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In 2024, independent voters grew their share of the vote, split their tickets and expanded their influence

  • Written by Thom Reilly, Professor & Co-Director, Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
imagePolitical independents vote differently from those who say they are Democrats or Republicans.VectorMine/iStock via Getty Images Plus

With a growing number of American voters identifying as politically independent, many pollsters, most members of the media and the campaigns themselves viewed the independent vote as crucial to the outcome of the 2024...

Read more: In 2024, independent voters grew their share of the vote, split their tickets and expanded their...

How utilities are working to meet AI data centers’ voracious appetite for electricity

  • Written by Anurag Srivastava, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University
imageHigh-voltage transmission lines provide electricity to data centers in Ashburn, Va., to power AI and other internet uses. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

Across the U.S. and worldwide, energy demand is soaring as data centers work to support the wide and growing use of artificial intelligence. These large facilities are filled with powerful computers, called...

Read more: How utilities are working to meet AI data centers’ voracious appetite for electricity

How to combat toxic bosses: Social media and flexible work can save careers, new research shows

  • Written by Andrew Edelblum, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Dayton
imageSlack can be a haven. So can flexible work.iStock/Getty Images Plus

In today’s high-pressure business world, demands like meeting sales targets and managing customer relationships are challenging enough. But for some workers, the real battle is surviving the toll of an abusive manager.

Toxic behavior from supervisors — including public...

Read more: How to combat toxic bosses: Social media and flexible work can save careers, new research shows

Meditation can reduce stress – but the pressure to overwork remains

  • Written by Jaime L Kucinskas, Associate Professor of Sociology, Hamilton College
imageAre meditation practices in the workplace effective in changing the culture of high stress?Jason Koerner/Getty Images Alo Yoga

Overwork and burnout are affecting many Americans.

The American Psychological Association’s 2023 Work and Well-being Survey found that 77% of Americans suffered from workplace stress. Over half of the respondents...

Read more: Meditation can reduce stress – but the pressure to overwork remains

Trump’s plans for tougher border enforcement won’t necessarily stop migrants from coming to US − but their journeys could become more costly and dangerous

  • Written by Katrina Burgess, Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageA section of the US-Mexico border fence is seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Oct. 21, 2024. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

The screen fills with images of migrants dodging highway traffic. “They keep coming,” says a narrator. “The federal government won’t stop them yet requires us to pay billions to take care of...

Read more: Trump’s plans for tougher border enforcement won’t necessarily stop migrants from coming to US −...

What is the universe expanding into if it’s already infinite?

  • Written by Nicole Granucci, Instructor of Physics, Quinnipiac University
imageThe universe is full of stars, galaxies and planets − it's expanding every day. NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Wisconsin via APimage

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.

What is the universe expanding into if it’s already...

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Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing it will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers

  • Written by Sefa Secen, Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies, Nazareth University

The brutal 54-year reign of the Assad family in Syria looks to be over.

In a matter of days, opposition forces took the major city of Aleppo before advancing southward into other government-controlled areas of Hama, Homs and finally, on Dec 7, 2024, the capital, Damascus.

The offensive was all the more astonishing given that the 13-year civil war...

Read more: Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing it will be a major challenge for fractured...

Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing Syria will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers

  • Written by Sefa Secen, Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies, Nazareth University

The brutal 54-year reign of the Assad family in Syria looks to be over.

In a matter of days, opposition forces took the major city of Aleppo before advancing southward into other government-controlled areas of Hama, Homs and finally, on Dec 7, 2024, the capital, Damascus.

The offensive was all the more astonishing given that the 13-year civil war...

Read more: Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing Syria will be a major challenge for...

What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating budgets and politics back on Earth

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
imageThe head of NASA represents the agency to Congress and on the global stage. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a widely recognized organization, they’re often not the most famous individual in the agency. More people probably know the names of Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the...

Read more: What does the NASA administrator do? The agency’s leader reaches for the stars while navigating...

Trump attacks diversity, but a fellow New Yorker − US Rep. Vito Marcantonio − worked to represent all Americans in a multiracial democracy

  • Written by Sandhya Shukla, Associate Professor of English and American Studies, University of Virginia
imageVito Marcantonio appears in front of his office on First Avenue in New York City in 1948.The New York Public Library Digital Collections

Donald Trump’s successful presidential campaign presented a dark visionof America that painted migrants as threats to the nation.

