the transition away from...
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/ 1 year agoThe Rio Grande isn’t just a border – it’s a river in crisis
When the Rio Grande figures in US news reports, it’s usually in relation to stories about immigration, drug trafficking or trade....
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/ 1 year agoHot-button topics may get public attention at the Vatican synod, but a more fundamental issue for the Catholic Church is at the heart of debate
Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality is attempting to move the church toward a more dialogue-based model of authority, a scholar of...
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/ 1 year agoHow ‘La Catrina’ became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead
An obscure Mexican engraver named José Guadalupe Posada created the satirical skull in the early 1900s and sold it for a...
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/ 1 year agoSpace rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren’t the most expensive materials used in science
Some space rocks you can get for free – if you know how to identify them. Rarer materials cost more, and...
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/ 1 year agoGOP’s House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises
The absence of a speaker of the House − a single individual but the linchpin in Congress − could produce a...
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/ 1 year agoThe Israel-Hamas war deepens the struggle between US and Iran for influence in the Middle East
Iran’s long-term strategy includes eradicating Israel and driving a wedge between Israel and its regional neighbors. So far, the war seems...
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/ 1 year agoKey Trump co-defendants accept plea deals – a legal expert explains what that means
With co-defendants of Donald Trump accepting plea bargains, an expert in criminal law explains what these legal agreements are and how...
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/ 1 year agoA layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago
An unusual lake with distinct layers of low-oxygen and high-iron water lets researchers investigate conditions like those in the early Earth’s...
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/ 1 year agoBiological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in people, fungi and across the animal kingdom
Spanning evolutionary biology, genetics, development, neurobiology, endocrinology and psychology, as well as current events and sports, students explore the complexities of...
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/ 1 year agoHow much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?
Up to 50% of US teens feel they are addicted to their devices. But help is out there.
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/ 1 year agoFor the Osage Nation, the betrayal of the murders depicted in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ still lingers
Despite the perpetrators being tried and convicted, anti-Indigenous sentiment roiled the area for decades.
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/ 1 year agoHezbollah alone will decide whether Lebanon − already on the brink of collapse − gets dragged into Israel-Hamas war
Hezbollah dominates Lebanon’s sectarian political system, giving the paralyzed government little choice if the militant group chooses to join Hamas’ war...
