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SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life

  • Written by Gabriela Radulescu, Guggenheim Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
imageThe planetary radar, built in 1960 in Crimea, from which the Morse signal 'MIR, Lenin, USSR' was sent in November 1962.National Radio Astronomy Observatory Archive

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio waves to communicate with satellites,...

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2 ways you can conserve the water used to make your food

  • Written by Huma Tariq Malik, Ph.D. Student in Soil and Crop Sciences, Colorado State University
imageIrrigation equipment waters an alfalfa field in Kansas.AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

As the world’s climate warms and droughts and water shortages are becoming more common, farmers are struggling to produce enough food. Farmers continue to adapt, but there are ways for you to help, too.

For decades, farmers have sought to conserve water in...

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Congress has been dodging responsibility for tariffs for decades – now the Supreme Court will decide how far presidents can go alone

  • Written by Bedassa Tadesse, Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth

On Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear one of the most consequential trade cases in decades. The justices will decide whether a president can rely on a Cold War–era emergency law, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, to impose sweeping import duties on a vast share of what the United States buys from abroad.

At stake is more...

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Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now − what cylinder seals say about ancient and modern life

  • Written by Serdar Yalçin, Assistant Professor of Art History, Macalester College
imageAn Akkadian cylinder seal, circa 2350-2150 B.C.E., depicts a contest scene. The image on the right shows the impression the seal would make. Gift of Nanette B. Kelekian, in memory of Charles Dikran and Beatrice Kelekian, 1999/Metropolitan Museum of Art

The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder seals.

Mesopotami...

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Trump is changing student loan forgiveness rules – barring some public workers from getting relief, but resuming it for others

  • Written by Jennifer L. Steele, Professor of Education, American University
imageStudent loan debt has continued to rise in the country over the past few decades. William Potter/iStock/Getty Images Plus

The Trump administration has tried to upend many facets of American life, and many facets of higher education are no exception.

The Department of Education announced on Oct. 27, 2025, that it would resume canceling student loan...

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Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research

  • Written by Y. Tony Yang, Endowed Professor of Health Policy and Associate Dean, George Washington University
imageFamilies are increasingly seeking nonmedical exemptions to routine childhood vaccines, making communities more vulnerable to preventable diseases.FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

When four states between 2015 and 2021 stopped allowing parents to opt their children out of receiving routine vaccines without a medical reason, vaccination rates among...

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Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns

  • Written by Rachel Porter, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
imageLegislative progress depends on bipartisanship − but amateur lawmakers undermine it with their inexperience as legislators.Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images

The ongoing government shutdown shows how hard it has become for Congress to do its most basic job: keeping the government running. Ending the stalemate will require lawmakers from both...

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The military’s diversity rises out of recruitment targets, not any ‘woke’ goals

  • Written by Jeremiah Favara, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Gonzaga University
imageSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders in Quantico, Va., on Sept. 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump addressed hundreds of military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia in late September 2025.

Before the meeting, journalists speculated about...

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Why can’t every country get along with each other? It comes down to resources, inequality and perception

  • Written by Kaleb Demerew, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Texas A&M University; Institute for Humane Studies
imageCooperation can easily turn into conflict to protect national interests.Staff Sgt. Jamal Sutter

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 can’t every country get along with each other? – Dale T., age 11, Helena, Montana

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Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them

  • Written by Cassie Powell, Assistant Professor of Law, Legal Practice, University of Richmond
imageIn mobile home parks, like this one in Fairfax, Va., residents often own the home itself but rent the lot where the home sits. Michael Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images

One of America’s most affordable paths to homeownership is slipping away.

At manufactured home parks – sometimes called trailer parks or mobile home parks...

