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The Conversation (US)by Marie Doyle, Instructor in Neurobiology, UMass Chan Medical School7d ago
For some, abstaining from alcohol can subsequently increase compulsive drinking. Our research team found that, in abstaining mice, this urge to drink is preceded by changes in the activity of a...
The Conversation (US)by Regan E. Dunn, Associate Curator at La Brea Tar Pits and Museum; Adjunct Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences8d ago
Fifty-six million years ago, Earth’s forests reached a tipping point. They had grown dense, lush canopies at the start of one of Earth’s most intense episodes of greenhouse warming.
The Conversation (US)by Eunchun Park, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Arkansas8d ago
The federal government is injecting millions of dollars into efforts to combat feral hogs – and it’s considering spending even more in the coming years.
The Conversation (US)by George Loewenstein, Professor of Economics and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University8d ago
Why do disagreements about vaccines, climate change or elections often feel so personal? Our research suggests it is not simply because other people have different beliefs.
The Conversation (US)by Sarah K Lischer, Associate Professor Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University8d ago
Widespread denial accompanied the public exposure of Jeffrey Epstein’s decades-long sexual abuse and trafficking of girls and women. After the U.S.
The Conversation (US)by Kent Jones, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College8d ago
President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025.
The Conversation (US)by Yael Dvir, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School8d ago
It’s 2 a.m., and a teenage girl, worrying about a friend issue, lies awake. Rather than wake her parents, she picks up her phone, opens an AI app and types, “I’m so stressed out, I can’t sleep.” A...
The Conversation (US)by Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Assistant Professor in Structural Mechanics and Structures, Universidade de Lisboa8d ago
In a summer of wildfires severe enough to trigger Spain’s first-ever national emergency for a forest fire, a historic stone structure called the Nevera de Castro stands in a landscape burned bare...
The Conversation (US)by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College8d ago
As a challenging academic year drew to a close in May 2026, I sent an email to 12 administrators at the college where I teach, thanking them for their work during the year.
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