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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...

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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

Hurricane Idalia intensifies over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida landfall as a dangerous major hurricane

  • Written by Haiyan Jiang, Professor of Earth and Environment, Florida International University

Forecasters expected Hurricane Idalia to intensify into a major hurricane as it headed over exceptionally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, on track for landfall in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Hurricane warnings were posted along a wide stretch of Florida’s Gulf coast, from near Sarasota to the Panhandle, including Tampa Bay.

Hurrica...

Read more: Hurricane Idalia intensifies over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida landfall as a...

Hurricane Idalia intensifies over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida landfall as a dangerous major hurricane

  • Written by Haiyan Jiang, Professor of Earth and Environment, Florida International University

Forecasters expected Hurricane Idalia to intensify into a major hurricane as it headed over exceptionally warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico, on track for landfall in Florida on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Hurricane warnings were posted along a wide stretch of Florida’s Gulf coast, from near Sarasota to the Panhandle, including Tampa Bay.

Hurrica...

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  2. The US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert explains what this means for research
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  4. What social change movements can learn from fly fishing: The value of a care-focused message
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Judicial orders restricting Trump's speech seek to balance his own constitutional rights
  8. Judicial orders restricting Trump's speech seek to balance his own constitutional rights
  9. There's no age limit for politicians − as people live longer, should that change?
  10. There's no age limit for politicians − as people live longer, should that change?
  11. Medication can help you make the most of therapy − a psychologist and neuroscientist explains how
  12. Medication can help you make the most of therapy − a psychologist and neuroscientist explains how
  13. FDA's greenlighting of maternal RSV vaccine represents a major step forward in protecting young babies against the virus
  14. FDA's greenlighting of maternal RSV vaccine represents a major step forward in protecting young babies against the virus
  15. Short naps can improve memory, increase productivity, reduce stress and promote a healthier heart
  16. Short naps can improve memory, increase productivity, reduce stress and promote a healthier heart
  17. Why do fingers get wrinkly after a long bath or swim? A biomedical engineer explains
  18. Why do fingers get wrinkly after a long bath or swim? A biomedical engineer explains
  19. 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
  20. Trump out on bail – a criminal justice expert explains the system of cash bail
  21. How some Muslim and non-Muslim rappers alike embrace Islam's greeting of peace
  22. 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
  23. AI scores in the top percentile of creative thinking
  24. How educational research could play a greater role in K-12 school improvement
  25. 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
  26. Campus sexual assault prevention programs could do more to prevent violence, even after a decade-long federal mandate
  27. Waves of strikes rippling across the US seem big, but the total number of Americans walking off the job remains historically low
  28. 8 GOP candidates debate funding to Ukraine, Trump's future and -- covertly, with dog whistles -- race
  29. 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
  30. Secrets of the Octopus Garden: Moms nest at thermal springs to give their young the best chance for survival
  31. Living with wildfire: How to protect more homes as fire risk rises in a warming climate
  32. First Republican debate set to kick off without Trump – but with the potential to direct the GOP's foreign policy stance
  33. Cameras in the court: Why most Trump trials won’t be televised
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  35. Want to help Maui's animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble
  36. Geoengineering sounds like a quick climate fix, but without more research and guardrails, it's a costly gamble − with potentially harmful results
  37. Social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
  38. AI and new standards promise to make scientific data more useful by making it reusable and accessible
  39. Caroline Herschel was England's first female professional astronomer, but still lacks name recognition two centuries later
  40. Nagorno-Karabakh blockade crisis: Choking of disputed region is a consequence of war and geopolitics
  41. Georgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump's actions have already disqualified him from the presidency
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  43. What Florida gets wrong about George Washington and the benefits he received from enslaving Black people
  44. Can coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation? A psychologist explains why there's no substitute for shut-eye
  45. New data reveal US space economy's output is shrinking – an economist explains in 3 charts
  46. Black female prosecutors like Fani Willis face the unequal burden of both racist and sexist attacks
  47. Threat from climate change to some of India's sacred pilgrimage sites is reshaping religious beliefs
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