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  1. Investors prefer ‘I’ over ‘we’ when CEOs apologize
  2. Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India
  3. All government shutdowns disrupt science − in 2025, the consequences extend far beyond a lapse in funding
  4. Trump’s squeeze of Venezuela goes beyond Monroe Doctrine – in ideology, intent and scale, it’s unprecedented
  5. Trump’s squeeze of Venezuela goes beyond ‘Monroe doctrine’ – in ideology, intent and scale, it’s unprecedented
  6. The shutdown – and the House’s inaction – helps pave Congress’ path to irrelevance
  7. ‘Only death can protect us’: How the folk saint La Santa Muerte reflects violence in Mexico
  8. What is DNS? A computer engineer explains this foundational piece of the web – and why it’s the internet’s Achilles’ heel
  9. Symbolism of cemetery plants: How flowers, trees and other botanical motifs honor those buried beneath
  10. Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species
  11. It’s always been hard to make it as an artist in America – and it’s becoming only harder
  12. Back pain during pregnancy is often dismissed as a passing discomfort − a nurse explains why it should be taken seriously and treated
  13. 25 Years of the International Space Station: What archaeology tells us about living and working in space
  14. Health headlines can be confusing - these 3 questions can help you evaluate them
  15. People abused by intimate partners have worse asthma – but researchers are still untangling the reasons behind this surprising link
  16. The Jew in King Shaka’s court: How a 19th-century castaway shaped a Zulu leader’s legacy
  17. Trump’s ability to counter Netanyahu’s spoiler tactics in public may have been key to advancing a ceasefire in Gaza
  18. US squeeze on Venezuela won’t bring about rapid collapse of Maduro – in fact, it might boomerang on Washington
  19. 4 urgent lessons for Jamaica from Puerto Rico’s troubled hurricane recovery – and how the Jamaican diaspora could help after Melissa
  20. Voters lose when maps get redrawn before every election instead of once a decade − a trend started in Texas, moving to California and likely spreading across the country
  21. ‘Night of the Living Dead’ helped me process the Tree of Life massacre and other real-world horrors
  22. Beware the Anglo-Saxons! Why Russia likes to invoke a medieval tribe when talking about the West
  23. ‘My gender is like an empty lot’ − the people who reject man, woman and any other gender label
  24. Atorvastatin recall may affect hundreds of thousands of patients – and reflects FDA’s troubles inspecting medicines manufactured overseas
  25. What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself
  26. Where does human thinking end and AI begin? An AI authorship protocol aims to show the difference
  27. Signature size and narcissism − a psychologist explains a long-ago discovery that helped establish the link
  28. With more Moon missions on the horizon, avoiding crowding and collisions will be a growing challenge
  29. Water bears survive cosmic radiation with one DNA-protecting protein – learning how could boost human resilience, too
  30. How autism rates are rising – and why that could lead to more inclusive communities
  31. Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce
  32. Nuclear-powered missiles: An aerospace engineer explains how they work – and what Russia’s claimed test means for global strategic stability
  33. Why are 4.7 million Floridians insured through ACA marketplace plans, and what happens if they lose their subsidies?
  34. Rediscovery of African American burial grounds provides long-overdue opportunities for collective healing
  35. Trump’s anti-Venezuela actions lack strategy, justifiable targets and legal authorization
  36. SNAP benefit freeze will leave millions nationwide struggling to pay for food – including 472,711 people in Philadelphia
  37. US leaders view China as a ‘pacing threat’ − has Washington enough stamina to last the race?
  38. Hurricane Melissa turned sharply to devastate Jamaica − how forecasters knew where it was headed
  39. Washington state settles controversy over child abuse law that tested the limits of ‘priest-penitent’ privilege
  40. How Hershey’s chocolate survived an attack from Mars − and adopted a business strategy alien to its founder
  41. CDC’s ability to prevent injuries like drowning, traumatic brain injury and falls is severely compromised by Trump cuts
  42. Agricultural drones are taking off globally, saving farmers time and money
  43. More than 40 years after police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in her Bronx apartment, people still #sayhername
  44. Fed struggles to assess state of US economy as government shutdown shuts off key data
  45. Fed lowers interest rates as it struggles to assess state of US economy without key government data
  46. Why you can salvage moldy cheese but never spoiled meat − a toxicologist advises on what to watch out for
  47. Future of nation’s energy grid hurt by Trump’s funding cuts
  48. Solar storms have influenced our history – an environmental historian explains how they could also threaten our future
  49. The Glozel affair: A sensational archaeological hoax made science front-page news in 1920s France
  50. AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter