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Looking for your 'calling'? What people get wrong when chasing meaningful work

  • Written by Garrett Potts, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of South Florida
imageSearching for your 'calling' can be a source of joy -- but also stress and distraction.Tom Werner/Stone via Getty Images

As a professor, I’m fortunate to teach a course called World Religions for Healthcare Professionals that prepares students for the spiritual and ethical issues they may encounter in their careers. But the class often boils...

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How evasive and transmissible is the newest omicron offshoot, BA.2.86, that causes COVID-19? 4 questions answered

  • Written by Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Professor and Department Chair of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh
imageBA.2.86 is beginning to spread throughout the United States.baranozdemir/E+ via Getty Images

The latest variant, or sublineage, of SARS-CoV-2 to emerge on the scene, BA.2.86, has public health experts on alert as COVID-19 hospitalizations begin to rise and the new variant makes its way across the globe.

The Conversation asked Suresh V. Kuchipudi, a...

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30 years after Arafat-Rabin handshake, clear flaws in Oslo Accords doomed peace talks to failure

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
imageA historic handshake.MPI/Getty Images

On Sept. 13, 1993, the world watched as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat shook hands on the White House lawn. It was a stunning moment. The famous handshake between adversaries marked the beginning of what became known as the Oslo Accords, a...

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Quantum information science is rarely taught in high school – here's why that matters

  • Written by Karen J. Matsler, Assistant Professor in Practice for UTeach Arlington Program, University of Texas at Arlington
imageMany students attend high schools that don't offer physics. BraunS/E+ via Getty Images

The first time I heard about quantum information science, I was at a teacher development workshop in Canada in 2008.

I already knew that quantum science was the study of the smallest objects in nature. I also knew that information science was the study of...

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Can animals give birth to twins?

  • Written by Michael Jaffe, Associate Professor of Small Animal Surgery, Mississippi State University
imageSome animals, including goats, regularly give birth to two babies at once.Image Source 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.

Can animals give birth to twins? – Mia C., age 10

Ask any parent – welcoming a...

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How does fever help fight infections? There's more to it than even some scientists realize

  • Written by Edmund K. LeGrand, Adjunct Professor of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee
imageBeing feverish is unpleasant, but it can help your body overcome invading pathogens.Narisara Nami/Moment via Getty Images

When you’re sick with a fever, your doctor will likely tell you it’s a sign that your immune system is defending you against an infection. Fever typically results from immune cells at infected sites sending chemical...

Read more: How does fever help fight infections? There's more to it than even some scientists realize

Ancient texts depict all kinds of people, not just straight and cis ones – this college course looks at LGBTQ sexuality and gender in Egypt, Greece and Rome

  • Written by Tina Chronopoulos, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageA painting from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Niankhkhum and Khnumhotep, royal servants whom some scholars have interpreted to be lovers.kairoinfo4u/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SAimage

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

Title of course:

“LGBTQ Antiquity: A View from the...

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Marrakech artisans – who have helped rebuild the Moroccan city before – are among those hit hard in the earthquake's devastation

  • Written by Abbey Stockstill, Assistant Professor of Art History, Southern Methodist University
imageThe earthquake has damaged many homes in Ijjoukak village, near Marrakech, Morocco.AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy

A powerful earthquake that hit close to the medieval city of Marrakech in Morocco on Sept. 8, 2023, has killed thousands and injured many more. It has also put at risk buildings and monuments of major historic importance, among them the...

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Philadelphia police rarely release body camera videos − here's why it happened in the fatal shooting of Eddie Irizarry

  • Written by Jordan Hyatt, Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, Drexel University
imageAbout 68% of Philadelphia police wear body cameras, but the footage is rarely made public.Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images

After weeks of public pressure, Philadelphia police on Sept. 8, 2023, released body camera footage capturing the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry by police in August.

The Conversation spoke to Jordan M. Hyatt,...

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Ukraine's push for NATO membership is rooted in its European past – and its future

  • Written by Kateryna Shynkaruk, Senior Lecturer of International Relations, Texas A&M University
imageUkrainians celebrate on Nov. 12, 2022, in Kherson, Ukraine, after Ukraine regained control of the city. Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

During a recent meeting with the nation’s diplomatic corps, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave Ukraine’s ambassadors their marching orders for the rest of the year: Work to...

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