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Celebrating Marion Walter – and other unsung female mathematicians

  • Written by Jennifer Ruef, Assistant Professor of Education Studies, University of Oregon
Searching for role models in the math world.ImageFlow/shutterstock.com

When I was teaching mathematics in the 90s, before the internet, I had a book of “women mathematicians.” This was helpful for sharing inspirational stories with my middle school students, but there were just six women in this short book.

These days, we have the...

Read more: Celebrating Marion Walter – and other unsung female mathematicians

What is March Madness – and the nonprofit that manages the mayhem?

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
The former president, seen here with the highest basketball coach in the NCAA, was known for getting into March Madness. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

The annual college basketball spectacle known as March Madness has arrived.

Millions of people will tune in to the three-week tournament to see who’s the best team in the U.S. And millions more will...

Read more: What is March Madness – and the nonprofit that manages the mayhem?

Embroidering electronics into the next generation of 'smart' fabrics

  • Written by Asimina Kiourti, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University
Is this machine adding an antenna to the fabric?Hindrik Johannes de Groot/Shutterstock.com

Archaeology reveals that humans started wearing clothes some 170,000 years ago, very close to the second-to-last ice age. Even now, though, most modern humans wear clothes that are only barely different from those earliest garments. But that’s about to...

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Adult human brains don't grow new neurons in hippocampus, contrary to prevailing view

  • Written by Shawn Sorrells, Post-doc in Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
A lone new neuron (green) in a 13-year-old's hippocampus.Sorrells et al, CC BY-ND

When our recent studymet significantskepticism, we weren’t surprised. After all, we ourselves remained skeptical of what we were seeing throughout our investigation. But repeated and varied experiments convinced us our conclusions were correct: New brain cells...

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Is the NRA an educational organization? A lobby group? A nonprofit? A media outlet? Yes

  • Written by Samuel Brunson, Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
NRA volunteer shooting instructors Vern Marion and Brian Beck, firing at targets in 2002. AP Photo/Debra Reid

The National Rifle Association has hit more turbulence since 17 people died in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, than the nation’s biggest gun advocacy group is accustomed to after such...

Read more: Is the NRA an educational organization? A lobby group? A nonprofit? A media outlet? Yes

Trump meets Kim Jong Un: 5 essential reads

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation US
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un featured in a South Korean news program.AP

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of stories from The Conversation’s archive.

In an unexpected development, President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un have agreed to meet and discuss improving relations.

Ove...

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Why child care costs more than college tuition - and how to make it more affordable

  • Written by Taryn Morrissey, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University
A teaching assistant helps a child with glue at Redwood Early Learning Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas.Danny Johnston/AP

Amid the continually rising cost of tuition, the idea of free college has received growing attention over the past few years. For instance, from 2014 to 2017, 35 states took up 80 bills related to free college.

Early care...

Read more: Why child care costs more than college tuition - and how to make it more affordable

There are dozens of sea snake species in the Indian and Pacific oceans, but none in the Atlantic or Caribbean. Why?

  • Written by Harvey Lillywhite, Professor of Biology and Director, Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory, University of Florida
Yellow-bellied sea snake (_Hydrophis platurus_).Coleman M. Sheehy III, Florida Museum of Natural History, CC BY-ND

Beachgoers often find unusual things that have washed up with the tides. But many people were surprised when a venomous yellow-bellied sea snake recently was found alive on California’s Newport Beach. Sea snakes are less...

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Arbitration as a way out of the North Korean crisis

  • Written by Ronald Sievert, Senior Lecturer in Government, Texas A&M University

According to latest polls, a majority of Americans see North Korea as the greatest immediate threat to the U.S. with as many as 73 percent concerned about Kim Jung Un’s use of nuclear weapons. The world lives in fear that one more provocation in the form of a North Korean missile or nuclear test could lead to major war on the Korean...

Read more: Arbitration as a way out of the North Korean crisis

Why child care costs more than college tuition – and how to make it more affordable

  • Written by Taryn Morrissey, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University
A teaching assistant helps a child with glue at Redwood Early Learning Center in North Little Rock, Arkansas.Danny Johnston/AP

Amid the continually rising cost of tuition, the idea of free college has received growing attention over the past few years. For instance, from 2014 to 2017, 35 states took up 80 bills related to free college.

Early care...

Read more: Why child care costs more than college tuition – and how to make it more affordable

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