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Downing of US drone in Russian jet encounter prompts counterclaims of violations in the sky – an international law expert explores the arguments

  • Written by Ashley S. Deeks, Professor of Scholarly Research in Law, University of Virginia
imageA U.S. surveillance drone flies over the USS Coronado in the Pacific Ocean during an April 2021 drill.U.S. Navy/Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe

The details are disputed, but either way the result was the same: On March 14, 2023, a U.S. drone crashed into the Black Sea after an encounter with Russian aircraft.

According to the...

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AI information retrieval: A search engine researcher explains the promise and peril of letting ChatGPT and its cousins search the web for you

  • Written by Chirag Shah, Professor of Information Science, University of Washington
imageLarge language model AI responds to questions but doesn't actually know anything and is prone to making things up.Charles Taylor/iStock via Getty Images

The prominent model of information access before search engines became the norm – librarians and subject or search experts providing relevant information – was interactive,...

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'Pantry porn' on TikTok and Instagram makes obsessively organized kitchens a new status symbol

  • Written by Jenna Drenten, Associate Professor of Marketing, Loyola University Chicago
imageInfluencers have started filming themselves shopping for supplies, prepping food, refilling containers and organizing their pantries.Valeriy_G/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Neatly aligned glass spice jars tagged with printed white labels. Wicker baskets filled with packages of pasta, crackers and snacks. Rows of flavored seltzer water stacked in...

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Climate change threatens spring wildflowers by speeding up the time when trees leaf out above them

  • Written by Richard B. Primack, Professor of Biology, Boston University
imageNative wildflowers, such as these Dutchman’s breeches (_Dicentra cucullaria_) that bloom early in spring are losing access to sunlight as trees leaf out earlier.Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY

For short-lived spring wildflowers such as wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) and Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), timing is everything....

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How to use free satellite data to monitor natural disasters and environmental changes

  • Written by Qiusheng Wu, Assistant Professor of Geography and Sustainability, University of Tennessee
imageOver 8,000 satellites are orbiting Earth today, capturing images like this, of the Louisiana coast.NASA Earth Observatory

If you want to track changes in the Amazon rainforest, see the full expanse of a hurricane or figure out where people need help after a disaster, it’s much easier to do with the view from a satellite orbiting a few hundred...

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El consumo de alcohol está ampliamente aceptado en Estados Unidos pero incluso el consumo moderado está asociado a numerosos efectos nocivos

  • Written by Christina Mair, Associate Professor of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
imageCada vez más investigaciones demuestran que se han minimizado los peligros del alcohol y exagerado sus beneficios.

Durante el primer mes del año, como parte de una tradición que se conoce como “enero seco”, millones de estadounidenses se comprometen a evitar el alcohol durante 31 días a fin de desintoxicarse...

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What the research shows about risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines versus risks of heart damage from COVID – two pediatric cardiologists explain how to parse the data

  • Written by Frank Han, Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago
imageInflammation of the heart (shown here), known as myocarditis, can be triggered by viral infection, including COVID-19, as well as from COVID-19 vaccination, in rare cases.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Soon after the first COVID-19 vaccines appeared in 2021, reports of rare cases of heart inflammation, or myocarditis, began to surface.

In...

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Syrian earthquake devastated an area that was already a disaster zone – and highlights the vital role of local aid groups

  • Written by Kimberly Howe, University of Virginia Humanitarian Collaborative Practitioner Fellow; Assistant Research Professor of International Relations, Tufts University
imageThe earthquake destroyed many houses and buildings in northwestern Syria.Bahar Organization, CC BY-NC-ND

Three weeks after the February 2023 earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria, I stood amid the rubble in Jindires, a devastated Syrian village. An estimated 50,000 people had lost their lives in the two countries by that point, with the number of...

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I went to CPAC to take MAGA supporters' pulse – China and transgender people are among the top 'demons' they say are ruining the country

  • Written by Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
imageSupporters listen to former President Donald Trump at the CPAC meeting in Maryland in March 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images

In early March 2023, I mixed with the Make America Great Again faithful at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference – a popular meeting, often known as CPAC, for conservative activists and political figures.

I...

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What exactly is the internet? A computer scientist explains what it is and how it came to be

  • Written by Fred Martin, Professor of Computer Science, UMass Lowell
imageThe internet is used for a lot more than just surfing the web.Jonathan Kirn/The Image Bank via Getty Imagesimage

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.

What exactly is the internet? Nora, age 8, Akron, Ohio

The internet is a global...

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