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/ 1 year agoKeeping a streak alive can be strong motivation to stick with a chosen activity
A streak can motivate you to keep on keeping on with behaviors ranging from praying to running to sharing pictures on...
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/ 1 year agoEconomic lookahead: As we ring in 2024, can the US economy continue to avoid a recession?
And will the vibecession ever end?
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/ 1 year agoCalifornia banned sales of flavored e-cigarettes in 2022 − but a new study finds online stores are still selling them, even to kids
The study suggests that online sales to kids went unchanged in the months after the law went into effect.
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/ 1 year agoAI could improve your life by removing bottlenecks between what you want and what you get
Life is full of hidden bottlenecks that result from logistical trade-offs between efficiency and your unique needs and desires. AI promises...
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/ 1 year agoNew date, same traditions: Ukraine’s wartime Christmas celebrations
An expert on Ukrainian music and folklore explains how holiday traditions celebrate both centuries of culture and present-day resistance.
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/ 1 year agoSocial media drains our brains and impacts our decision making – podcast
New research shows that scrolling through Instagram can effect our processing and language capabilities. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
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/ 1 year agoTrump barred from Colorado ballot – now what?
A historian and legal scholar of a key part of the US Constitution explains what happens now that the Colorado Supreme...
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/ 1 year agoWhat do universities owe their big donors? Less than you might think, explain 2 nonprofit law experts
Threats from disappointed donors over the language used during campus protests about the Israel-Hamas conflict have become angrier and more public...
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/ 1 year agoWhy the COP28 climate summit mattered, and what to watch for in 2024
The UN climate conference brought some progress. A former UN official who has been involved in international climate policy for years...
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/ 1 year agoTrump claims Constitution gives him immunity − here’s why judges and the Supreme Court may not agree
The Constitution makes clear that a president who was impeached and convicted can still be prosecuted − but what about one...
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/ 1 year ago50 years later, ‘The Exorcist’ continues to possess Hollywood’s imagination, reflecting our obsession with evil
When the film premiered, theatergoers fainted and vomited. It went on to inspire a series of copycat films – while fomenting...
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/ 1 year agoFor many who are suffering with prolonged grief, the holidays can be a time to reflect and find meaning in loss
A trauma-informed therapist discusses how grief affects the brain and highlights the role of a sixth stage of grief – finding...
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/ 1 year agoDo you eat with your eyes, your gut or your brain? A neuroscientist explains how to listen to your hunger during the holidays
You likely know that the sight and smell of food can trigger cravings. But internal cues from your gut and your...
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/ 1 year agoChatGPT and its AI chatbot cousins ruled 2023: 4 essential reads that puncture the hype
Common misperceptions about AI chatbots are that they know something about the world, can make decisions, are a replacement for search...
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/ 1 year ago2023’s historic Hollywood and UAW strikes aren’t labor’s whole story – the total number of Americans walking off the job remained relatively low
Two labor scholars argue that the balance of power between workers and employers, which has been tilted toward employers for nearly...
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/ 1 year agoWith ‘White Christmas,’ Irving Berlin and Bing Crosby helped make Christmas a holiday that all Americans could celebrate
The secular carol doesn’t mention Jesus, angels or wise men, while reminding listeners of what makes them not just American, but...
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/ 1 year agoWhy 14th Amendment bars Trump from office: A constitutional law scholar explains principle behind Colorado Supreme Court ruling
Colorado’s Supreme Court has removed Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot. A scholar of constitutional law explains why.
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/ 1 year agoVolcanic eruption lights up Iceland after weeks of earthquake warnings − a geologist explains what’s happening
Iceland is known as ‘the land of fire and ice’ for a reason.
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/ 1 year agoJoel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of the ‘Trail of Tears’
Much like the history of the US, Joel Roberts Poinsett, after whom the poinsettia is named, had a complicated and troubling...
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/ 1 year agoShipwrecks teem with underwater life, from microbes to sharks
When ships sink, they add artificial structures to the seafloor that can quickly become diverse, ecologically important underwater communities.
