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Politicians may rail against the ‘deep state,’ but research shows federal workers are effective and committed, not subversive

  • Written by Jaime Kucinskas, Associate Professor of Sociology, Hamilton College
imageA worker at the National Hurricane Center tracks weather over the Gulf of Mexico.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

It’s common for political candidates to disparage “the government” even as they run for an office in which they would be part of, yes, running the government.

Often, what they’re referring to is what we, as scholars of...

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Trump-era tax cuts contributed to a decline in higher ed giving, with fewer Americans donating to colleges and universities

  • Written by Jin Lee, Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Leadership, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
imageHow many college grads will frequently donate to their alma mater?Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Policy changes brought on by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which former President Donald Trump signed into law at the end of 2017, appear to have led many small-dollar donors to give less money to colleges and...

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Helping children eat healthier foods may begin with getting parents to do the same, research suggests

  • Written by Kelley Gullo Wight, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Indiana University
imageEveryone agrees kids should eat healthy foods. But parents are often left out of that message.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

Most parents, educators and policymakers agree that children should eat healthy foods. However, our peer-reviewed paper suggests the strategy adults often use to achieve that can sometimes backfire. Fortunately, there’s...

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How AI and a popular card game can help engineers predict catastrophic failure – by finding the absence of a pattern

  • Written by John Edward McCarthy, Professor of Mathematics, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageCan you find a matching set?Cmglee/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Humans are very good at spotting patterns, or repeating features people can recognize. For instance, ancient Polynesians navigated across the Pacific by recognizing many patterns, from the stars’ constellations to more subtle ones such as the directions and sizes of ocean swells.

Ve...

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Abstinencia de la hierba: Más de la mitad de las personas que consumen cannabis medicinal para el dolor experimentan síntomas de abstinencia

  • Written by Lara Coughlin, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
imageEl consumo de cannabis, aunque más seguro que muchas otras drogas, no está totalmente exento de riesgos. AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file

En marcado contraste con los temores exagerados que se manifestaban en décadas pasadas, hoy en día, la mayoría de la gente piensa que el cannabis es relativamente inofensivo....

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Amazon, SpaceX and other companies are arguing the government agency that has protected labor rights since 1935 is actually unconstitutional

  • Written by Kate Andrias, Professor of Law, Columbia University
imagePresident Franklin D. Roosevelt signed in 1933 the law that led to the National Labor Relations Board's emergence.AP Photo

Amazon, SpaceX, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s have all responded to allegations that they have violated labor laws with the same bold argument. The National Labor Relations Board, they assert in several ongoing legal...

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Schools can close summer learning gaps with these 4 strategies

  • Written by Rhea Almeida, Research Project Manager, NYU Metro Center, New York University

When it comes to summer learning, the benefits are well documented. Students who consistently attend well-planned, high-quality programs achieve higher scores on math and language arts testing. They also earn higher ratings from teachers on their social and emotional skills, research shows. Unfortunately, research also shows that students from...

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I’ve been studying congressional emails to constituents for 15 years − and found these 4 trends after scanning 185,222 of them

  • Written by Lindsey Cormack, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stevens Institute of Technology
imageMessages stream out from members of Congress to constituents around the country.traffic_analyzer/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Republicans in Congress use taxpayer-funded email messages to contact constituents more often, and perhaps more effectively, than their Democratic counterparts.

That’s what I’ve found over 15 years of...

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What is dirt? There’s a whole wriggling world alive in the ground beneath our feet, as a soil scientist explains

  • Written by Brian Darby, Associate Professor of Biology, University of North Dakota
imageDig into soil and you'll find rock dust but also thousands of living species.ChristinLola/iStock/Getty Images Plusimage

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 is dirt? – Belle and Ryatt, ages 7 and 5, Keystone, South Dakota

Whe...

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Gary, Indiana’s lawsuit against gunmakers is shot down by a new law, after surviving 25 years of appeals

  • Written by Timothy D. Lytton, Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
imageIndianapolis hosted the National Rifle Association's national convention in 2023.AP Photo/Darron Cummings

After 25 years of legal wrangling, a lawsuit described as “the most consequential legal case against the gun industry in this country” appears to have met its end – but the industry isn’t out of the legal woods just yet.

