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Amid fragile ceasefire, violence in southern Syria brings Druze communities’ complex cross-border ties to the fore

  • Written by Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
imageDruze from Syria hug relatives from the Israeli Druze community before crossing the border in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on July 17, 2025.AP Photo/Leo Correa

A fragile ceasefire was put in place in southern Syria on July 19, 2025, after days of violence between Druze militias and Bedouin tribes that drew in government forces and prompted...

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How mothers supporting mothers can help fill the health care worker shortage gap and other barriers to care

  • Written by Sona Dimidjian, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder

For generations, women have relied on informal networks of friends, family and neighbors to navigate the complexities of birth and motherhood. Today, research is finally catching up to what generations of women have known: Peer support can be a lifeline.

Despite growing evidence, the unique wisdom and strength that arise when mothers help mothers...

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Microbes in deep-sea volcanoes can help scientists learn about early life on Earth, or even life beyond our planet

  • Written by James F. Holden, Professor of Microbiology, UMass Amherst
imageA submersible, which travels to the seafloor to collect rock and microbe samples, is lifted by the arm of a research vessel. James F. Holden

People have long wondered what life was first like on Earth, and if there is life in our solar system beyond our planet. Scientists have reason to believe that some of the moons in our solar system – like...

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Comparing ICE to the Gestapo reveals people’s fears for the US – a Holocaust scholar explains why Nazi analogies remain common, yet risky

  • Written by Daniel H. Magilow, Professor of German, University of Tennessee
imageU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers gather for a briefing before an enforcement operation on Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. Associated Press

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz recently sparked controversy by comparing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Nazi Germany’s notorious secret police, the Gestapo.

“Donald...

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‘Democratizing space’ is more than just adding new players – it comes with questions around sustainability and sovereignty

  • Written by Timiebi Aganaba, Assistant Professor of Space and Society, Arizona State University
imageA group of people gaze up at the Moon in Germany. AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

“India is on the Moon,” S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023. The announcement meant India had joined the short list of countries to have visited the Moon, and the applause and shouts of joy that followed...

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Filipino sailors dock in Mexico … and help invent tequila?

  • Written by Stephen Acabado, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles

Bottles of tequila now command premium prices in trendy bars. On Instagram, celebrity-backed brands of the agave-based Mexican spirit jostle for attention. And debates over cultural appropriation and agave sustainability swirl alongside booming tourism in Jalisco, the western Mexican state that serves as the world’s tequila distillation hub.

B...

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Why is heart cancer so rare? A biologist explains

  • Written by Julie Phillippi, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh
imageWhen heart cancer does happen, it can be particularly serious.Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images

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 is heart cancer so rare? – Jackson, age 12, Davis, California

You probably know...

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How the world’s nuclear watchdog monitors facilities around the world – and what it means that Iran kicked it out

  • Written by Anna Erickson, Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThis travel case holds a toolkit containing equipment for inspecting nuclear facilities.Dean Calma/IAEA, CC BY

What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program? Every peaceful program starts with a promise not to build a nuclear weapon. Then, the global community verifies that stated intent via the Treaty on the...

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How the QAnon movement entered mainstream politics – and why the silence on Epstein files matters

  • Written by Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
imageQAnon supporters wait for Donald Trump to speak at a campaign rally at Atlantic Aviation on September 22, 2020, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania.eff Swensen/Getty Images

The Justice Department asked a federal court on July 18, 2025, to unseal grand jury transcripts in Jeffrey Epstein’s case. The direction from President Donald Trump came after...

Read more: How the QAnon movement entered mainstream politics – and why the silence on Epstein files matters

How the ‘big, beautiful bill’ will deepen the racial wealth gap – a law scholar explains how it reduces poor families’ ability to afford food and health care

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
imagePresident Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio watch Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on television after the House passed the bill on July 3, 2025.Joyce N. Boghosian/White House via AP

President Donald Trump has said the “big, beautiful bill” he signed into law on July 4, 2025, will stimulate the economy and foster...

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  2. Leaders in India, Hungary and the US are using appeals to nostalgia and nationalism to attack higher education
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  4. About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research
  5. Can AI think – and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT
  6. Idi Amin made himself out to be the ‘liberator’ of an oppressed majority – a demagogic trick that endures today
  7. Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of journalism
  8. Why male corporate leaders and billionaires may need financial therapy more than anyone
  9. Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI
  10. When grief involves trauma − a social worker explains how to support survivors of the recent floods and other devastating losses
  11. Supreme Court news coverage has talked a lot more about politics ever since the 2016 death of Scalia and GOP blocking of Obama’s proposed nominee
  12. Children living near oil and gas wells face higher risk of rare leukemia, studies show
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  14. Philly’s City Council turned down a new rental inspection program − studies show that might harm tenants’ health
  15. Data can show if government programs work or not, but the Trump administration is suppressing the necessary information
  16. College ‘general education’ requirements help prepare students for citizenship − but critics say it’s learning time taken away from useful studies
  17. Catholic clergy are speaking out on immigration − more than any other political issue except abortion
  18. Why drones and AI can’t quickly find missing flood victims, yet
  19. The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi
  20. What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
  21. University students feel ‘anxious, confused and distrustful’ about AI in the classroom and among their peers
  22. Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials
  23. What makes ‘great powers’ great? And how will they adapt to a multipolar world?
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  26. China’s insertion into India-Pakistan waters dispute adds a further ripple in South Asia
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  28. Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees
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  33. How universities can keep protests from turning violent: 3 lessons from the 2024 pro-Palestinian encampments
  34. Europe is stuck in a bystander role over Iran’s nuclear program after US, Israeli bombs establish facts on the ground
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