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What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?

  • Written by Joshua Holzer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
imageDonald Trump, left, and Harry Truman: Two former presidents who had different ideas about nationalism and patriotism.The Conversation, with images from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC

During his presidency, Donald Trump said, “We’re putting America first … we’re taking care of ourselves for a change,” and then declared,...

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Putin's Ukraine war keeps yielding dividends -- but not for him

  • Written by Ronald Suny, Professor of History and Political Science, University of Michigan
imageMembers of the Wagner Group sit atop a tank in a street in the city of Rostov-on-Don, on June 24, 2023. Roman Romokhov/AFP via Getty Images

On June 23, 2023, 16 months into Russia’s war with Ukraine, Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia’s now disbanded potent mercenary fighting force and a protégé of Russian President...

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A trauma-focused therapy is helping Ukrainian children besieged by war – a clinical psychologist explains how it could bring resilience to kids around the world

  • Written by Zlatina Kostova, Instructor in psychiatry, clinical psychologist and director of training at Lifeline for Kids, UMass Chan Medical School
imageIn Lviv, Ukraine, a 15-year-old girl recovers from injuries sustained in the war. Scott Peterson via Getty Images

Childhood trauma is a global health problem. Every year, up to 1 billion children worldwide experience some form of emotional, physical or sexual abuse. More than two-thirds of children report at least one traumatic event by age 16.

With...

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Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new – cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society's demand for meat will require further development

  • Written by André O. Hudson, Dean of the College of Science, Professor of Biochemistry, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageCell cultures are often grown in petri dishes.Wladimir Bulgar/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

You might be old enough to remember the famous “Where’s the Beef?” Wendy’s commercials. This question may be asked in a different context since U.S. regulators approved the sale of lab-grown chicken meat made from cultivated...

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States are weakening their child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took kids out of the workforce

  • Written by John A. Fliter, Associate Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
imageArkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law in 2023 that lets children under 16 work without official permission from their parents.AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo

A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and...

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Do you crush microbes when you step on them?

  • Written by Ashok Prasad, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University
imageYou don't need to watch where you step when it comes to bacteria.Westend61/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.

Do viruses, bacteria and other small things get crushed like an ant when stepped on? – Ryan L., age...

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Taking students to the range to learn about gun culture firsthand

  • Written by David Yamane, Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
image'Sociology of Guns' students during a gun range field trip.Sandra Stroud Yamane, Author providedimage

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

“Sociology of Guns”

What prompted the idea for the course?

I grew up in the liberal culture of the San...

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BMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure for weight management – an obesity medicine physician explains the seismic shift taking place

  • Written by Scott Hagan, Assistant Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington
imageBody mass index has been the standard measure to classify obesity and overweight for decades. kaipong/iStock via Getty Images

Amid the buzz around weight loss drugs and rising rates of obesity worldwide, many health care professionals are questioning one of the key measures that has long been used to define obesity.

On June 14, 2023, the American...

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Asian folktales offer moral lessons that help reduce racial prejudice in children

  • Written by Minjeong Kim, Associate professor, UMass Lowell
imageA teacher tells a story to a group of students.Getty Images

In a Cambodian children’s folktale, one man is afraid of lawyers and another is afraid of filth. As the story goes, both are constantly bombarded by their fears despite their efforts to avoid them.

The moral of the tale is revealing and contains a powerful anti-racism message: What...

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Ja Morant shows how a 'good guy with a gun' can never be Black

  • Written by A. Joseph Dial, DISCO Network Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Purdue University
imageThe NBA suspended Ja Morant for 25 games after he posted a video of himself brandishing a gun.Justin Ford/Getty Images

“Man enough to pull a gun, be man enough to squeeze it,” rapped NBA superstar Allen Iverson on his song “40 Bars.”

This was two weeks prior to the 2000-01 NBA season, one in which Iverson would be named...

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  2. Titan submersible disaster underscores dangers of deep-sea exploration – an engineer explains why most ocean science is conducted with crewless submarines
  3. Fear trumps anger when it comes to data breaches – angry customers vent, but fearful customers don't come back
  4. How pardoning extremists undermines the rule of law
  5. How will AI affect workers? Tech waves of the past show how unpredictable the path can be
  6. Ocean heat is off the charts – here's what that means for humans and ecosystems around the world
  7. Islam's call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities -- affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America
  8. China and the US are locked in struggle -- and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations
  9. Why no living people appear on US postage stamps
  10. Announcing The Conversation's new investigative unit – we're looking for collaborators in academia
  11. Heists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank accounts and secret online marketplaces to steal from almost anyone – and little being done to combat the fraud
  12. Behind the scenes of the investigation: Heists Worth Billions
  13. Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows
  14. How to protect yourself from drop account fraud -- tips from our investigative unit
  15. US charitable donations fell to $499 billion in 2022 as stocks slumped and inflation surged
  16. Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave
  17. Passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed may soon get better treatment in the US -- where airlines have long set their own rules
  18. US national parks are crowded – and so are many national forests, wildlife refuges, battlefields and seashores
  19. As Ukraine takes the fight to Russians, signs of unease in Moscow over war's progress
  20. AI could shore up democracy – here's one way
  21. Graffiti has undergone a massive shift in a few quick decades as street art gains social acceptance
  22. On International Yoga Day, lessons from the first American yogi – Henry David Thoreau
  23. The tree of life has been a powerful image in Jewish tradition for thousands of years – signifying much more than immortality
  24. Mr. Modi comes to Washington – The Indian prime minister's visit could strengthen ties with the US, but also raises some delicate issues
  25. Fascism lurks behind the dangerous conflation of the terms 'partisan' and 'political'
  26. Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender
  27. Big money bought the PGA Tour, but can it make golf a popular sport in Saudi Arabia?
  28. How do spices get their flavor?
  29. Watered-down LGBTQ 'understanding' bill shows how far Japan's parliament is out of step with its society – and history
  30. Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons for Texas lawmakers trying to erase history from the classroom
  31. Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
  32. Cormac McCarthy's fearless approach to writing
  33. Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do?
  34. Southern Baptist Convention votes to expel two churches with female pastors – a religion scholar explains how far back these battles go
  35. The US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine – a health physicist explains their military, health and environmental effects
  36. Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste
  37. George Soros hands control over his family's philanthropy to son Alex, after giving away billions and enduring years of antisemitic attacks and conspiracy theories
  38. The Global South is forging a new foreign policy in the face of war in Ukraine, China-US tensions: Active nonalignment
  39. Supreme Court affirms Congress's power over Indian affairs, upholds law protecting Native American children
  40. Generative AI is a minefield for copyright law
  41. Jewish denominations: A brief guide for the perplexed
  42. Russians are using age-old military tactic of flooding to combat Ukraine’s counteroffensive
  43. Despite threats of violence, Trump's federal indictment happened with little fanfare -- but that doesn't mean the far-right movement is fading, an extremism scholar explains
  44. How the Unabomber's unique linguistic fingerprints led to his capture
  45. 96.4% of Americans had COVID-19 antibodies in their blood by fall 2022
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  47. EU files antitrust charges against Google – here's how the ad tech at the heart of the case works
  48. Why the Federal Reserve's epic fight against inflation might be over
  49. Seeing dead fruit flies is bad for the health of fruit flies – and neuroscientists have identified the exact brain cells responsible
  50. Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another