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How poetry can help people get through hard times – 4 essential reads

  • Written by Alvin Buyinza, Editorial and Outreach Assistant, The Conversation US
imagePoetry can be a way for people to come together. Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian American writer Ilya Kaminsky’s poem “We Lived Happily During the War” went viral across social media.

Poetry can often help people make sense of the world in difficult times. For World Poetry Day, The Conversation...

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Lasso-ing Chelsea FC? Why super-rich US sports owners are looking to buy a London soccer team

  • Written by Stefan Szymanski, Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
imagePutting the Blues in the red, white and blue.Bradley C Bower/EMPICS via Getty Images

Ted Lasso, the story of an American football coach bringing his unique management skills to a fictional soccer club in West London, has entertained TV viewers since 2020. It now appears that some investors stateside are looking to experience this close up by buying...

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Ukraine's foreign fighters have little in common with those who signed up to fight in the Spanish Civil War

  • Written by Sebastiaan Faber, Professor of Hispanic Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory
imageA woman hugs a Polish volunteer before he crosses the border to go and fight against Russian forces.AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

When an aging Abe Osheroff recalled why, as a 21-year-old kid from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, he had volunteered to join the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War in 1936, he framed it as a personal,...

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Ukraine is benefiting from generous donations – and many other global causes need help, too

  • Written by Jessica Eise, Assistant Professor of Social and Environmental Challenges, The University of Texas at San Antonio
imageA Yemeni mother holds the tiny foot of her malnourished child in 2021. Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

Ukraine’s resistance to Russia has captivated the world, dominating social media and the news since the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion. With this attention has come a massive outpouring of financial support.

Ordinary people, governments, corporations an...

Read more: Ukraine is benefiting from generous donations – and many other global causes need help, too

Russia’s no longer a ‘most-favored nation’: 5 questions about the coveted trading status answered

  • Written by Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
imageRussian-made goods will likely cost more in Western liquor stores if most-favored-nation status is removed. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

The U.S., the European Union, Japan and Canada are further severing Russia from global markets by removing a coveted trading designation over its war in Ukraine. Known as most-favored-nation status, it generally...

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Why Crimean Tatars are fearful as Russia invades Ukraine

  • Written by Brian Glyn Williams, Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth
imageCrimean Tatars gathered for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of Stalin's mass deportation, in Simferopol, Crimea, on May 18, 2014. AP Photo/Alexander Polegenko

As Vladimir Putin’s forces wage a brutal war against Ukraine, the Crimean Tatars living in Russian-occupied Crimea and on the Ukrainian mainland feel particularly threatened...

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How does the immune system mobilize in response to a COVID-19 infection or a vaccine? 5 essential reads

  • Written by Amanda Mascarelli, Senior Health and Medicine Editor
imageThe COVID-19 pandemic has taught most people more than they ever expected to know about immunology.Membio/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Heading into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have become amateur immunologists, having conversations at the dinner table and in the grocery store aisle about mRNA vaccines, variants, breakthrough...

Read more: How does the immune system mobilize in response to a COVID-19 infection or a vaccine? 5 essential...

From healthy births to sustainable management, 5 essential reads on the fascinating and complex vagina

  • Written by Leah Samuel, Health + Equity Editor
imageThe vagina is a muscular tube that can maintain itself and be beneficial to babies.magicmine/iStock via Getty Images Plus

As the most common route for arriving into the world, the human vagina has, of course, existed for as long as there have been people. Despite the name, however, it’s not so much a “sheath” – the Latin...

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AI maps psychedelic 'trip' experiences to regions of the brain – opening new route to psychiatric treatments

  • Written by Galen Ballentine, Resident in Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
imagePsychedelics have been the subject of a recent surge of interest in their potential therapeutic effects.metamorworks/iStock via Getty Images

For the past several decades, psychedelics have been widely stigmatized as dangerous illegal drugs. But a recent surge of academic research into their use to treat psychiatric conditions is spurring a recent...

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'I have a need': How Zelenskyy's plea to Congress emphasized shared identity with US

  • Written by Karrin Vasby Anderson, Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
imagePresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the U.S. Congress.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Speaking from his nation’s capital of Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress as Russian shells continue to bombard the city.

