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What the Supreme Court’s ruling on man wrongly deported to El Salvador says about presidential authority and the rule of law

  • Written by Jean Lantz Reisz, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
imagePeople hold signs on April 4, 2025, supporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

The Supreme Court on April 10, 2025, unanimously upheld the lower court order directing the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of Kilmar Abrego García, a Maryland man who was...

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Cancer hijacks your brain and steals your motivation − new research in mice reveals how, offering potential avenues for treatment

  • Written by Adam Kepecs, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis
imageMany patients with late-stage cancer slip into a profound apathy as the disease ravages their bodies − and brains.demaerre/iStock via Getty Images Plus

A cruel consequence of advanced cancer is the profound apathy many patients experience as they lose interest in once-cherished activities. This symptom is part of a syndrome called cachexia,...

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Tax Day highlights the costs of single living – but demographics are forcing financial change

  • Written by Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder

Tax Day is right around the corner – an annual reminder that without the option to file jointly, singles pay more per dollar earned than married people. Tax advantages are just one of over 1,000 legal and economic benefits married couples enjoy, a disparity worsened by marketplace and employer practices.

Despite its disadvantages, single...

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Fill-in-the-blank training primes AI to interpret health data from smartwatches and fitness trackers

  • Written by Eloy Geenjaar, Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageAI promises to help wearable devices like smart watches better monitor your health.adamkaz/E+ via Getty Images

The human body constantly generates a variety of signals that can be measured from outside the body with wearable devices. These bio-signals – ranging from heart rate to sleep state and blood oxygen levels – can indicate...

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Race isn’t a ‘biological reality,’ contrary to recent political claims − here’s how scientific consensus on race developed in the 20th century

  • Written by John P. Jackson, Jr., Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Michigan State University
image'The Dying Tecumseh,' a marble sculpture at the Smithsonian, depicts the Shawnee leader in a heroic light.Frederick Pettrich, Smithsonian American Art Museum, CC BY

In the recent flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump, one warned of “a distorted narrative” about race “driven by ideology rather than truth.” It...

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Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience during a period of uncertainty for the agency

  • Written by Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
imageJared Isaacman, the nominee for next NASA administrator, has traveled to orbit on two commercial space missions. AP Photo/John Raoux

Jared Isaacman, billionaire, CEO and nominee to become the next NASA administrator, faced questions on April 9, 2025, from members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation during his confirmatio...

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Schools are harnessing artificial intelligence to revolutionize courses in hospitality management

  • Written by Betsy Pudliner, Associate Professor of Hospitality and Technology Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Stout
imageGenerative AI helps create dynamic simulations that provide students with hands-on, project-based learning experiences.Matt Bird/Getty Images

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

Title of course:

Hospitality Employee Relations

What prompted the idea for the course?

The...

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Black Americans are more likely than other racial groups to express their faith in the workplace

  • Written by Elaine Howard Ecklund, Professor of Sociology, Rice University
imageMany Black Americans want to bring their faith to work but face discrimination.Keeproll/E+ via Getty Images

Nearly 40% of Black workers feel comfortable talking about their faith with people at work, the highest of any U.S. racial group, our two recent studies found. But they also risk facing religious discrimination.

For the past 15 years, we have...

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China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables

  • Written by John Calabrese, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, American University
imageLaying an undersea fiber-optic cable at Arrietara beach near the Spanish village of Sopelana.Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Images

Chinese researchers have unveiled a new deep-sea tool capable of cutting through the world’s most secure subsea cables − and it has many in the West feeling a little jittery.

The development, first revealed in...

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Will Africa’s young voters continue to punish incumbents at the ballot box in 2025? We are about to find out

  • Written by Richard Aidoo, Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University
imageSupporters of opposition candidate and former President John Dramani Mahama celebrate his victory in Accra, Ghana, on Dec. 8, 2024. AP Photo/Jerome Delay

Voters in Gabon head to the ballot box on April 12, 2025, in a vote that marks the first election in the Central African nation since a 2023 coup ended the 56-year rule of the Bongo family.

