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Iran's street art shows defiance, resistance and resilience

  • Written by Pouya Afshar, Associate Professor of Art & Design, UMass Lowell
image'While the teachers are detained, the classrooms will be closed,' reads one artist's painting on a wall.Khiaban Tribune via Instagram

A recent rise in activism in Iran has added a new chapter to the country’s long-standing history of murals and other public art. But as the sentiments being expressed in those works have changed, the...

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Giraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites and statistics to track and protect them

  • Written by Michael Brown, Conservation Science Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
imageAn average giraffe has a home range almost as large as Philadelphia.Michael Brown, CC BY-NC

Nearly 6,000 years ago, our ancestors climbed arid rocky outcrops in what is now the Nigerian Sahara and carved spectacularly intricate, larger-than-life renditions of giraffes into the exposed sandstone. The remarkably detailed Dabous giraffe rock art...

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With 'Goodbye Mary,' Molly Tuttle extends country music's lineage of reproductive rights songs to the post-Roe era

  • Written by William Nash, Professor of American Studies and English and American Literatures, Middlebury
imageMolly Tuttle is a rising star in American roots music.Amy Harris/Invision/AP

Jason Aldean’s song “Try That In A Small Town” extols small towns as bastions of conservative values standing up against a litany of violent big-city bogeymen. The song, and the backlash against it, threatens to strengthen popular conceptions about the...

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What can cities do to correct racism and help all communities live longer? It starts with city planning

  • Written by Catherine Brinkley, Associate Professor of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis

The average life expectancy in the U.S. is 76.1 years. But this range varies widely – a child raised in wealthy San Mateo County, California, can expect to live nearly 85 years. A child raised in Fort Worth, Texas, could expect to live about 66.7 years.

Race, poverty, as well as related issues like the ability to find nearby grocery stores an...

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How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history

  • Written by Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish Studies and Professor of History; Founding Director, USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageLizi Rosenfeld, a Jewish woman, sits on a park bench bearing a sign that reads, 'Only for Aryans,' in August 1938 in Vienna.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum /Provenance: Leo Spitzer, CC BY-SA

In Nazi Germany, Hertha Reis, a 36-year-old Jewish woman, performed forced labor for a private company in Berlin during World War II. In 1941, she was...

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Quran burning in Sweden prompts debate on the fine line between freedom of expression and incitement of hatred

  • Written by Armin Langer, Assistant Professor of European Studies, University of Florida
imageIraqis raise copies of the Quran during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 22, 2023, following reports of the burning of the holy book in Copenhagen.AP Photo/Hadi Mizban

The Swedish government is concerned about national security following several incidents involving the burning of the Quran that have provoked demonstrations and outrage from...

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Machines can't always take the heat − two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers

  • Written by Srinivas Garimella, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageExtreme heat can affect how well machines function, and the fact that many machines give off their own heat doesn't help. AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar

Not only people need to stay cool, especially in a summer of record-breaking heat waves. Many machines, including cellphones, data centers, cars and airplanes, become less efficient and degrade more...

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Prescriptions for fruits and vegetables can improve the health of people with diabetes and other ailments, new study finds

  • Written by Kurt Hager, Instructor of Epidemiology, UMass Chan Medical School
image"Food is medicine" programs recognize the vital importance of fresh produce in a person's overall health. fcafotodigital/E+ via Getty Images

The health of people with diabetes, hypertension and obesity improved when they could get free fruits and vegetables with a prescription from their doctors and other health professionals.

We found that these...

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This course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children's stories

  • Written by Meisha Lohmann, Lecturer in English Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageSome fairy tales aren't so innocent.danez/iStock / via Getty Images image

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

Title of course:

“Children’s Literature”

What prompted the idea for the course?

The idea came from a book I bought at a used book sale.

It was Roald...

Read more: This course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children's stories

This course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children's stories

  • Written by Meisha Lohmann, Lecturer in English Literature, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageSome fairy tales aren't so innocent.danez/iStock / via Getty Images image

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

Title of course:

“Children’s Literature”

What prompted the idea for the course?

