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8 GOP candidates debate funding to Ukraine, Trump's future and -- covertly, with dog whistles -- race

  • Written by Jordan Tama, Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
imageEight GOP candidates for president after they entered the debate hall in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023.Scott Olson/Getty Images

After weeks of speculation over who was going to participate, eight Republican candidates seeking their party’s presidential nomination appeared on stage together in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023, for the first debate of...

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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

  • Written by Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageWagner group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, photographed on June 24, 2023, in Russia.Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner Group, reportedly died when a private jet he was said to be on crashed on Aug. 23, 2023, killing all 10 people on board.

The Russian Federal Air Transport Agency...

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Secrets of the Octopus Garden: Moms nest at thermal springs to give their young the best chance for survival

  • Written by Amanda Kahn, Assistant Professor of Invertebrate Ecology at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, San José State University
imageFemale pearl octopus nest at the Octopus Garden off California.Credit: © 2019 MBARI

Two miles below the ocean surface off Monterey, California, warm water percolates from the seafloor at the base of an underwater mountain. It’s a magical place, especially if you’re an octopus.

In 2018, one of us, Amanda Kahn, was aboard the...

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Living with wildfire: How to protect more homes as fire risk rises in a warming climate

  • Written by Justin Angle, Professor of Marketing, University of Montana
imageHomeowners and local governments can take steps to help protect homes from fires.AP Photo/Keith D. Cullom

Humans have learned to fear wildfire. It can destroy communities, torch pristine forests and choke even faraway cities with toxic smoke.

Wildfire is scary for good reason, and over a century of fire suppression efforts has conditioned people to...

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First Republican debate set to kick off without Trump – but with the potential to direct the GOP's foreign policy stance

  • Written by Jordan Tama, Provost Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
imageGOP candidates will likely debate whether the US should continue to pour support into Ukraine's effort to defeat Russia.Scott Peterson/Getty Images

When Republican presidential hopefuls take the stage in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, 2023, for the first debate of the 2024 campaign season, attention will center on how the candidates position themselves vis-&...

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Cameras in the court: Why most Trump trials won’t be televised

  • Written by David Cuillier, Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
imageNot inside: News cameras set up outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse, where former President Donald Trump was due in court on Aug. 2, 2023. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Americans will have few opportunities to binge-watch the Donald J. Trump trials.

It is unlikely the four court proceedings facing the former president will...

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This university class uses color and emotion to explore the end of life

  • Written by Marcia Brennan, Professor of Religion and Art History, Rice University
imageAn imaginative watercolor drawing by Madison Zhao inviting students to enter the 'Schools of Color.' Madison Zhao/Courtesy of Marcia Brennan, Author providedimage

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

Title of course:

“The Colors of Life and the End of Life”

What...

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Want to help Maui's animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble

  • Written by Sarah DeYoung, Disaster Researcher and Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
imageThousands of Maui's cats, dogs and other companion animals went missing or were injured.Maui Humane Society, CC BY-ND

An estimated 3,000 pets were still missing more than a week after deadly wildfires ripped through Maui in August 2023 and left thousands of people – many of whom had companion animals – homeless. The Conversation asked...

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Geoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails, it's a costly gamble − with potentially harmful results

  • Written by David Kitchen, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Richmond
imageGeoengineering includes techniques to reflect solar energy.Elvis Tam/500px via Getty Images

When soaring temperatures, extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires hit the headlines, people start asking for quick fixes to climate change. The U.S. government just announced the first awards from a US$3.5 billion fund for projects that promise to pull...

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Social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows

  • Written by William Brady, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Northwestern University
imageSocial media pushes evolutionary buttons.AP Photo/Manish Swarup

People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with negative consequences including social misperceptions, conflict and the spread of misinformation, my colleagues and I have found.

People are increasingly interacting with others in social...

