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I’m a Muslim immigrant and a psychiatrist living in Michigan – I haven’t decided how to vote yet

  • Written by Farha Abassi, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Michigan State University

My three daughters and I arrived in Michigan from Pakistan in 2000.

Moving here was my choice, and I followed the legal process. Before the move, I had often been to the United States. I was familiar with the culture and spoke fluent English, so I thought I was prepared.

Resuming my career as a physician in the U.S. was arduous, but I finally...

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How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths

  • Written by Benjamin Roulston, Assistant Professor of Physics, Clarkson University
imageA photo of Jupiter taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft in September 2023. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, image processing by Tanya Oleksuikimage

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.

Why does Jupiter look like it has a surface – even...

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As the stars of hip-hop’s golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music

  • Written by A.D. Carson, Associate Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
image52-year-old rapper Common performs on Sept. 11, 2024, in Atlanta.Paras Griffin/Getty Images

It’s always awkward telling people what I do for a living. I’m a rapper. I also work as a professor of hip-hop.

I work at the intersection of artmaking and academic research. I write music as part of a greater effort to challenge antiquated ideas...

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Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of seeds

  • Written by Adriana Craciun, Professor of English and Emma MacLachlan Metcalf Chair of Humanities, Boston University
imageThe entrance to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of thousands of crop varieties...

Read more: Svalbard Global Seed Vault evokes epic imagery and controversy because of the symbolic value of...

Osteoporosis, the silent disease, can shorten your life − here’s how to prevent fractures and keep bones healthy

  • Written by Ting Zhang, Research Scholar of Orthopedics, University of Pittsburgh
imageWith some simple lifestyle changes, you can lower your risk of osteoporosis.MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Because there are typically no symptoms until the first fracture occurs, osteoporosis is considered a silent disease. Some call it a silent killer.

Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by decreased bone density and...

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The racist ‘one-drop rule’ lives on in how Trump talks about Black politicians and whiteness in America

  • Written by Marya T. Mtshali, Lecturer in Studies in Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University
imageDonald Trump watches a video of Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sept. 13, 2024.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Americans who heard former President Donald Trump claim that Vice President Kamala Harris previously identified as “not Black” in a July 2024 interview may wonder why he continuously emphasized...

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Undoing the ‘deep state’ means Trump would undo over a century of progress in building a federal government for the people and not just for rich white men

  • Written by Joseph Patrick Kelly, Professor of Literature and Director of Irish and Irish American Studies, College of Charleston

If elected, Donald Trump has vowed to demolish what he calls the “deep state” – a conspiratorial term for the American federal bureaucracy. A second Trump administration, running mate JD Vance has said, should fire thousands of civil servants and replace them with MAGA loyalists.

Trump has said he would tap the billionare Elon Musk...

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Election anxiety doesn’t need to win − here are 3 science-backed strategies from a clinical psychologist to rein in the stress

  • Written by Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Associate Professor of Psychology & Licensed Clinical Psychologist, University of Kentucky
imageThe world won't end if you stop scrolling.georgeclerk/E+ via Getty Images

Uncertainty about the election getting to you? Is anxiety the dominant feature of your emotional landscape, maybe with a small sprinkling of impending doom?

You are not alone. A recent survey found 69% of American adults are seriously stressed about the 2024 presidential...

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Massachusetts could be the next state to get rid of the ‘subminimum wage’ for tipped workers

  • Written by Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Research Professor, Political Economy Research Institute, UMass Amherst
imageA Massachusetts ballot initiative would get rid of the state's tipped minimum wage.AP Photo/Marta Lavandier

The federal minimum wage for tipped workers has stood at US$2.13 an hour since 1991. Back then, it amounted to half the $4.25 regular minimum wage. But Congress has failed to increase the tipped minimum while periodically raising the regular...

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Massachusetts votes to keep its ‘subminimum wage’ for tipped workers

  • Written by Jeannette Wicks-Lim, Research Professor, Political Economy Research Institute, UMass Amherst
imageA Massachusetts ballot initiative would have gotten rid of the state's tipped minimum wage.AP Photo/Marta Lavandier

The federal minimum wage for tipped workers has stood at US$2.13 an hour since 1991. Back then, it amounted to half the $4.25 regular minimum wage. But Congress has failed to increase the tipped minimum while periodically raising the...

Read more: Massachusetts votes to keep its ‘subminimum wage’ for tipped workers

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  4. How to overcome your device dependency and manage a successful digital detox
  5. St. Augustine was no stranger to culture wars – and has something to say about today’s
  6. The colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean
  7. Monkeys know who will win the election – primal instincts humans share with them shape voters’ choices
  8. No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with over 23,000 jobs planned
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  10. For one survivor, the 1920 Election Day massacre in Florida was ‘the night the devil got loose’
  11. Elon Musk misses Philly court date, stalling ‘illegal lottery’ case against him − an expert on Philadelphia politics weighs in
  12. Trump’s Detroit insults are based on old narratives local media are rewriting every day
  13. Denver slaughterhouse ban could affect food systems in Colorado and beyond
  14. Denver voters reject slaughterhouse ban, allowing Superior Farms to continue selling lamb in Colorado and nationwide
  15. International election monitors can help boost people’s trust in the electoral process − but not all work the same way
  16. Who formally declares the winner of the US presidential election?
  17. Sudan’s civil war has left at least 62,000 dead by our estimate − but the true figure could be far higher
  18. With Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans’ ‘strict father’ has become the creepy uncle
  19. Independent voters think for themselves and stay out of politics – 3 essential reads
  20. Tariffs are back in the spotlight, but skepticism of free trade has deep roots in American history
  21. New Orleans schools still separate and unequal 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
  22. In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies – an entomologist explains the implication for global pest control
  23. Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there
  24. The next president will play a key role in shaping US trade policy – here’s what voters need to know
  25. Americans own guns to protect themselves from psychological as well as physical threats
  26. Fear, hope and the economy: what is motivating Americans as they decide who to vote for – podcast
  27. Slow vote-counting, flip-flopping leads, careful certification and the weirdness of the Electoral College – people who research elections look at what to expect on election night
  28. ‘Each bears his own ghosts’: How the classics speak to these days of fear, anger and presidential candidates stalking the land
  29. A new president will be elected − but it may take some time to determine who wins
  30. The ‘Courage Tour’ is attempting to get Christians to vote for Trump − and focused on defeating ‘demons’
  31. Religion in the workplace is tricky – but employers and employees both lose when it becomes a total taboo
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  33. Fighting antibiotic resistance at the source – using machine learning to identify bacterial resistance genes and the drugs to block them
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  36. People with blindness and low vision are squeezed by high costs of living − new research
  37. What the presidential candidates have done − and where they stand − on education
  38. Nationalism is not patriotism: 3 insights from Orwell about Trump and the 2024 election
  39. Why vote for Harris or Trump? A cheat sheet on the candidates’ records, why their supporters like them and why picking one or the other makes sense
  40. Misinformation is more than just bad facts: How and why people spread rumors is key to understanding how false information travels and takes root
  41. Abortion and marijuana ballot measures may bring out Florida Democrats, but the GOP has 1M more active voters in the Sunshine State
  42. Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count
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  48. On foreign policy, Trump opts for disruption and Harris for engagement − but they share some of the same concerns
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