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The Conversation US is growing

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imageMorning meeting. Damian Thompson, Author provided

We have had good news this week in The Conversation US office. The Knight Foundation just announced that they are awarding us a grant to support the distribution of TCUS articles to local and regional newspapers across the United States (for more background have a look at my...

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The Federal Reserve is losing credibility by not raising rates now

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imageChair Yellen and her colleagues decided the economy isn't ready. Reuters

So the results are in: the Federal reserve decided to keep interest rates at around zero, delaying any increase in its target for at least six more weeks.

The move did not come as a surprise to Wall Street – which was betting 3-to-1 against the...

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It's time for doctors to hang up the white coats for good

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imageWhen did you wash that?Doctor in white coat via www.shutterstock.com.

On a warm August 2004 day in Philadelphia, I joined 150 first-year medical students on stage at the University of Pennsylvania to celebrate the start of our medical careers. The dean called our names and, one by one, draped short white coats around our...

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Want more girls to be interested in computer science? Change some classroom stereotypes

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imageDo the current stereotypes keep women from entering computer science?marleighnorton, CC BY-NC

Imagine a computer programmer. What does this person look like? What is this person doing? Is the person with anyone? What kinds of hobbies might he or she have?

Chances are that you imagined someone who is: male, white or Asian...

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Native shrubs: a simple fix for drought-stricken crops in Sub-Saharan Africa

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imageThe Sahel, the transition zone between the arid north of Africa and tropic south, has highly variable rainfall. Center for International Forestry Research., CC BY-NC-ND

Variability is the only guarantee when it comes to the rainfall of the Sahel, the transitional zone between the parched Sahara Desert and the wetter...

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Three women scholars grade Carly Fiorina's performance at the GOP debate

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imageGOP candidate Carly Fiorina gave a feisty performance at Wednesday's debate.Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

Debate light on ‘women’s issues’

Andra Gillespie, Emory University

If viewers were expecting a significant engagement of gender issues in the second GOP debate, then they were disappointed. Aside from the...

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Why the Fed is no longer center of the financial universe

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imageThe Fed building in New York: just a nice facade? Reuters

Markets have been speculating for months about whether the US Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in September. The day has finally arrived, and interestingly, there’s much less certainty now about which way it will go than there was just a few weeks...

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Thank an aging audience for Facebook's proposed dislike button

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imageTurn that thumb upside down.FACEBOOK(LET), CC BY

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the company is finally working on a much-desired feature: a “dislike” button. According to Zuckerberg, this feature has long been one of those most-requested by the Facebook audience. Although his comments sugges...

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