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  1. AI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible
  2. Caroline Herschel was England's first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later
  3. Nagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics
  4. Georgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump's actions have already disqualified him from the presidency
  5. Risk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds
  6. What Florida gets wrong about George Washington and the benefits he received from enslaving Black people
  7. Can coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation? A psychologist explains why there's no substitute for shut-eye
  8. New data reveal US space economy's output is shrinking – an economist explains in 3 charts
  9. Black female prosecutors like Fani Willis face the unequal burden of both racist and sexist attacks
  10. Threat from climate change to some of India's sacred pilgrimage sites is reshaping religious beliefs
  11. Georgia’s indictment of Trump is a confirmation of states’ rights, a favorite cause of Republicans since Reagan
  12. Fulton County charges Donald Trump with racketeering, other felonies -- a Georgia election law expert explains 5 key things to know
  13. Tommy Tuberville reportedly doesn't live in Alabama − should he still be its senator?
  14. Florida's academic standards distort the contributions that enslaved Africans made to American society
  15. Discrimination took a heavy toll on Asian American students during the pandemic
  16. After Maui fires, human health risks linger in the air, water and even surviving buildings
  17. Trump’s free speech faces court-ordered limits, like any other defendant’s -- 2 law professors explain why, and how Trump’s lawyers need to watch themselves too
  18. Native Hawaiian sacred sites have been damaged in the Lahaina wildfires – but, as an Indigenous scholar writes, their stories will live on
  19. Wildfires are a severe blow to Maui's tourism-based economy, but other iconic destinations have come back from similar disasters
  20. Government support was key for thousands of US nonprofits battered by COVID-19's early costs − new research
  21. Why does your hair curl in the summer? A chemist explains the science behind hair structure
  22. Gut microbes are the community within you that you can't live without – how eating well can cultivate your microbial and social self
  23. Skin cancer screening guidelines can seem confusing – three skin cancer researchers explain when to consider getting checked
  24. Who likes Donald Trump? Lots of Republicans, but especially Hispanic voters, plus very rural and very conservative people
  25. Hitler, Burr and Trump: Show trials put the record straight for history but can also provide a powerful platform for the defendant
  26. Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap's widespread influence
  27. Building relationships is key for first-year college students – here are 5 easy ways to meet new friends and mentors
  28. Maui wildfires: Extra logistical challenges hinder government's initial response when disasters strike islands
  29. Heritage algorithms combine the rigors of science with the infinite possibilities of art and design
  30. US losing Fitch's top AAA credit rating may portend future economic weakness
  31. San Jose and the reemergence of the donut city
  32. Beyoncé has a prenup − but do you need one if you're not a millionaire?
  33. 'Uncivil obedience' becomes an increasingly common form of protest in the US
  34. Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? A nutritionist explains the science behind 'functional' foods
  35. Lab-grown ‘ghost hearts' work to solve organ transplant shortage by combining a cleaned-out pig heart with a patient’s own stem cells
  36. Elon Musk aims to turn Twitter into an 'everything app' – a social media and marketing scholar explains what that is and why it's not so easy to do
  37. Maui's deadly wildfires burn through Lahaina – it's a reminder of the growing risk to communities that once seemed safe
  38. Air travel is in a rut – is there any hope of recapturing the romance of flying?
  39. AI can help forecast air quality, but freak events like 2023's summer of wildfire smoke require traditional methods too
  40. The heroic effort to save Florida’s coral reef from devastating ocean heat
  41. Babies almost all try crawling to get from Point A to Point B, but CDC says it's not a useful developmental milestone
  42. Researchers dig deep underground in hopes of finally observing dark matter
  43. A brief illustrated guide to 'scissors congruence' − an ancient geometric idea that’s still fueling cutting-edge mathematical research
  44. Women get far more migraines than men – a neurologist explains why, and what brings relief
  45. Despite giving students chances to cheat, unsupervised online exams gauge student learning comparably to in-person exams
  46. Through space and rhyme: How hip-hop uses Afrofuturism to take listeners on journeys of empowerment
  47. Donald Trump is right − he is getting special treatment, far better than most other criminal defendants
  48. Kamala Harris has tied the record for the most tie-breaking votes in Senate history – a brief overview of what vice presidents do
  49. Yellow jerseys of the fireline: A day fighting wildfires can require as much endurance as riding the Tour de France
  50. Medical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta Lacks that produced modern day miracles