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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.

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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

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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...

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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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‘I just couldn’t stop crying’: How prison affects Black men’s mental health long after they’ve been released

  • Written by Helena Addison, Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University
imageBlack men who have been incarcerated have elevated rates of PTSD, depression and psychological distress.da-kuk/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Mike returned home to Philadelphia after a 15-year prison sentence and suffered an emotional breakdown.

“I just couldn’t stop crying … I don’t know. It was the anxiety. It was just a...

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Leaders in India, Hungary and the US are using appeals to nostalgia and nationalism to attack higher education

  • Written by Riyad A. Shahjahan, Professor of Higher, Adult and Life Long Education, Michigan State University
imageTwo scholars argue that nostalgia and resentment fuel government attacks on universities.Rick Friedman/AFP

Harvard University is under siege by the Trump administration – and the world is watching. But this case isn’t just an American issue.

It’s part of a global trend: universities cast as enemies and institutions in need of...

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Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights

  • Written by Raquel Aldana, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
imagePresident Donald Trump visits Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the state’s Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan to the Trump administration.

The...

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About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research

  • Written by Melissa Melough, Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science, University of Delaware
imageHigher vitamin D levels in a mother's blood during pregnancy have been linked to higher IQ scores in early childhood and reduced behavioral problems. gpointstudio/iStock via Getty Images

Children whose mothers had higher vitamin D levels during pregnancy scored better on tests of memory, attention and problem-solving skills at ages 7 to 12 compared...

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Can AI think – and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT

  • Written by Ryan Leack, Assistant Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageAncient Greek concepts about intelligence can shed light on 21st-century tech they never knew.agsandrew/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In my writing and rhetoric courses, students have plenty of opinions on whether AI is intelligent: how well it can assess, analyze, evaluate and communicate information.

When I ask whether artificial intelligence can...

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  2. Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of journalism
  3. Why male corporate leaders and billionaires may need financial therapy more than anyone
  4. Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI
  5. When grief involves trauma − a social worker explains how to support survivors of the recent floods and other devastating losses
  6. 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
  7. Children living near oil and gas wells face higher risk of rare leukemia, studies show
  8. Research replication can determine how well science is working – but how do scientists replicate studies?
  9. Philly’s City Council turned down a new rental inspection program − studies show that might harm tenants’ health
  10. Data can show if government programs work or not, but the Trump administration is suppressing the necessary information
  11. College ‘general education’ requirements help prepare students for citizenship − but critics say it’s learning time taken away from useful studies
  12. Catholic clergy are speaking out on immigration − more than any other political issue except abortion
  13. Why drones and AI can’t quickly find missing flood victims, yet
  14. The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi
  15. What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
  16. University students feel ‘anxious, confused and distrustful’ about AI in the classroom and among their peers
  17. Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials
  18. What makes ‘great powers’ great? And how will they adapt to a multipolar world?
  19. California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
  20. Angels, witches, crystals and black cats: How supernatural beliefs vary across different groups in the US
  21. China’s insertion into India-Pakistan waters dispute adds a further ripple in South Asia
  22. Trump free to begin gutting Department of Education after Supreme Court ‘shadow’ ruling − 5 essential reads
  23. Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees
  24. Rethinking the MBA: Character as the educational foundation for future business leaders
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  27. Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods − lack of funding plays a big role
  28. How universities can keep protests from turning violent: 3 lessons from the 2024 pro-Palestinian encampments
  29. Europe is stuck in a bystander role over Iran’s nuclear program after US, Israeli bombs establish facts on the ground
  30. How 17M Americans enrolled in Medicaid and ACA plans could lose their health insurance by 2034
  31. A law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens
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  33. ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor-in-chief
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  35. 2026 FIFA World Cup expansion will have a big climate footprint, with matches from Mexico to Canada – here’s what fans can do
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  40. Trump’s Brazil tariffs point more to his enduring bond with far-right Bolsonaro than economic concerns
  41. Most Pennsylvania voters ignore judicial elections − a political scientist explains why they matter, especially in a battleground state
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  43. When disasters fall out of the public eye, survivors continue to suffer – a rehabilitation professional explains how sustained mental health support is critical to recovery
  44. FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared
  45. How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order
  46. Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior
  47. IRS says churches may endorse political candidates despite a decades-old federal statute barring them from doing that
  48. Why do so many American workers feel guilty about taking the vacation they’ve earned?
  49. Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy
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