B...

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  2. Israel’s ‘Iron Wall’: A brief history of the ideology guiding Benjamin Netanyahu
  3. Fighting every wildfire ensures the big fires are more extreme, and may harm forests’ ability to adapt to climate change
  4. How Moscow terror attack fits ISIS-K strategy to widen agenda, take fight to its perceived enemies
  5. Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow – here’s what that could mean for your garden
  6. Jon Stewart, still a ‘tiny, neurotic man,’ back to remind Americans what’s at stake
  7. EPA’s new auto emissions standard will speed the transition to cleaner cars, while also addressing consumer and industry concerns
  8. Generative AI could leave users holding the bag for copyright violations
  9. TikTok’s duet, green screen and stitch turn political point-scoring into an art form
  10. Breakaway parties threaten to disrupt South Korea’s two-party system – can they also end parliamentary gridlock?
  11. Even presidents need a touch of madness − in March
  12. Purim’s original queen: How studying the Book of Esther as fan fiction can teach us about the roots of an unruly Jewish festival
  13. 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
  14. Why are Americans fighting over no-fault divorce? Maybe they can’t agree what marriage is for
  15. James Clavell’s ‘Shōgun’ is reimagined for a new generation of TV viewers
  16. 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
  17. How safe are your solar eclipse glasses? Cheap fakes from online marketplaces pose a threat, supply-chain experts say
  18. New studies suggest millions with mild cognitive impairment go undiagnosed, often until it’s too late
  19. 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
  20. What Article 23 means for the future of Hong Kong and its once vibrant pro-democracy movement
  21. ‘He just vanished’ − missing activists highlight Tajikistan’s disturbing use of enforced disappearances
  22. 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
  23. Biden cannot easily make Roe v. Wade federal law, but he could still make it easier to get an abortion
  24. 40 years ago, the Supreme Court broke the NCAA’s lock on TV revenue, reshaping college sports to this day
  25. Nixon declared Americans deserved to know ‘whether their president is a crook’ – Trump says the opposite
  26. AI can help predict whether a patient will respond to specific tuberculosis treatments, paving way for personalized care
  27. Chilling out rather than blowing off steam is a better way to manage anger − new review of 154 studies reveals what works
  28. What are microcredentials? And are they worth having?
  29. Are you one of the millions about to have cataract surgery? Here’s what ophthalmologists say you need to know
  30. Trump judgments: What’s an appeal bond? What happens if he can’t get a $454 million loan?
  31. Texas immigration law in legal limbo, with intensifying fight between Texas and the US government over securing the Mexico border
  32. Pro-Israel but anti-Netanyahu: Democratic Party leaders try to find the middle ground
  33. Haiti is in crisis, but foreign intervention comes with an ugly past
  34. US democracy’s unaddressed flaws undermine Biden’s stand as democracy’s defender − but Trump keeps favoring political violence
  35. Building fairness into AI is crucial – and hard to get right
  36. How much stress is too much? A psychiatrist explains the links between toxic stress and poor health − and how to get help
  37. What the Buddhist text Therigatha teaches about women’s enlightenment
  38. $50K per year for a degree in a low-wage industry − is culinary school worth it?
  39. How ghost streams and redlining’s legacy lead to unfairness in flood risk, in Detroit and elsewhere
  40. Female mosquitoes rely on one another to choose the best breeding sites − and with the arrival of spring, they’re already on the hunt
  41. Supreme Court’s questions about First Amendment cases show support for ‘free trade in ideas’
  42. Donor-advised funds: US regulators are scrambling to catch up with the boom in these charitable giving accounts
  43. Profits over patients: For-profit nursing home chains are draining resources from care while shifting huge sums to owners’ pockets
  44. As the US government and record labels go after TikTok, musicians get the squeeze
  45. AI vs. elections: 4 essential reads about the threat of high-tech deception in politics
  46. How do airplanes fly? An aerospace engineer explains the physics of flight
  47. Amid growth in AI writing tools, this course teaches future lawyers and other professionals to become better editors
  48. Children experience more injuries, stress and even burnout when they specialize in one sport
  49. Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical burdens for families and schools
  50. Biden and Trump, though old, are both likely to survive to the end of the next president’s term, demographers explain