In the historic event on March 16, 2022, Zelenskyy sought to persuade U.S....

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  2. How weapons get to Ukraine and what's needed to protect vulnerable supply chains
  3. Kyiv has faced adversity before – and a stronger Ukrainian identity grew in response
  4. Ukraine wants a no-fly zone. What does this mean, and would one make any sense in this war?
  5. Cloud seeding might not be as promising as drought-troubled states hope
  6. Why the Fed can't stop prices from going up anytime soon – but may have more luck over the long term
  7. El metaverso es dinero y las criptos reinan: por qué estarás en blockchain cuando saltes al mundo virtual
  8. Pollen season is getting longer and more intense with climate change – here's what allergy sufferers can expect in the future
  9. Small oil producers like Ghana, Guyana and Suriname could gain as buyers shun Russian crude
  10. The Ebola virus can 'hide out' in the brain after treatment and cause recurrent infections
  11. Plantations could be used to teach about US slavery if stories are told truthfully
  12. What teens see in closed online spaces like the Discord app
  13. The first bat mitzvah was 100 years ago, and has been opening doors for Jewish women ever since
  14. For dogs with arthritis, daily activities don't have to be painful
  15. Why celebrities have a moral responsibility to help promote lifesaving vaccines
  16. US aid to Ukraine: $13.6 billion approved following Russian bombardment marks sharp increase
  17. Putin's brazen manipulation of language is a perfect example of Orwellian doublespeak
  18. Schools will stop serving free lunch to all students -- a pandemic solution left out of a new federal spending package
  19. Affordable housing in the US is increasingly scarce, making renters ask: Where do we go?
  20. Schools will stop serving free lunch to all students – a pandemic solution left out of a new federal spending package
  21. Russia's false claims about biological weapons in Ukraine demonstrate the dangers of disinformation and how hard it is to counter – 4 essential reads
  22. Settler colonialism helps explain current events in Xinjiang and Ukraine – and the history of Australia and US, too
  23. The promise and folly of war – why do leaders enter conflict assuming victory is assured?
  24. 5 ways college instructors can help students take care of their mental health
  25. Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? A biologist explains the science of murmurations
  26. Smart devices spy on you – 2 computer scientists explain how the Internet of Things can violate your privacy
  27. What classic literature knows about refugees fleeing persecution and war
  28. 11 things you can do to adjust to losing that hour of sleep when daylight saving time starts
  29. MLB's new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players' biggest grievances
  30. St. Brigid, the compassionate, sensible female patron saint of Ireland, gets a lot less recognition than St. Patrick
  31. Oil price shocks have a long history, but today's situation may be the most complex ever
  32. Ukraine war and anti-Russia sanctions on top of COVID-19 mean even worse trouble lies ahead for global supply chains
  33. Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways
  34. The American founders could teach Putin a lesson: Provoking an unnecessary war is not how to prove your masculinity
  35. Organs from genetically engineered pigs may help shorten the transplant wait list
  36. Guns, not roses – here's the true story of penicillin’s first patient
  37. Why most teachers who say they plan to leave the profession probably won't do so anytime soon
  38. Endurance captain Frank Worsley, Shackleton's gifted navigator, knew how to stay the course
  39. Why stagflation is an economic nightmare – and could become a real headache for Biden and the Fed if it emerges in the US
  40. How a hurricane fueled wildfires in the Florida Panhandle
  41. Purim spiels: Skits and satire have brought merriment to an ancient Jewish holiday in America
  42. Would Putin use nuclear weapons? An arms control expert explains what has and hasn't changed since the invasion of Ukraine
  43. A wave of grassroots humanitarianism is supporting millions of Ukrainian refugees
  44. China's balancing act on Russian invasion of Ukraine explained
  45. Why daylight saving time is unhealthy – a neurologist explains
  46. Ukraine’s Twitter account is a national version of real-time trauma processing
  47. Russian church leader puts the blame of invasion on those who flout ‘God’s law,’ but taking biblical law out of its historical context doesn't work
  48. What's a natural burial? A Christian theologian explains
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