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The Conversation (US)by Jayash Paudel, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Oklahoma27 Aug 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada is getting personal for American farmers. After trade talks between the two longtime allies fell apart in mid-August 2026, Trump imposed 50%...
The Conversation (US)by Robert Boatright, Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies27 Aug 2026
If you have seen campaign ads for the midterm elections, you have likely noticed that a major theme this year is corruption.
The Conversation (US)by Jason M. Blazakis, Professor of the Practice and Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism, Middlebury College27 Aug 2026
Syria’s delisting as a state sponsor of terrorism was a long time coming. The country had, after all, been on the U.S.
The Conversation (US)by Jeffrey C. Dixon, Professor of Sociology, College of the Holy Cross27 Aug 2026
Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both? There’s a lot of speculation regarding this question, but little solid data in the U.S. to answer it.
The Conversation (US)by Hillary Lum, GUIDE Medical Director/Practitioner, University of Colorado Anschutz27 Aug 2026
Latino Americans are 1.5 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than white Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.
The Conversation (US)by Prayan Pokharel, Research scientist, University of Hohenheim27 Aug 2026
A few months ago, a friend of mine told me that his father-in-law had been rushed to the hospital after eating some wild honey brought back from the hills of Nepal.
The Conversation (US)by Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University27 Aug 2026
Reports from the USS Abraham Lincoln describe a crew running on almost no sleep and suffering mental strain.
The Conversation (US)by Don Figer, Professor and Director of the Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology27 Aug 2026
NASA plans to soon launch a new space telescope that will survey a billion galaxies to trace how the universe evolved over time, all courtesy of America’s spy program and decades of research into...
The Conversation (US)by Ashwin R. Vasavada, Project Scientist, Mars Science Laboratory, NASA27 Aug 2026
Lights blink on as I enter the Rover Operations Center at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, at 7:30 a.m. I’m the first to arrive, even though I already feel late.
The Conversation (US)by Julian L. Gallegos, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Purdue University27 Aug 2026
When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough...
The Conversation (US)by Carolina Rossini, Professor of Practice and Director for Program, Public Interest Technology Initiative, UMass Amherst27 Aug 2026
Meta has agreed to pay up to US$17 billion over 10 years to settle claims brought by a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general.
The Conversation (US)by Christopher Lieu, Professor of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Anschutz26 Aug 2026
For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died within...
The Conversation (US)by Ingmar Nitze, Postdoctoral Research in Polar Geoscience, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research26 Aug 2026
Florida gets a lot of attention for its sinkholes, especially when they swallow cars and entire houses. But its sinkhole risk has nothing on Alaska’s.
The Conversation (US)by Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law Emeritus, Vermont Law & Graduate School26 Aug 2026
Over 368,000 miles of roads wind through U.S. national forests, eight times more than the entire interstate highway system.
The Conversation (US)by Brandon Marc Finn, Research Scientist at the School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan26 Aug 2026
Recent population estimates show that Charlotte, North Carolina, is the fastest-growing large city in the United States.
The Conversation (US)by Anand Kumar, Professor and Department Head of Psychiatry, University of Illinois Chicago26 Aug 2026
The “bible” of clinical psychiatry – the DSM, short for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – is one of the most popular psychiatry reference books around the world.
The Conversation (US)by Irus Braverman, SUNY Distinguished & Dr. Teresa A. Miller Professor of Law, Adjunct Professor of Geography, and Research Professor at the Department of Environment & Sustainability, University at Buff26 Aug 2026
When Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir proposed surrounding a prison holding Palestinian security detainees with Nile crocodiles, many people dismissed the idea as political...
The Conversation (US)by Shannon Fogg, Professor of History, Missouri University of Science and Technology26 Aug 2026
The Paris Grand Mosque, an iconic cultural landmark located in the heart of the city, is celebrating its centenary.
The Conversation (US)by Masha Remskar, Psychologist and Postdoctoral Researcher in Behavioral Science, Arizona State University26 Aug 2026
Do you feel like the same person in February as in June? For most people, the answer is a resounding no.
The Conversation (US)by John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University25 Aug 2026
The reaction to a procedural ruling by the Supreme Court on Aug. 24, 2026, was immediate and sharp.
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