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How common is the 'Common Era?' How A.D. and C.E. took over counting years

  • Written by Miriamne Ara Krummel, Professor of English, University of Dayton
imageAmid the pandemic, confetti fell on an almost-empty Times Square last New Year's Eve.AP Photo/Craig Ruttle

On Dec. 31, people from cultures all around the world will be raising a toast to welcome in A.D. 2022. Few of them will think about the fact that A.D. signals “anno Domini,” Latin for “in the year of our Lord.” In A.D....

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Manchin takes aim at Build Back Better, but his real focus is on West Virginia

  • Written by Samuel Workman, Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
imagePutting his sights on Build Back Better?Manchin for West Virginia/YouTube

Joe Manchin isn’t averse to taking a shotgun to policy he dislikes.

In 2018, the senator starred in a political ad in which he explains how a lawsuit to repeal the Affordable Care Act – something his opponent, state attorney general Patrick Morrisey, was at the...

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Medical technologies have been central to US pandemic response – but social behaviors matter just as much

  • Written by Eyal Oren, Professor of Epidemiology, San Diego State University
imageCOVID-19 vaccines and treatments aren't societal silver bullets when health disparities persist.Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images

Before COVID-19, there was tuberculosis. Twentieth century British physician Thomas McKeown controversially proposed that the sharp declines in infectious disease death rates in the late 1900s were due to improved...

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Biden to expand access to at-home COVID kits: 4 essential reads on the critical role of rapid tests

  • Written by Matt Williams, Breaking News Editor
imageReflecting on the growing demand for at-home rapid COVID-19 tests.Corinna Kern/Getty Images

President Joe Biden has outlined plans to massively ramp up COVID-19 testing in an effort to curb – or at least slow – the spread of the highly infectious omicron variant across the U.S.

In a speech on Dec. 21, 2021, Biden said he aimed to get out...

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During a COVID-19 surge, ‘crisis standards of care’ involve excruciating choices and impossible ethical decisions for hospital staff

  • Written by Matthew Wynia, Director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageAmid the latest surge of COVID-19 cases, health care workers yet again are having to make difficult triage decisions in caring for patients. Morsa Images/E+ via Getty Images

The Conversation is running a series of dispatches from clinicians and researchers operating on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. You can find all of the stories here...

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2021: a year physicists asked, 'What lies beyond the Standard Model?'

  • Written by Aaron McGowan, Principal Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageExperiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, like the ATLAS calorimeter seen here, are providing more accurate measurements of fundamental particles.Maximilien Brice, CC BY

If you ask a physicist like me to explain how the world works, my lazy answer might be: “It follows the Standard Model.”

The Standard Model explains the...

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What is Log4j? A cybersecurity expert explains the latest internet vulnerability, how bad it is and what's at stake

  • Written by Santiago Torres-Arias, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
imageA vulnerability in Log4j, a humble but widespread piece of software, has put millions of computers at risk.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Log4Shell, an internet vulnerability that affects millions of computers, involves an obscure but nearly ubiquitous piece of software, Log4j. The software is used to record all manner of activities that...

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Stress is contagious in relationships – here's what you can do to support your partner and boost your own health during the holidays and beyond

  • Written by Rosie Shrout, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Purdue University
imageRelationship stress can hit new highs during the holidays.Aaron Amat/iStock via Getty Images Plus

With the flurry of shopping, spending money and traveling to see family, stress can feel inevitable during the holidays.

You might already know stress can affect your own health, but what you may not realize is that your stress – and how you...

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As spiritualism's popularity grows, photographer Shannon Taggart takes viewers inside the world of séances, mediums and orbs

  • Written by Beth Saunders, Curator and Head of Special Collections and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageTable-tipping workshop with mediums Jane and Chris Howarth in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2014.© Shannon Taggart. Courtesy of the Artist., Author provided

The word séance conjures images of darkened rooms, entranced mediums, strange occurrences and spirit voices. For many contemporary audiences, these visions might seem like something out...

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Sports card explosion holds promise for keeping kids engaged in math

  • Written by John Holden, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, Oklahoma State University
imageSports trading cards can be used as teaching tools. Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

When it comes to collecting sports cards, people often focus on the cards’ financial worth. And understandably so.

After all, when a small piece of cardboard that originally cost just dollars or even cents is suddenly worth more...

