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Congress is trying to force carmakers to keep AM radio − it should also use this opportunity to correct the mistakes of the past

  • Written by Matthew Jordan, Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
imageIn the 1950s, transistor technology allowed smaller radios to be installed in the dashboard.H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock via Getty Images

A lament about the demise of AM radio has been rising in the halls of Congress.

Several automakers, most notably Tesla and Ford, have decided to stop putting AM radios in their electric vehicles. They claim...

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Toxic chemicals from Ohio train derailment lingered in buildings for months – here’s what our investigation found in East Palestine

  • Written by Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
imageA black plume of smoke spreads out from burning railcars. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

On Feb. 3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, rupturing railcars filled with hazardous materials and fueling chemical fires at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

The disaster drew global attention as the governors of Oh...

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NYC’s ‘Eric Adams Show’ heads for a final curtain, with echoes of another New Yorker more focused on style than policy

  • Written by Lincoln Mitchell, Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University
imageNew York City Mayor Eric Adams leaves after appearing at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Court House in New York on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

As the Democratic primary for mayor in New York approached in the spring of 2021, most of my friends and colleagues were supporting one of three candidates.

My lefty friends were all...

Read more: NYC’s ‘Eric Adams Show’ heads for a final curtain, with echoes of another New Yorker more focused...

Voters without kids are in the political spotlight – but they’re not all the same

  • Written by Jennifer Watling Neal, Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
imageAs many as 50 million to 60 million Americans may have decided that they don't want to have kids.Ian Grant/Design Pics via Getty Images

In the 2024 election cycle, voters without children are under the microscope.

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance has said that “childless cat ladies” and older adults without kids are...

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Trump and Harris have clashing records on clean energy, but the clean power shift is too broad for any president to control

  • Written by Daniel Cohan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
imageIntersect Power’s Oberon Solar + Storage Facility in Riverside, Calif. Michael Slider, U.S. Department of Energy/Flickr, CC BY-ND

Although Vice President Kamala Harris touts clean energy and Donald Trump makes misleading assertionsand false claims about it, neither candidate has set forth a comprehensive energy plan. Even if they do, a...

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We studied 19,898 Kickstarter campaigns − and discovered that talking politics hurts fundraising

  • Written by Jeff Chandler, Assistant Professor Of Management, University of North Texas

Divisive political opinions are everywhere these days, but entrepreneurs might be wise to bite their tongues.

In a recent analysis of 19,898 Kickstarter campaigns, we found that budding businesses that expressed political views attracted less funding than ones that stayed apolitical.

As professorswhostudyentrepreneurship, we wanted to understand the...

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Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end

  • Written by Jonathan D. Quick, Adjunct Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University
imageA "Cancer Country" sign on a taxi parodies a famous Marlboro ad campaign.Viviane Moos/Corbis via Getty Images

In 2023, 42 state attorneys general sued Meta to remove Instagram features that Meta’s own studies had shown – and independent research had confirmed – are harmful to teenage girls.

The same year, a report from the...

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In storms like Hurricane Helene, flooded industrial sites and toxic chemical releases are a silent and growing threat

  • Written by James R. Elliott, Professor of Sociology, Rice University
imageAn overturned industrial storage tank in Asheville, N.C., shows the power of fast-moving flood water.Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants were in Hurricane Helene’s path as the powerful storm flooded communities across the Southeast in late September 2024.

Near the coast and into Georgia, Helene...

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How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them

  • Written by Dyan Mazurana, Research Professor of Global Affairs, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageA Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023.AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi

Since returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human rights, especially those of women and...

Read more: How the Taliban’s new ‘vice and virtue’ law erases women by justifying violence against them

Is it bad to listen to music all the time? Here’s how tunes can help or harm

  • Written by Jillian Hubertz, Clinical Assistant Professor in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Purdue University
imageKeep the volume of your personal listening device at or below 60%.vm/E+ 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.

I like to listen to music all the time. Are there any negative aspects to this? – Hussein, age 17,...

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