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Rocks on Rapa Nui tell the story of a small, resilient population − countering the notion of a doomed overpopulated island

  • Written by Carl Lipo, Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean for Research, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageCovering the ground with rocks is actually a good way to grow some crops in poor soil.Carl Lipo

Conventional wisdom holds that the island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, once had a large population that crashed after living beyond its means and stripping the island of resources. A new research study my colleagues and I conducted has...

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Making art is a uniquely human act, and one that provides a wellspring of health benefits

  • Written by Girija Kaimal, Professor of Art Therapy Research, Drexel University
imageThe act of creating art serves as exercise for the brain and is integral to physical and mental health. hzechphotography/Moment via Getty Images

When you think about the word “art,” what comes to mind? A child’s artwork pinned to the fridge? A favorite artist whose work always inspires? Abstract art that is hard to understand?

Eac...

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Boost your immune system with this centuries-old health hack: Vaccines

  • Written by Aimee Pugh Bernard, Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageWhen it comes to vaccines and immune health, the results aren't too good to be true.Jena Ardell/Moment via Getty Images

There are a dizzying number of tips, hacks and recommendations on how to stay healthy, from dietary supplements to what color of clothes promotes optimal wellness. Some of these tips are helpful and based on good evidence, while...

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Paying reparations for slavery is possible – based on a study of federal compensation to farmers, fishermen, coal miners, radiation victims and 70 other groups

  • Written by Linda J. Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Public Finance, Harvard Kennedy School
imageA group of formerly enslaved people gather on a South Carolina plantation during the Union occupation in 1862. Corbis/ Getty Images

As Americans celebrate Juneteenth, legislation for a commission to study reparations for harms resulting from the enslavement of nearly 4 million people has languished in Congress for more than 30 years.

Though America...

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Philly has highest STI rates in the country – improving sex ed in schools and access to at-home testing could lower rates

  • Written by Carlos Mahaffey, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Purdue University
imageRates of syphilis and gonorrhea have risen significantly among Philadelphians age 15-24 over the past five years. Dusan Stankovic/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Philadelphia ranks No. 1 among U.S. cities for new sexually transmitted infections – STIs – according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and...

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Southern Baptists may have rejected a constitutional amendment opposing female pastors, but that does not mean they are changing their views on women’s leadership in church

  • Written by Susan M. Shaw, Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Oregon State University
imageMessengers raise their ballots in support of a motion during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis.AP Photo/Doug McSchooler

The recent annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention saw a number of motions related to women. The Conversation asked Susan Shaw, a gender and sexuality studies scholar who...

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Elder fraud has reached epidemic proportions – a geriatrician explains what older Americans need to know

  • Written by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia
imageBe careful out there.ArtMarie/Getty Images

Americans age 60 and older lost more than US$3 billion to scammers in 2023, according to the FBI.

To put that whopping figure in context, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour recently made news as the first concert tour ever to earn $1 billion.

As a geriatrician – a doctor who cares for people over 65...

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Is Earth really getting too hot for people to survive? A scientist explains extreme heat and the role of climate change

  • Written by Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
imageHeat waves can get dangerously hot, especially when it's also humid.gjohnstonphoto/iStock/Getty Images Plusimage

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.

My parents said the planet is getting too hot for people to live here. They called it...

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What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’

  • Written by Christine Kinealy, Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University
imageBorn into slavery, Frederick Douglass became one of the leading abolitionists in America. Bettmann/Getty Images

Though Frederick Douglass remains the most well-known abolitionist to visit Ireland in the decades prior to the American Civil War, he was not the only one.

As many as 30 Black abolitionists and activists also traveled to Ireland between...

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Central banks face threats to their independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)

  • Written by Cristina Bodea, Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
imageDonald Trump appointed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve. If returned to the White House, he may seek to replace him.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Nearly every country in the world has a central bank – a public institution that manages a country’s currency and its monetary policy. And these banks have an extraordinary amount of...