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  1. The Massachusetts flag glorifies the violence committed by colonizers – Native Americans want it changed
  2. Why Putin has such a hard time accepting Ukrainian sovereignty
  3. Nickel oxide is a material that can 'learn' like animals and could help further artificial intelligence research
  4. Millions more Americans now have the right to vote in non-English languages
  5. Home for the holidays and worried about an older relative? Make observations, not assumptions
  6. 2021’s climate disasters revealed an east-west weather divide, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry
  7. Devastating Colorado fires cap a year of climate disasters in 2021, with one side of the country too wet, the other dangerously dry
  8. Mechanical forces in a beating heart affect its cells' DNA, with implications for development and disease
  9. How do fireworks work? A pyrotechnics chemist explains the science behind the brilliant colors and sounds
  10. The best way to follow through on your New Year's resolution? Make an 'old year's resolution'
  11. Manchin killed Build Back Better over inflation concerns – an economist explains why the $2 trillion bill would be unlikely to drive up prices
  12. Don't care about the Build Back Better Act? Hearing people's personal stories might change that
  13. What's the point of holiday gifts?
  14. Genomic sequencing: Here's how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants
  15. Facebook became Meta – and the company's dangerous behavior came into sharp focus in 2021: 4 essential reads
  16. To get people the help they need from the government, postcards may be the answer
  17. Family rifts affect millions of Americans – research shows possible paths from estrangement toward reconciliation
  18. Are parents criminally responsible for the actions of their child? In the Oxford shooting case, prosecutors say yes
  19. What's the record for how long it's ever rained without stopping?
  20. UN fails to agree on 'killer robot' ban as nations pour billions into autonomous weapons research
  21. People who are bad with numbers often find it harder to make ends meet – even if they are not poor
  22. The magnificent history of the maligned and misunderstood fruitcake
  23. Kim Jong Un’s decade in power: Starvation, repression and brutal rule – just like his father and grandfather
  24. bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through the truth of her words
  25. The US is making plans to replace all of its lead water pipes from coast to coast
  26. A Persian festival, Yalda, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, with pomegranates, poetry and sacred rituals
  27. Taking out a student loan for your child can hurt your own financial well-being
  28. Convenient but susceptible to fraud: Why it makes sense to regulate charitable crowdfunding
  29. The 'runner's high' may result from molecules called cannabinoids – the body's own version of THC and CBD
  30. How to help those who have lost loved ones to suicide cope with grief during the holidays
  31. Sold-out supplies, serving a public need and other adventures of doing science during a pandemic – 4 researchers share their experiences
  32. 'Twas the night before Christmas' helped make the modern Santa – and led to a literary whodunit
  33. Why spending $2 trillion on child care, health care and fighting climate change won't make inflation any worse than it already is
  34. Mistletoe – famous for stolen holiday kisses – is a parasite that steals water and nutrients from other plants
  35. Surveys of scientists show women and young academics suffered most during pandemic and may face long-term career consequences
  36. It's all in the flag: Bussa's Rebellion and the 200-year fight to end British rule in Barbados
  37. Latest trials confirm the benefits of MDMA – the drug in ecstasy – for treating PTSD
  38. The best way to protect personal biomedical data from hackers could be to treat the problem like a game
  39. Brain wrinkles and folds matter – researchers are studying the mechanics of how they form
  40. Hurricane-force wind gusts in Colorado, dust storms in Kansas, tornadoes in Iowa in December – here's what fueled a day of extreme storms
  41. How effective are vaccines against omicron? An epidemiologist answers 6 questions
  42. What is the Fed taper? An economist explains
  43. What is the Fed taper? An economist explains how the Federal Reserve withdraws stimulus from the economy
  44. COVID-19 vaccines for children: How parents are influenced by misinformation, and how they can counter it
  45. How the Native American population in the US increased 87% says more about whiteness than about demographics
  46. I'm a Black woman and the metaverse scares me – here’s how to make the next iteration of the internet inclusive
  47. Cellphone bans in the workplace are legal and more common among blue-collar jobs – they also might be a safety risk
  48. To tree, or not to tree? How Jewish-Christian families navigate the 'December Dilemma'
  49. How Mrs. Claus embodied 19th-century debates about women's rights
  50. Mourning after mass shootings isn't enough – a sociologist argues that society's messages about masculinity need to change