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How scammers like Anna Delvey and the Tinder Swindler exploit a core feature of human nature

  • Written by Vanessa Bohns, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Cornell University
imageAnna Sorokin, better known as Anna Delvey, during her trial in April 2019. Sorokin is the subject of a new Netflix miniseries.Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Maybe she had so much money she just lost track of it. Maybe it was all a misunderstanding.

That’s how Anna Sorokin’s marks explained away the supposed German heiress’s...

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A mild-mannered biker triggered a huge debate over humans' role in climate change – in the early 20th century

  • Written by Sylvia G. Dee, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University
imageGuy Stewart Callendar connected carbon dioxide concentrations with rising temperatures.GS Callendar Archive, University of East Anglia

In 1938, a British engineer and amateur meteorologist made a discovery that set off a fierce debate about climate change.

Scientists had known for decades that carbon dioxide could trap heat and warm the planet. But...

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Why do humans have bones instead of cartilage like sharks?

  • Written by Michael Heithaus, Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education and Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
imageCartilage makes this scalloped hammerhead shark's body flexible.NOAA NMFS, CC BYimage

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.

Why do humans have bones instead of cartilage like sharks? – Natalya N., age 12, Aliso Viejo, California

Fir...

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Why Ukrainian Americans are committed to preserving Ukrainian culture – and national sovereignty

  • Written by Katja Kolcio, Associate Professor of Dance and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
imageThe author's father, Wolodymyr 'Mirko' Pylyshenko, pictured in an ID card at a German displacement camp for Ukrainians.Katja Kolcio

As a child, I would wait with anticipation for my parents to return from trips to the Soviet Union. Often they brought gifts like a few loaves of hearty brown bread, or a wheel of briny, homemade cheese. Sometimes...

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What will the Winter Olympics look like in a warming world? Snowmaking can defy climate change for only so long

  • Written by Steven R. Fassnacht, Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University
imageAlmost all of the snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics came from machines.AP Photo/Gregory Bull

The Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.

When the first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, all 16 events took place...

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How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games

  • Written by Steven R. Fassnacht, Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University
imageAlmost all of the snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics came from machines.AP Photo/Gregory Bull

The Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.

When the first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, all 16 events took place...

Read more: How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving...

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future

  • Written by Steven R. Fassnacht, Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University
imageAlmost all of the snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics came from machines.AP Photo/Gregory Bull

The Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.

When the first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, all 16 events took place...

Read more: How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future

How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving it

  • Written by Steven R. Fassnacht, Professor of Snow Hydrology, Colorado State University
imageAlmost all of the snow at the 2022 Winter Olympics came from machines.AP Photo/Gregory Bull

The Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.

When the first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, all 16 events took place...

Read more: How climate change threatens the Winter Olympics' future – even snowmaking has limits for saving it

Dunkology 101: How the NBA could take a more scientific approach to scoring the slam dunk

  • Written by Justin Barber, Clinical Research Manager, University of Kentucky
imageOnly half of a player's slam dunk score is linked to what they do with the ball and their body. Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

I grew up watching some of the greatest slam dunk artists in the world.

Shawn Kemp was one of my favorites, because he was freaky athletic and dunked so powerfully. Plus, he seemed so...

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1 in 4 Americans are covered by Medicaid or CHIP – a program that insures low-income kids

  • Written by Heather Bednarek, Associate Professor of Economics, Saint Louis University
imageMore than 91% of the country has health insurance now.The Good Brigade/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

As of July 2021, a total of 83.6 million Americans were insured through either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

That’s almost 1 in 4 Americans, with 76.7 million insured through Medicaid and 6.9 million...

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