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Polls have value, even when they are wrong

  • Written by Kirby Goidel, Professor of Political Science, Texas A&M University
imageLeadership and likability questions help pollsters predict who might win.Osaka Wayne Studios/Moment via Getty Images

An ABC News/Washington Post poll in September 2023 generated outrage among Democrats. The headline on the story, “Trump edges out Biden 51-42 in head-to-head matchup: POLL,” appeared designed to attract clicks rather than...

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Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imageAn Oct. 19, 2023, rally in New York City's Times Square demanding the freeing of hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The U.S. is currently experiencing one of the mostsignificant waves of antisemitismthat it has ever seen. Jewish communities are shaken and traumatized.

Jewish and civil rights organizations...

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What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections

  • Written by Deogratias Eustace, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Engineering Mechanics, University of Dayton
imageA large roundabout in China.Jiojio/Moment via Getty Images

If you live on the East Coast, you may have driven through roundabouts in your neighborhood countless times. Or maybe, if you’re in some parts farther west, you’ve never encountered one of these intersections. But roundabouts, while a relatively new traffic control measure, are c...

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Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker

  • Written by Eranda Jayawickreme, Professor of Psychology & Senior Research Fellow, Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University
imageGood thinking is built from many ingredients.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

What does it mean to be a good thinker? Recent research suggests that acknowledging you can be wrong plays a vital role.

I had these studies in mind a few months ago when I was chatting with a history professor about a class she was teaching to first-year students here at...

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From morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent

  • Written by Eli Shupe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Texas at Arlington
imageMedical students look at cadaver parts being used for demonstration.Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Every year, first-year medical students approach their human cadavers with a mixture of awe and trepidation. They will come to know their assigned cadaver intimately. During the course of their studies, they will carefully pull back layers...

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Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria

  • Written by Javed Ali, Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
imageArmored Israeli military vehicles maneuver near Israel's border with Gaza.Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images

Israel appears to be preparing for the next phase of its military operation: a ground campaign to “crush and destroy” Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put it.

Israel has signaled that it might be willing to...

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TCUS senior editor Kalpana Jain explores Indigenous communities in Indonesia − and learns about their struggles to reclaim land

  • Written by Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor/ Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative
imageTraditional grain houses inside a village chief's residential complex in West Java, Indonesia.Kalpana Jain

Kalpana Jain, senior religion and ethics editor at The Conversation, spent part of 2023 on a trip spanning over 20,000 miles, covering seven cities in three countries, as an East-West Center 2023 Senior Journalists Fellow to pursue issues...

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Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence

  • Written by Barry Markovsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of South Carolina
imageRemember the old saying: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.David Wall/Moment via Getty Imagesimage

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.

Is it possible for there to be ghosts? – Madelyn, age 11, Fort Lupton,...

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Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy

  • Written by Ethan Zuckerman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, UMass Amherst
imageContent moderators like these workers make decisions about online communities based on company dictates.Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Washington Post via Getty Images

In the 2018 documentary “The Cleaners,” a young man in Manila, Philippines, explains his work as a content moderator: “We see the pictures on the screen. You then go...

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The Rio Grande isn't just a border – it's a river in crisis

  • Written by Vianey Rueda, PhD Student in Resource Ecology Management, University of Michigan
imageThe Rio Grande, viewed from the Zaragoza International Bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.Vianey Rueda, CC BY-ND

The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U.S. and Mexican...

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  1. Backlash to the oil CEO leading the UN climate summit overlooks his ambitious agenda for COP28 – and concerns of the Global South
  2. Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren't the most expensive materials used in science
  3. How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead
  4. Hot-button topics may get public attention at the Vatican synod, but a more fundamental issue for the Catholic Church is at the heart of debate
  5. GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises
  6. The Israel-Hamas war deepens the struggle between US and Iran for influence in the Middle East
  7. Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in people, fungi and across the animal kingdom
  8. A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago
  9. Key Trump co-defendants accept plea deals – a legal expert explains what that means
  10. For the Osage Nation, the betrayal of the murders depicted in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' still lingers
  11. How much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?
  12. Hezbollah alone will decide whether Lebanon − already on the brink of collapse − gets dragged into Israel-Hamas war
  13. Delivering aid during war is tricky − here’s what to know about what Gaza relief operations may face
  14. New research helps explain why Indian girls appear to be less engaged in politics than Indian boys
  15. A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant women's fight to remake labor laws
  16. Quantum dots − a new Nobel laureate describes the development of these nanoparticles from basic research to industry application
  17. Does chicken soup really help when you're sick? A nutrition specialist explains what's behind the beloved comfort food
  18. New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce single-use plastic waste
  19. Health care workers gain 21% wage increase in pending agreement with Kaiser Permanente after historic strike
  20. House speaker paralysis is confusing – a political scientist explains what's happening
  21. COVID-19 vaccine mandates have come and mostly gone in the US – an ethicist explains why their messy rollout matters for trust in public health
  22. Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting poverty than armed resistance
  23. What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace culture
  24. Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin − new research
  25. Biden’s Middle East trip has messages for both global and domestic audiences
  26. New technique uses near-miss particle physics to peer into quantum world − two physicists explain how they are measuring wobbling tau particles
  27. Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight
  28. What is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains
  29. Israel is getting a surge in donations from the US in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks
  30. Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave
  31. #UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
  32. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West
  33. What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West
  34. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence tells us about the future of fires in the West
  35. Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system − the siege has pushed it into abject crisis
  36. A reflexive act of military revenge burdened the US − and may do the same for Israel
  37. Gangsters are the villains in 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government
  38. Gun deaths among children and teens have soared – but there are ways to reverse the trend
  39. Why is space so dark even though the universe is filled with stars?
  40. How the 'laws of war' apply to the conflict between Israel and Hamas
  41. Deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust spurs a crisis of confidence in the idea of Israel – and its possible renewal
  42. Reflections on hope during unprecedented violence in the Israel-Hamas war
  43. An itching paradox – a molecule that triggers the urge to scratch also turns down inflammation in the skin
  44. Wildfire smoke leaves harmful gases in floors and walls − air purifiers aren’t enough, new study shows, but you can clean it up
  45. Empire building has always come at an economic cost for Russia – from the days of the czars to Putin's Ukraine invasion
  46. Steep physical decline with age is not inevitable – here's how strength training can change the trajectory
  47. From ancient Jewish texts to androids to AI, a just-right sequence of numbers or letters turns matter into meaning
  48. Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system works well – here's how Hamas got around it
  49. This engineering course has students use their brainwaves to create performing art
  50. Gaza depends on UN and other global aid groups for food, medicine and basic services – Israel-Hamas war means nothing is getting in