It is...

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  2. Supreme Court’s decision on deportations gave both the Trump administration and ACLU reasons to claim a victory − but noncitizens clearly lost
  3. Why you should think twice before using shorthand like ‘thx’ and ‘k’ in your texts
  4. Colorado’s early childhood education workers face burnout and health disparities, but a wellness campaign could help
  5. Americans die earlier at all wealth levels, even if wealth buys more years of life in the US than in Europe
  6. What would happen if Section 230 went away? A legal expert explains the consequences of repealing ‘the law that built the internet’
  7. Shark AI uses fossil shark teeth to get middle school kids interested in paleontology and computer vision
  8. Two key ingredients cause extreme storms with destructive flooding – why these downpours are happening more often
  9. Why some storms brew up to extreme dimensions in the middle of America – and why it’s happening more often
  10. Cities that want to attract business might want to focus less on financial incentives and more on making people feel safe
  11. The founder kings of Silicon Valley: Dual-class stock gives US social media company controllers nearly as much power as ByteDance has over TikTok
  12. Social media before bedtime wreaks havoc on our sleep − a sleep researcher explains why screens alone aren’t the main culprit
  13. How racism fueled the Eaton Fire’s destruction in Altadena − a scholar explains why discrimination can raise fire risk for Black Californians
  14. Providing farmworkers with health insurance is worth it for their employers − new research
  15. Peru’s ancient irrigation systems succeeded in turning deserts into farms because of the culture − without it, the systems failed
  16. The ‘courage to be’ in uncertain times − how one 20th-century philosopher defined bravery
  17. AI isn’t what we should be worried about – it’s the humans controlling it
  18. What is reinforcement learning? An AI researcher explains a key method of teaching machines – and how it relates to training your dog
  19. American liberators of Nazi camps got ‘a lifelong vaccine against extremism’ − their wartime experiences are a warning for today
  20. EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?
  21. The trade deficit isn’t an emergency – it’s a sign of America’s strength
  22. Alcohol causes cancer, and less than 1 drink can increase your risk − a cancer biologist explains how
  23. Animal tranquilizers found in illegal opioids may suppress the lifesaving medication naloxone − and cause more overdose deaths
  24. Housing instability complicates end-of-life care for aging unhoused populations
  25. How the small autonomous region of Puntland found success in battling Islamic State in Somalia
  26. What ancient animal fables from India teach about political wisdom
  27. Hip-hop can document life in America more reliably than history books
  28. The hidden power of marathon Senate speeches: What history tells us about Cory Booker’s 25-hour oration
  29. More than just chips: Chinese threats and Trump tariffs could disrupt lots of ‘made in Taiwan’ imports − disappointing US builders, cyclists and golfers alike
  30. Being alone has its benefits − a psychologist flips the script on the ‘loneliness epidemic’
  31. Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
  32. Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti who may soon lose residency, work permits
  33. The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization. Here’s why the label matters.
  34. The problem with Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center isn’t the possibility of ‘Cats’
  35. Hormone therapy may cut cardiovascular risk in younger menopausal women
  36. Hard work feels worth it, but only after it’s done – new research on how people value effort
  37. Insects are everywhere in farming and research − but insect welfare is just catching up
  38. Myanmar military’s ‘ceasefire’ follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control
  39. How a lone judge can block a Trump order nationwide – and why, from DACA to DOGE, this judicial check on presidents’ power is shaping how the government works
  40. Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs are the highest in decades − an economist explains how that could hurt the US
  41. Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership
  42. Lessons from El Salvador for US university leaders facing attacks from Trump
  43. Lowering the cost of insurance in Colorado – a new analysis of the Peak Health Alliance
  44. Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose
  45. Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the agency
  46. Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, among many other essential functions − but many children are deficient
  47. From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do
  48. Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
  49. Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential invasion
  50. Feeling FOMO for something that’s not even fun? It’s not the event you’re missing, it’s the bonding