Yet his hometown, New York City, is also the birthplace of an alternative...

Read more: Trump attacks diversity, but a fellow New Yorker − US Rep. Vito Marcantonio − worked to represent...

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  2. Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve
  3. Protests, sectarian violence and a growing spat with India: Bangladesh’s new leaders are beset with challenges to its democracy
  4. What is the ‘way of the warrior’? Students investigate the arts of war and peace in this course about virtue and the ethics of violence
  5. Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive
  6. Adults grow new brain cells – and these neurons are key to learning by listening
  7. White and Black activists worked strategically in parallel in Detroit 50 years ago, fighting for civil rights
  8. What is a self-coup? South Korea president’s attempt ended in failure − a notable exception in a growing global trend
  9. Some black holes at the centers of galaxies have a buddy − but detecting these binary pairs isn’t easy
  10. Long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship under attack from Trump allies
  11. Avian flu virus has been found in raw milk − a reminder of how pasteurization protects health
  12. Can you choose to believe something, just like that?
  13. ‘Lebanon wanted us gone … it was a risk to leave’ − Syrian refugees who fled Israeli bombs face hostility and uncertainty on return
  14. Bluesky isn’t the ‘new Twitter,’ but its resemblance to the old one is drawing millions of new users
  15. How a director of national intelligence helps a president stay on top of threats from around the world
  16. Prenatal supplements largely lack the recommended amount of omega-3 fatty acids to help prevent preterm birth − new research
  17. Supreme Court could narrow the scope of federal environmental reviews, with less consideration of how projects would contribute to climate change
  18. Water fluoridation helps prevent tooth decay – how growing opposition threatens a 70-year-old health practice
  19. Notre Dame reopens in Paris 5 years after fire – its reconstruction preserves the past and illuminates France’s modern ambitions
  20. America’s counties are less purple than they used to be
  21. AI Jesus might ‘listen’ to your confession, but it can’t absolve your sins − a scholar of Catholicism explains
  22. One’s a Hugh Grant thriller, one’s a hot-mess reality show – and both center on stereotypes about Mormon women
  23. Is masculine anxiety spurring support for Trump among Gen Z?
  24. How right-wing media is like improv theater
  25. What South Korea’s short-lived martial law says about nation’s democracy and the autocratic tendencies of President Yoon
  26. Why you should talk to people you disagree with about politics
  27. Threatening texts targeting minorities after election were vile − but they might not be illegal
  28. Rape survivors like Gisèle Pelicot are choosing to speak out, refuting the idea that they should feel shame
  29. We surveyed hundreds of vacationers to confirm this ancient wisdom: The journey matters as much as the destination
  30. New IRS funding boosted tax enforcement and improved taxpayer services during the Biden administration
  31. NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come to an end
  32. Noam Chomsky at 96: The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence
  33. Are trans women ‘biologically male’? The answer is complicated
  34. Wildland firefighters face a big pay cut if Congress doesn’t act − that’s taking a toll on a workforce already under stress
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  36. What is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham? And how did the Islamist group evolve into a key player in Syria’s civil war?
  37. Pardon who? Hunter Biden case renews ethical debate over use and limits of peculiar presidential power
  38. Do Mom and Dad really know what’s best? A psychologist explains why kids see their parents as bossier than they are
  39. Music can change how you feel about the past
  40. The apocalypse that wasn’t: AI was everywhere in 2024’s elections, but deepfakes and misinformation were only part of the picture
  41. Why sending a belated gift is not as bad as you probably think − and late is better than never
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  43. Dozens of cyclists and pedestrians are killed each year in Philly − an injury epidemiologist explains how to better protect bike lanes, slow drivers down and reduce collisions
  44. US attorney general’s professionalism can protect Americans’ privacy, former federal judge explains
  45. Tiff Massey’s ‘7 Mile Livernois’ exhibition isn’t just about a neighborhood – it’s a tribute to Black Detroit
  46. Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side 1.5 million years ago
  47. 208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to new study synthesizing 132 data sources
  48. An upward spiral – how small acts of kindness and connection really can change the world, according to psychology research
  49. Why Israel and Hezbollah reached a ceasefire now − and what it means for Israel, Lebanon, Biden and Trump
  50. Is using AI tools innovation or exploitation? 3 ways to think about the ethics