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  1. Calls to US poison centers spiked after ‘magic mushrooms’ were decriminalized
  2. From glowing corals to vomiting shrimp, animals have used bioluminescence to communicate for millions of years – here’s what scientists still don’t know about it
  3. Supreme Court unanimously concludes that anti-abortion groups have no standing to challenge access to mifepristone – but the drug likely faces more court challenges
  4. Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in labor case that could hinder government’s ability to intervene in some unionization disputes
  5. An homage to the dad joke, one of the great traditions of fatherhood
  6. The US is losing wetlands at an accelerating rate − here’s how the private sector can help protect these valuable resources
  7. Supreme Court justices secretly recorded – the legal issues and what they mean for the rest of us
  8. Space weather forecasting needs an upgrade to protect future Artemis astronauts
  9. Ukraine’s draft woes leave the West facing pressure to make up for the troop shortfall
  10. People ambivalent about political issues support violence more than those with clear opinions
  11. Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power of love’ to challenge injustice
  12. Philadelphia’s 200-year-old disability records show welfare reform movement’s early shift toward rationing care and punishing poor people
  13. Cities with empty commercial space and housing shortages are converting office buildings into apartments – here’s what they’re learning
  14. Spikes, seat dividers, even ‘Baby Shark’ − camping bans like the one under review at SCOTUS are part of broader strategies that push out homeless people
  15. Inflation is cooling, but not fast enough for the Fed: Policymakers now expect only one rate cut in 2024
  16. Microrobots made of algae carry chemo directly to lung tumors, improving cancer treatment
  17. Columbia Law Review article critical of Israel sparks battle between student editors and their board − highlighting fragility of academic freedom
  18. American womanhood is not what it used to be − understanding the backlash to Dobbs v. Jackson
  19. There’s a strange history of white journalists trying to better understand the Black experience by ‘becoming’ Black
  20. ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism – but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse
  21. Politics is still both local and personal – but only for independents, not for Democrats or Republicans
  22. Wastewater surveillance reveals pathogens in Detroit’s population, helping monitor and predict disease outbreaks since 2017
  23. Paris 2024 Olympics to debut high-level breakdancing – and physics in action
  24. Food has a climate problem: Nitrous oxide emissions are accelerating with growing demand for fertilizer and meat – but there are solutions
  25. African elephants address one another with name-like calls − similar to humans
  26. 8 fun questions about The Conversation
  27. How reciting the Pledge of Allegiance became a sacred, patriotic ritual
  28. PFAS are toxic ‘forever chemicals’ that linger in our air, water, soil and bodies – here’s how to keep them out of your drinking water
  29. Summertime can be germy: A microbiologist explains how to avoid getting sick at the barbecue, in the pool or on the trail
  30. Independent voters are few in number, influential in close elections – and hard for campaigns to reach
  31. Losing winter ice is changing the Great Lakes food web – here’s how light is shaping life underwater
  32. Are older adults more vulnerable to scams? What psychologists have learned about who’s most susceptible, and when
  33. Complaints are different when customers think a company cares
  34. Coral reef recovery could get a boost from an unlikely source: Sea cucumbers, the janitors of the seafloor
  35. Biden and Trump may forget names or personal details, but here is what really matters in assessing whether they’re cognitively up for the job
  36. The warming ocean is leaving coastal economies in hot water
  37. How DEI rollbacks at colleges and universities set back learning
  38. American slavery wasn’t just a white man’s business − new research shows how white women profited, too
  39. NASA’s asteroid sample mission gave scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor
  40. How do you build tunnels and bridges underwater? A geotechnical engineer explains the construction tricks
  41. Indian election was awash in deepfakes – but AI was a net positive for democracy
  42. How much do you need to know about how your spouse spends money? Maybe less than you think
  43. 2020’s ‘fake elector’ schemes will be harder to try in 2024 – but not impossible
  44. Why is it so hard to know how many independent voters there are?
  45. Getting services to people in need often relies on partnerships between government and nonprofits, but reporting requirements can be too onerous
  46. AI search answers are the fast food of your information diet – convenient and tasty, but no substitute for good nutrition
  47. Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an interstellar probe, they don’t know much about its shape
  48. Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska
  49. Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives
  50. New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research