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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud − the invisible bubble that’s home to countless space objects

  • Written by James Wray, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageView of the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet on Sept. 30, 2024, from Monfrague National Park in Spain.Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images

The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space.

The spherical shell known as the Oort...

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Vatican synod is opening the door a bit wider for Catholic women − but they’ve been knocking for more than 100 years

  • Written by Carol E. Harrison, Professor of History, University of South Carolina
imageSister Nathalie Becquart, the first female undersecretary at the Vatican's Synod of Bishops, walks to the Vatican on May 29, 2023. AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

In 2021, Sister Nathalie Becquart became the first woman to vote at any Vatican meeting when Pope Francis appointed her undersecretary to the synod, a gathering of bishops whose second...

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Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle

  • Written by John Sommers-Flanagan, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Counseling, University of Montana
imageThis course is more than just suggesting that you 'cheer up' and 'look on the bright side.'akinbostanci/E+ via Getty Imagesimage

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of Course

Evidence-Based Happiness for Teachers

What prompted the idea for the course?

I was...

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Swing-state GOP leaders amplified election denial in 2020 − and may do so again

  • Written by Sadie Dempsey, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageWill local Republican Parties again serve as megaphones for election disinformation, as they did in 2020?AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File

With the 2024 election just weeks away, former President Donald Trump continues to spread false claims of fraud in the 2020 election. He also insists without evidence that the same may happen this year.

In a Sept. 7,...

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San Francisco is suing the EPA over how specific water pollution permits should be

  • Written by Robin Kundis Craig, Professor of Law, University of Kansas
imageBaker Beach and other San Francisco city beaches are sometimes closed for swimming due to sewage discharges.Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court will test how flexible the EPA and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean Water Act when it hears oral argument in City and County of San Francisco v....

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Millions of people across the US use well water, but very few test it often enough to make sure it’s safe

  • Written by Gabriel Lade, Associate Professor of Economics, Macalester College
imageSerious water contaminants such as nitrate may not have any detectable taste or odor.Willie B. Thomas/Digital Vision via Getty Images

About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source. These homeowners are entirely responsible for ensuring that the water from their wells is safe for human consumption.

Mu...

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If you think grocery prices take a big bite out of your paycheck in the US, check out the rest of the world

  • Written by Peter A. Coclanis, Professor of History; Director of the Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
imageAt what price?Charly Triballeau/AFP Getty Images

Though cynics may question her motives, Kamala Harris’ recent call to ban price gouging on groceries has received a lot of attention – and for good reason.

The cost of food has been a big concern for Americans since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, with U.S. food prices rising 25% betwe...

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Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way, and it’s not just stubbornness

  • Written by Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, Research Associate, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
imageEvacuation is more difficult for people with health and mobility issues.Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people were in evacuation shelters. Hundreds of thousands more had fled coastal regions ahead of the storm, crowding highways headed north and...

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Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are reasons people stay in harm’s way

  • Written by Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, Research Associate, Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder
imageEvacuation is more difficult for people with health and mobility issues.Ted Richardson/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people were in evacuation shelters. Hundreds of thousands more had fled coastal regions ahead of the storm, crowding highways headed north and...

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US inflation rate fell to 2.4% in September − here’s what that means for interest rates and markets

  • Written by Jason Reed, Associate Teaching Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame
imageAll eyes on the CPI.Sila Damrongsaringkan/Getty Images Plus

It wasn’t that long ago that the Federal Reserve, the central bank for the United States, was worrying that annual inflation would surpass 9% in the middle of 2022. The U.S. economy hadn’t seen prices rise that fast since the 1980s, and most everyone feared that a series of...

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  13. How a subfield of physics led to breakthroughs in AI – and from there to this year’s Nobel Prize
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  15. DEA could reclassify marijuana to a less restrictive category – a drug policy expert weighs the pros and cons
  16. So you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them
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  29. European court ruling finds just cause to award soccer players greater freedom of movement
  30. Swing state voters along the Great Lakes love cleaner water and beaches − and candidates from both parties have long fished for support there
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