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69% of US Muslims always give to charities during Ramadan, fulfilling a religious obligation

  • Written by Shariq Siddiqui, Assistant Professor & Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, Indiana University
imageMembers of the Muslim community gather for the first Taraweeh prayer of Ramadan in New York City in 2024.Adam Gray/AFP via Getty Images

Nearly 70% of Muslim Americans say they always give zakat, a yearly donation of 2.5% of one’s wealth that Islam encourages, during Ramadan according to a new study I worked on.

Ramadan is a month-long period...

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The amazing story of the man who created the latest narco-state in the Americas, and how the United States helped him every step of the way − until now

  • Written by Jorge Heine, Interim Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University

When Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted by a federal jury in Manhattan in early March 2024, it marked a spectacular fall from grace: from being courted in the U.S. as a friendly head of state to facing the rest of his life behind bars, convicted of cocaine importation and weapons offenses.

“Juan Orlando Hernández abused his...

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NASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds

  • Written by Douglas Vakoch, President, METI International; Professor Emeritus, California Institute of Integral Studies
imageAn illustration of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will head to Jupiter's moon Europa. NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water. The message pays homage to past NASA missions...

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As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to repopulate future oceans

  • Written by Mary Hagedorn, Research Scientist, Smithsonian Institution
imageHealthy corals like these on Australia's Lady Elliot Reef could disappear by the 2030s if climate change is not curbed. Rebecca Spindler, CC BY-ND

Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth, and among the most valuable. They nurture 25% of all ocean life, protect coasts from storms and add billions of dollars yearly to the...

Read more: As climate change and pollution imperil coral reefs, scientists are deep-freezing corals to...

Invisible lines: how unseen boundaries shape the world around us

  • Written by Mend Mariwany, Producer, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation

Our experiences of the world are diverse, often changing as we move across borders from one country to another. They can also vary based on language or subtle shifts in climate. Yet, we rarely consider what causes these differences and divisions.

In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to geographer Maxim Samson at De Paul...

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Bridges can be protected from ship collisions – an expert on structures in disasters explains how

  • Written by Sherif El-Tawil, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
imageA cargo ship hit the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Florida's Tampa Bay in 1980, collapsing one span and killing 35 people.AP Photo/Jackie Green

The MV Dali, a 984-foot, 100,000-ton cargo ship, rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge when leaving Baltimore harbor on March 26, 2024, causing a portion of the bridge to collapse.

In an interview,...

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Port of Baltimore bridge collapse rattles supply chains already rocked by troubles in Panama and the Red Sea

  • Written by Simona Stan, Professor of Marketing, University of Montana

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024, has put a spotlight on the Port of Baltimore, one of the busiest harbors in the U.S., which paused shipping and immediately halted all vessel traffic in and out.

The port remained open to trucks following the incident, but the loss of maritime traffic is expected to cost US$9 million a...

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The roots of the Easter story: Where did Christian beliefs about Jesus’ resurrection come from?

  • Written by Aaron Gale, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, West Virginia University
imageA mosaic of the Resurrection in the Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, Lebanon.FredSeiller/Wikimedia Commons

As Easter approaches, Christians around the world begin to focus on two of the central tenets of their faith: the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.

Other charismatic Jewish teachers or miracle workers were active in Judea around the...

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How to have the hard conversations about who really won the 2020 presidential election − before Election Day 2024

  • Written by Robert A. Strong, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University; Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia
imageIt's important to democracy to have difficult discussions across political lines.MirageC/Moment via Getty Images

Millions of Americans believe that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. They think Donald Trump won by a landslide in 2020 and lost only because of widespread voter fraud. Some of the people who hold these views are my relatives,...

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Why civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was ‘sick and tired of being sick and tired’

  • Written by Marlee Bunch, Staff K-12 Initiatives, Office of the Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imageFanny Lou Hamer speaks out against Mississippi's racist voting laws on Aug. 8, 1964.Bettmann/Getty Images

It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s.

At a rally with Malcolm X in Harlem, New York, on Dec....

