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The Conversation (US)by Callie Maddox, Associate Professor of Sport Leadership and Management, Miami University29d ago
Over 70 years after the dissolution of the All-American Professional Girls’ Baseball League – and nearly 30 years since the end of the short-lived Ladies League Baseball – female baseball players...
The Conversation (US)by Michael Okun, Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Norman Fixel Institute, University of Florida29d ago
Imagine trying not to blink, resisting the urge to sneeze or refusing to scratch an intense itch.
The Conversation (US)by Gregory Porumbescu, Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University - Newark29d ago
Drawing on 14 years of data, we examined whether access to broadband internet could improve Americans’ use of time and found that a 10% increase in broadband adoption across a community corresponds...
The Conversation (US)by Mary Magnuson, Associate Science Editor, The Conversation29d ago
Most days, you can look up and see the Sun shining above. Even if it’s hidden behind clouds, you know it’s there, lighting up the sky.
The Conversation (US)by Ian Johnstone, Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts University29d ago
When António Guterres steps down as United Nations secretary-general at the end of 2026, he will leave his successor with plenty to do.
The Conversation (US)by John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College8 Sept 2026
The Trump administration’s proposal to crack down on voting by mail in federal elections – articulated in a March 2026 executive order – faces its toughest legal test so far, as the Supreme Court...
The Conversation (US)by Julie Dobrow, Teaching Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University8 Sept 2026
On back-to-school night in 2005, I eagerly entered my youngest child’s first grade classroom. The walls were festooned with brightly colored responses to the prompt: “Draw something you remember.”...
The Conversation (US)by Pardis Mahdavi, Director, Executive Leadership Academy, University of California, Berkeley8 Sept 2026
For at least two decades, thousands of Americans have been going to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil to look for ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used in sacred ceremonies in South...
The Conversation (US)by Elaine Reno, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine-Wilderness and Environmental Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz8 Sept 2026
If you grew up in the United States in the 1980s or ’90s, chances are you remember The Oregon Trail.
The Conversation (US)by Aylin Yener, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Integrated Systems Engineering, The Ohio State University8 Sept 2026
Every time you make a phone call, stream a video or connect to Wi-Fi, your device is sending and receiving invisible signals through the air.
The Conversation (US)by Deana L. Weibel, Professor of Anthropology, Grand Valley State University8 Sept 2026
“Star Trek” began as a television series but grew into a cultural phenomenon. When it premiered in 1966, no one could have predicted that it would lead to more than a dozen spinoff shows, more than...
The Conversation (US)by Stephanie Szarmach, James Smithson Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution8 Sept 2026
Squinting through my binoculars, I scanned the dense branches of a black spruce, trying my best to catch a glimpse of the thin legs of a small black, white and yellow songbird.
The Conversation (US)by Jean Lantz Reisz, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California4 Sept 2026
At the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term, 1.3 million individuals from 17 countries were living and working in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.
The Conversation (US)by Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies, University of Iowa4 Sept 2026
For most of his 92 years, Wendell Berry farmed his Lane’s Landing homestead in Henry County, Kentucky, using methods that embraced the land.
The Conversation (US)by Matthew DeGennaro, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University4 Sept 2026
If you’ve ever had to prepare a meal for a picky eater, you know it’s not easy. They may not like certain flavors or textures, and there are often foods you have to avoid altogether.
The Conversation (US)by Francine Berman, Director of Public Interest Technology and Stuart Rice Honorary Research Professor, UMass Amherst4 Sept 2026
What do the water system in Flint, Michigan, the electrical grid in Puerto Rico and your search engine have in common? They are all critical infrastructure – systems essential to everyday life.
The Conversation (US)by Kevin B. Johnson, Professor of Pediatrics, Biomedical Informatics and Science Communication, University of Pennsylvania4 Sept 2026
The case against social media has gotten so well rehearsed that most people can easily merge it into ordinary conversation: It makes people lonely. It sorts them into camps.
The Conversation (US)by J.C. Bradbury, Professor of Economics, Kennesaw State University4 Sept 2026
When the Buffalo Bills play their 2026 season home opener in the newly built Highmark Stadium, it will mark the first game to take place at one of six new NFL venues scheduled to open over the next...
The Conversation (US)by Robert Muggah, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University4 Sept 2026
There are good reasons to be skeptical about how much impact Meta’s latest legal settlement will have on the tech giant.
The Conversation (US)by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University3 Sept 2026
For much of the past 25 years, each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has arrived with signs and stickers reminding people to “never forget.” I have always felt unsure about what those words...
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