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The Conversation (US)by Alexis R. Santos, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Demography and Public Policy, Penn State23d ago
In December 2024, the share of South Koreans ages 65 and older surpassed 20% for the first time, making it what demographers like us call a “super-aged society.” By August 2026 that share had risen...
The Conversation (US)by J. Christian Spielvogel, Teaching Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences, Penn State23d ago
In January 2026, President Donald Trump told an audience of business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, that the United States needed the “right, title and ownership” to Greenland...
The Conversation (US)by John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University23d ago
Mail voting in the 2026 midterm elections will go on as usual – now that the Trump administration’s major efforts to disrupt how Americans vote by mail have been blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Conversation (US)by Ian McDonough, Associate Professor of Psychology, Binghamton University, State University of New York24d ago
Old age and forgetfulness seem to go hand in hand. But my colleagues and I found that memories actually becomes less precise, not entirely forgotten.
The Conversation (US)by Jesse Liu, Assistant Professor of Physics, New York University24d ago
Every second, particles zip through your body at nearly the speed of light. They rain down from a storm high in the sky, where cosmic rays, a powerful type of interstellar matter, are constantly...
The Conversation (US)by Matt Thompson, Affiliate Wildfire Scientist, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Colorado State University24d ago
One of the problems with how America deals with wildfires is thinking there is one primary strategy that can end the nation’s wildfire crisis.
The Conversation (US)by Beth Lloyd, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, College of Charleston24d ago
Educators, politicians and education observers have long debated school choice. This controversial policy approach lets families pick alternatives to their assigned neighborhood public schools and...
The Conversation (US)by Dov Waxman, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles24d ago
Haverford, a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, has become the latest U.S. school to settle a lawsuit over how it handled allegations of antisemitism. In a statement on Aug.
The Conversation (US)by Michael R. Nadorff, Professor of Psychology, Mississippi State University24d ago
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Why do people speak while they are sleeping?
The Conversation (US)by Thomas Fauchez, Research Associate Professor of Physics, American University24d ago
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched on Aug. 30, 2026, beginning a journey that will take it about a million miles from the Earth.
The Conversation (US)by Andrew Bubak, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz24d ago
Shingles can cause pain that is notoriously difficult to manage and can last for months to years for some people.
The Conversation (US)by Robert Glover, Associate Professor of Political Science and Honors, University of Maine24d ago
Nearly 70,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2025. While that is a decline from the nearly 108,000 deaths recorded in 2022, these grim figures distinguish the U.S.
The Conversation (US)by Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota24d ago
People are living longer, reshaping what it means to grow old. By the late 2060s, an estimated 2.5 billion people worldwide will be age 60 or older – more than the number of people under 18.
The Conversation (US)by Pawan Jain, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Michigan Flint24d ago
The phone rings, and it’s your grandson’s shaken voice. There’s been an accident, he says, and he needs money before anyone finds out. Except it isn’t him.
The Conversation (US)by William Hirst, Professor of Psychology, The New School26d ago
How did you first learn of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001? Was it your mother’s panicked phone call? Your roommate shaking you awake with the news? The anxious chatter on your commuter train?
The Conversation (US)by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College27d ago
In his keynote address to the Republican midterm convention on Sept. 9, 2026, President Donald Trump promised that if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, he would authorize a...
The Conversation (US)by Patricia Edwards, Professor of Education, Michigan State University27d ago
About 1.4 million Michigan students returned to the state’s K-12 public school classrooms this fall.
The Conversation (US)by Katrine L. Wallace, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago27d ago
If you’ve been following the dispute between Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
The Conversation (US)by Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Professor Emerita of Medieval History, University of Rhode Island27d ago
For decades, I’ve been showing my medieval history students the “autonomous collective” scene from the 1975 film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” The clip is funny because it features two...
The Conversation (US)by Elizabeth Schmidt, Professor of Practice in Public Policy, Nonprofit Organizations, and Social & Environmental Enterprises, UMass Amherst27d ago
The Trump administration wants to strip all nonprofit colleges, universities and private K-12 schools of their tax-exempt status if any of their programs designed to help students uses race as a...
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