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  2. Horses lived in the Americas for millions of years – new research helps paleontologists understand the fossils we’ve found and those that are missing from the record
  3. Cancer often requires more than one treatment − an oncologist explains why some patients like Kate Middleton receive both chemotherapy and surgery
  4. Easter 2024 in the Holy Land: a holiday marked by Palestinian Christian sorrow
  5. I’ve captained ships into tight ports like Baltimore, and this is how captains like me work with harbor pilots to avoid deadly collisions
  6. Abortion drug access could be limited by Supreme Court − if the court decides anti-abortion doctors can, in fact, challenge the FDA
  7. 3 ways to use the solar eclipse to brighten your child’s knowledge of science
  8. Not having job flexibility or security can leave workers feeling depressed, anxious and hopeless
  9. An annual pilgrimage during Holy Week brings thousands of believers to Santuario de Chimayó in New Mexico, where they pray for healing and protection
  10. Politicians may rail against the ‘deep state,’ but research shows federal workers are effective and committed, not subversive
  11. Trump-era tax cuts contributed to a decline in higher ed giving, with fewer Americans donating to colleges and universities
  12. Helping children eat healthier foods may begin with getting parents to do the same, research suggests
  13. How AI and a popular card game can help engineers predict catastrophic failure – by finding the absence of a pattern
  14. Abstinencia de la hierba: Más de la mitad de las personas que consumen cannabis medicinal para el dolor experimentan síntomas de abstinencia
  15. Amazon, SpaceX and other companies are arguing the government agency that has protected labor rights since 1935 is actually unconstitutional
  16. Schools can close summer learning gaps with these 4 strategies
  17. I’ve been studying congressional emails to constituents for 15 years − and found these 4 trends after scanning 185,222 of them
  18. What is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the ground beneath our feet, as a soil scientist explains
  19. Gary, Indiana’s lawsuit against gunmakers is shot down by a new law, after surviving 25 years of appeals
  20. Excessively high rents are a major burden for immigrants in US cities
  21. Israel’s ‘Iron Wall’: A brief history of the ideology guiding Benjamin Netanyahu
  22. Fighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change
  23. How Moscow terror attack fits ISIS-K strategy to widen agenda, take fight to its perceived enemies
  24. Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s what that could mean for your garden
  25. Jon Stewart, still a ‘tiny, neurotic man,’ back to remind Americans what’s at stake
  26. EPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars, while also addressing consumer and industry concerns
  27. Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations
  28. TikTok’s duet, green screen and stitch turn political point-scoring into an art form
  29. Breakaway parties threaten to disrupt South Korea’s two-party system – can they also end parliamentary gridlock?
  30. Even presidents need a touch of madness − in March
  31. Purim’s original queen: How studying the Book of Esther as fan fiction can teach us about the roots of an unruly Jewish festival
  32. For centuries, owls were considered to bring bad luck in many cultures as well as in the US, but the outpouring of grief in New York over Flaco shows how times have changed
  33. Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for
  34. James Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ is reimagined for a new generation of TV viewers
  35. Legislative inaction and dissatisfaction with one-party control lead to more issues going directly to voters in ballot initiatives, with 60% of them in six states
  36. How safe are your solar eclipse glasses? Cheap fakes from online marketplaces pose a threat, supply-chain experts say
  37. New studies suggest millions with mild cognitive impairment go undiagnosed, often until it’s too late
  38. California is wrestling with electricity prices – here’s how to design a system that covers the cost of fixing the grid while keeping prices fair
  39. What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement
  40. ‘He just vanished’ − missing activists highlight Tajikistan’s disturbing use of enforced disappearances
  41. A century ago, one state tried to close religious schools − a far cry from today, with controversial plans in place for the nation’s first faith-based charter school
  42. Biden cannot easily make Roe v. Wade federal law, but he could still make it easier to get an abortion
  43. 40 years ago, the Supreme Court broke the NCAA’s lock on TV revenue, reshaping college sports to this day
  44. Nixon declared Americans deserved to know ‘whether their president is a crook’ – Trump says the opposite
  45. AI can help predict whether a patient will respond to specific tuberculosis treatments, paving way for personalized care
  46. Chilling out rather than blowing off steam is a better way to manage anger − new review of 154 studies reveals what works
  47. What are microcredentials? And are they worth having?
  48. Are you one of the millions about to have cataract surgery? Here’s what ophthalmologists say you need to know
  49. Trump judgments: What’s an appeal bond? What happens if he can’t get a $454 million loan?
  50. Texas immigration law in legal limbo, with intensifying fight between Texas and the US government over securing the Mexico border