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Heat waves hit the poor hardest – a new study calculates the rising impact on those least able to adapt to the warming climate

  • Written by Mojtaba Sadegh, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Boise State University
imageBanana plantation workers in Panama find shade under a vehicle during a break.Jan Sochor/Latincontent/Getty Images

Spend time in a developing country during a heat wave and it quickly becomes clear why poorer nations face some of the greatest risks from climate change. Most homes don’t have air conditioning, and even health clinics can get...

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How raising interest rates curbs inflation – and what could possibly go wrong

  • Written by Rodney Ramcharan, Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics, University of Southern California
imageThe price of used cars has soared during the pandemic. AP Photo/Matt Rourke

After about three decades of relatively low inflation, consumer prices are skyrocketing again.

The price of gasoline, for example, was up 40% in January 2022 from a year earlier, while used cars and trucks jumped 41%, according to data released on Feb. 10, 2022. Other...

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What The Conversation talks about when it talks about football: 3 essential reads ahead of the Super Bowl

  • Written by Matt Williams, Breaking News Editor
imageFootball, as a mirror to society? AP Photo/Morry Gash

The Super Bowl is all about wings. Well, it’s about wings and commercials. OK, OK, it is about wings, commercials and four 15-minute quarters of broken play interspersed with moments of occasional sporting drama and a halftime singsong.

In fact, football is about all that and much more....

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How Joe Rogan became podcasting's Goliath

  • Written by Matt Sienkiewicz, Associate Professor of Communication and International Studies, Boston College
imageJoe Rogan’s ability to attract young male listeners is particularly powerful in today's fractured media environment.Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Image

Comedian and podcaster Joe Rogan is caught in a spiral of controversies.

It began when “The Joe Rogan Experience” hosted COVID-19 vaccine skeptic Robert Malone and a number of...

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The shameful stories of environmental injustices at Japanese American incarceration camps during WWII

  • Written by Connie Y. Chiang, Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College
imageDust storm on July 3, 1942, at the Manzanar War Relocation Authority Center in California.Dorothea Lange/Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration

When Japanese fighter pilots bombed the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Thomas S. Takemura was raising vegetables and raspberries on his family’s 14 ½-acre...

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A brief history of the NFL, 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the Super Bowl and their tangled saga of patriotism and dissent

  • Written by Mark Clague, Associate Professor of Musicology, Arts Leadership & Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan
imageWhitney Houston sings the national anthem on January 27, 1991, at Super Bowl XXV during the Persian Gulf War. Michael Zagaris/Getty Images

When NFL Commissioner Elmer Layden visited the White House in August 1945, no sitting president had ever attended a professional football game. World War II was coming to a close and the commissioner presented...

Read more: A brief history of the NFL, 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' the Super Bowl and their tangled saga of...

Inmates' hunger strikes take powerful stands against injustice

  • Written by Nayan Shah, Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imagePalestinian artists draw a mural of hunger striker Hisham Abu Hawash.MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images

In the coming weeks, Israel is slated to free Palestinian detainee Hisham Abu Hawash, a 40-year-old construction worker, who has been held by Israeli military authorities since October 2020 without charge or trial. Israel agreed to release him...

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In countries more biased against women, higher COVID-19 death rates for men might not tell an accurate story

  • Written by Yeva Aleksanyan, Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, Colorado State University
imageGender norms can affect every aspect of a person's life, including their health.YES BRASIL/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Pandemics and recessions have the potential to exacerbate existing health inequalities between men and women.

Many social factors can put women at a higher risk of infection during a pandemic. In almost all societies, women assume...

Read more: In countries more biased against women, higher COVID-19 death rates for men might not tell an...

No-knock warrants, a relic of the 'war on drugs,' face renewed criticism after Minneapolis death

  • Written by Tom Nolan, Associate Professor of Sociology, Emmanuel College
imageMinneapolis police force entry moments before shooting Amir Locke. Minneapolis Police Department via AP

Protests in Minneapolis over the death of a 22-year-old man during a police raid have reignited debate over the role of so-called “no-knock warrants.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey imposed a moratorium on the practice, in which police...

Read more: No-knock warrants, a relic of the 'war on drugs,' face renewed criticism after Minneapolis death

What makes a fruit flavorful? Artificial intelligence can help optimize cultivars to match consumer preferences

  • Written by Marcio Resende, Assistant Professor of Horticultural Sciences, University of Florida
imageAroma plays a big role in flavor perception.Lina Darjan/500px via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Which flavors and chemical compounds make a particular variety of fruit more appealing to consumers can be identified and predicted using artificial intelligence, according to our recently...

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