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Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker

  • Written by Eranda Jayawickreme, Professor of Psychology & Senior Research Fellow, Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University
imageGood thinking is built from many ingredients.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

What does it mean to be a good thinker? Recent research suggests that acknowledging you can be wrong plays a vital role.

I had these studies in mind a few months ago when I was chatting with a history professor about a class she was teaching to first-year students here at...

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From morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent

  • Written by Eli Shupe, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Texas at Arlington
imageMedical students look at cadaver parts being used for demonstration.Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty Images

Every year, first-year medical students approach their human cadavers with a mixture of awe and trepidation. They will come to know their assigned cadaver intimately. During the course of their studies, they will carefully pull back layers...

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Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria

  • Written by Javed Ali, Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
imageArmored Israeli military vehicles maneuver near Israel's border with Gaza.Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images

Israel appears to be preparing for the next phase of its military operation: a ground campaign to “crush and destroy” Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put it.

Israel has signaled that it might be willing to...

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TCUS senior editor Kalpana Jain explores Indigenous communities in Indonesia − and learns about their struggles to reclaim land

  • Written by Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor/ Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative
imageTraditional grain houses inside a village chief's residential complex in West Java, Indonesia.Kalpana Jain

Kalpana Jain, senior religion and ethics editor at The Conversation, spent part of 2023 on a trip spanning over 20,000 miles, covering seven cities in three countries, as an East-West Center 2023 Senior Journalists Fellow to pursue issues...

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Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence

  • Written by Barry Markovsky, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of South Carolina
imageRemember the old saying: Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.David Wall/Moment 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.

Is it possible for there to be ghosts? – Madelyn, age 11, Fort Lupton,...

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Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy

  • Written by Ethan Zuckerman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, UMass Amherst
imageContent moderators like these workers make decisions about online communities based on company dictates.Ilana Panich-Linsman for The Washington Post via Getty Images

In the 2018 documentary “The Cleaners,” a young man in Manila, Philippines, explains his work as a content moderator: “We see the pictures on the screen. You then go...

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The Rio Grande isn't just a border – it's a river in crisis

  • Written by Vianey Rueda, PhD Student in Resource Ecology Management, University of Michigan
imageThe Rio Grande, viewed from the Zaragoza International Bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.Vianey Rueda, CC BY-ND

The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles (3,060 kilometers) from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U.S. and Mexican...

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Backlash to the oil CEO leading the UN climate summit overlooks his ambitious agenda for COP28 – and concerns of the Global South

  • Written by Ibrahim Ozdemir, Professor of Philosophy, Uskudar University; Visiting Professor, Clark University
imageSultan Ahmed al-Jaber, CEO of the United Arab Emirates' state oil company, will be leading the COP28 United Nations climate conference.Francois Walschaerts/AFP via Getty Images

In December 2023, negotiators from countries worldwide will meet in the United Arab Emirates for the next round of international climate talks. While the talks are...

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Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren't the most expensive materials used in science

  • Written by Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
imageMeteorites can get pricey, but they're not the most expensive material. AP Photo/Thibault Camus

After a journey of seven years and nearly 4 billion miles, NASA’s OSIRIS-RExspacecraft landed gently in the Utah desert on the morning of Sept. 24, 2023, with a precious payload. The spacecraft brought back a sample from the asteroid Bennu.

imageOSIRIS-RE...

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How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead

  • Written by Mathew Sandoval, Associate Teaching Professor in Culture & Performance, Arizona State University
imageA girl dressed as a 'catrina' takes part in the Catrinas Parade in Mexico City to celebrate Day of the Dead.Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images

On April 13, 1944, thousands of people clashed with police on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago.

The melee was unrelated to U.S. participation in World War II, labor unrest or President Franklin D....

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  1. Hot-button topics may get public attention at the Vatican synod, but a more fundamental issue for the Catholic Church is at the heart of debate
  2. GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises
  3. The Israel-Hamas war deepens the struggle between US and Iran for influence in the Middle East
  4. Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in people, fungi and across the animal kingdom
  5. A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago
  6. Key Trump co-defendants accept plea deals – a legal expert explains what that means
  7. For the Osage Nation, the betrayal of the murders depicted in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' still lingers
  8. How much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?
  9. Hezbollah alone will decide whether Lebanon − already on the brink of collapse − gets dragged into Israel-Hamas war
  10. Delivering aid during war is tricky − here’s what to know about what Gaza relief operations may face
  11. New research helps explain why Indian girls appear to be less engaged in politics than Indian boys
  12. A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant women's fight to remake labor laws
  13. Quantum dots − a new Nobel laureate describes the development of these nanoparticles from basic research to industry application
  14. Does chicken soup really help when you're sick? A nutrition specialist explains what's behind the beloved comfort food
  15. New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce single-use plastic waste
  16. Health care workers gain 21% wage increase in pending agreement with Kaiser Permanente after historic strike
  17. House speaker paralysis is confusing – a political scientist explains what's happening
  18. COVID-19 vaccine mandates have come and mostly gone in the US – an ethicist explains why their messy rollout matters for trust in public health
  19. Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting poverty than armed resistance
  20. What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace culture
  21. Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin − new research
  22. Biden’s Middle East trip has messages for both global and domestic audiences
  23. New technique uses near-miss particle physics to peer into quantum world − two physicists explain how they are measuring wobbling tau particles
  24. Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight
  25. What is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains
  26. Israel is getting a surge in donations from the US in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks
  27. Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave
  28. #UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
  29. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West
  30. What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West
  31. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence tells us about the future of fires in the West
  32. Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system − the siege has pushed it into abject crisis
  33. A reflexive act of military revenge burdened the US − and may do the same for Israel
  34. Gangsters are the villains in 'Killers of the Flower Moon,' but the biggest thief of Native American wealth was the US government
  35. Gun deaths among children and teens have soared – but there are ways to reverse the trend
  36. Why is space so dark even though the universe is filled with stars?
  37. How the 'laws of war' apply to the conflict between Israel and Hamas
  38. Deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust spurs a crisis of confidence in the idea of Israel – and its possible renewal
  39. Reflections on hope during unprecedented violence in the Israel-Hamas war
  40. An itching paradox – a molecule that triggers the urge to scratch also turns down inflammation in the skin
  41. Wildfire smoke leaves harmful gases in floors and walls − air purifiers aren’t enough, new study shows, but you can clean it up
  42. Empire building has always come at an economic cost for Russia – from the days of the czars to Putin's Ukraine invasion
  43. Steep physical decline with age is not inevitable – here's how strength training can change the trajectory
  44. From ancient Jewish texts to androids to AI, a just-right sequence of numbers or letters turns matter into meaning
  45. Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system works well – here's how Hamas got around it
  46. This engineering course has students use their brainwaves to create performing art
  47. Gaza depends on UN and other global aid groups for food, medicine and basic services – Israel-Hamas war means nothing is getting in
  48. Intelligence failure or not, the Israeli military was unprepared to respond to Hamas' surprise attack
  49. Philadelphia bans supervised injection sites – evidence suggests keeping drug users on the street could do more harm than good
  50. Horseshoe crab blood is vital for testing intravenous drugs, but new synthetic alternatives could mean pharma won't bleed this unique species dry