The idea came from a book I bought at a used book sale.

It was Roald...

Read more: This course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children's stories

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  2. Hurricane Idalia intensifies over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida landfall as a dangerous major hurricane
  3. The US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert explains what this means for research
  4. The US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert explains what this means for research
  5. What social change movements can learn from fly fishing: The value of a care-focused message
  6. What social change movements can learn from fly fishing: The value of a care-focused message
  7. Shutting off power to reduce wildfire risk on windy days isn’t a simple decision – an energy expert explains the trade-offs electric utilities face
  8. Shutting off power to reduce wildfire risk on windy days isn’t a simple decision – an energy expert explains the trade-offs electric utilities face
  9. Judicial orders restricting Trump's speech seek to balance his own constitutional rights
  10. Judicial orders restricting Trump's speech seek to balance his own constitutional rights
  11. There's no age limit for politicians − as people live longer, should that change?
  12. There's no age limit for politicians − as people live longer, should that change?
  13. Medication can help you make the most of therapy − a psychologist and neuroscientist explains how
  14. Medication can help you make the most of therapy − a psychologist and neuroscientist explains how
  15. FDA's greenlighting of maternal RSV vaccine represents a major step forward in protecting young babies against the virus
  16. FDA's greenlighting of maternal RSV vaccine represents a major step forward in protecting young babies against the virus
  17. Short naps can improve memory, increase productivity, reduce stress and promote a healthier heart
  18. Short naps can improve memory, increase productivity, reduce stress and promote a healthier heart
  19. Why do fingers get wrinkly after a long bath or swim? A biomedical engineer explains
  20. Why do fingers get wrinkly after a long bath or swim? A biomedical engineer explains
  21. Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion during the 1963 March on Washington − and it changed a good speech to a majestic sermon on an American dream
  22. Trump out on bail – a criminal justice expert explains the system of cash bail
  23. How some Muslim and non-Muslim rappers alike embrace Islam's greeting of peace
  24. Screen time is contributing to chronic sleep deprivation in tweens and teens – a pediatric sleep expert explains how critical sleep is to kids' mental health
  25. AI scores in the top percentile of creative thinking
  26. How educational research could play a greater role in K-12 school improvement
  27. India's Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the Moon − a space policy expert explains what this means for India and the global race to the Moon
  28. Campus sexual assault prevention programs could do more to prevent violence, even after a decade-long federal mandate
  29. Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low
  30. 8 GOP candidates debate funding to Ukraine, Trump's future and -- covertly, with dog whistles -- race
  31. Wagner group's Yevgeny Prigozhin reportedly died in private jet crash – if confirmed, it wouldn't be first time someone who crossed Putin met a suspicious demise
  32. Secrets of the Octopus Garden: Moms nest at thermal springs to give their young the best chance for survival
  33. Living with wildfire: How to protect more homes as fire risk rises in a warming climate
  34. First Republican debate set to kick off without Trump – but with the potential to direct the GOP's foreign policy stance
  35. Cameras in the court: Why most Trump trials won’t be televised
  36. This university class uses color and emotion to explore the end of life
  37. Want to help Maui's animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble
  38. Geoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails, it's a costly gamble − with potentially harmful results
  39. Social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
  40. AI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible
  41. Caroline Herschel was England's first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later
  42. Nagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics
  43. Georgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump's actions have already disqualified him from the presidency
  44. Risk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds
  45. What Florida gets wrong about George Washington and the benefits he received from enslaving Black people
  46. Can coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation? A psychologist explains why there's no substitute for shut-eye
  47. New data reveal US space economy's output is shrinking – an economist explains in 3 charts
  48. Black female prosecutors like Fani Willis face the unequal burden of both racist and sexist attacks
  49. Threat from climate change to some of India's sacred pilgrimage sites is reshaping religious beliefs
  50. Georgia’s indictment of Trump is a confirmation of states’ rights, a favorite cause of Republicans since Reagan