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Fluid keeps your brain from crushing itself and shields your spine from shock – a neurologist explains what happens when it stops working

  • Written by Danielle Wilhour, Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageYour brain produces around a pint of cerebrospinal fluid each day.Archibald Church, Diseases of the nervous system (1908)/Internet Archive via Flickr

Cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF, is a clear, colorless liquid that plays a crucial role in maintaining the health and function of your central nervous system. It cushions the brain and spinal cord,...

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Future lawyers learn key lessons from studying poetry in parks in this course

  • Written by Patrick Barry, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Digital Academic Initiatives, University of Michigan
imageMeeting outdoors can lower the burnout that college students may otherwise feel.Armand Burger / E+ via Getty Imagesimage

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

Title of course:

Poetry and Parks

What prompted the idea for the course?

I’ve often found poetry to be a good...

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Philly schools are in disrepair − the municipal bond market is 1 big reason

  • Written by David I. Backer, Associate Professor of Education Policy, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
imageMore than half the money meant for building and maintaining Philly schools never reaches them.Matt Rourke/APimageThe Conversation, CC BY

Many of Philadelphia’s schools are in terrible shape. The average public school building in the city is over 70 years old, and some are over 120 years old. The state of disrepair, including a lack of air...

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3 of Jane Austen’s 6 brothers engaged in antislavery activism − new research offers more clues about her own views

  • Written by Devoney Looser, Regents Professor of English, Arizona State University
imageMore than 200 years after her death, Jane Austen's views on slavery remain unclear.Jim Dyson/Getty Images

More than two centuries after Jane Austen died in 1817, many of the English novelist’s fans want to know her takes on her day’s big issues, including race, colonialism and slavery.

Vigorous debates continue about what she may have...

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Kamala, a common name in India, is associated with several deities and is a symbol of wisdom

  • Written by Archana Venkatesan, Professor of Religious Studies and Comparative Literature, University of California, Davis
imageRelief of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi from a temple in India.Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Ever since Vice President Kamala Harris became a presence on the national scene, her name – a common one for women in India – has attracted a lot of attention, most specifically for its pronunciation.

The three-syllable word should...

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LGBTQ people have a troubled relationship with police − new survey shows high rates of harassment, abuse and distrust

  • Written by Stefan Vogler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imageParticipants in the 2023 San Francisco Pride parade show their opposition to law enforcement. Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images

The LGBTQ community’s long history with law enforcement is so troubled and violent that organizers at some recent Pride parades decided to ban police from marching in the parade.

Throughout the 20th century, the police...

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Even fictional presidents don’t look like Kamala Harris − although Black men and white women have been represented in the Oval Office

  • Written by Peter Kastor, Professor of History & American Culture Studies, Associate Vice Dean of Research, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageThere have been Black presidents and female presidents in movies, but no presidents with Kamala Harris' background.Klaus Hackenberg/The Image Bank/Getty Images

The United States had its first Black president and its first female president over a half-century ago.

They were fictional, they were on screen, their names were Douglass Dilman and Leslie...

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SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean for US space policy

  • Written by Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
imageElon Musk's ties with Donald Trump could affect how the former president would approach U.S. space policy. Saul Martinez via Getty Images

Elon Musk officially endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States on July 13, 2024, shortly after Trump survived an assassination attempt. Musk, a billionaire technology entrepreneur, has made...

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Hotel guests are getting used to refillable shampoos and less housekeeping, study suggests

  • Written by Farhad Tabatabaei, Ph.D. Candidate in Hospitality Business Analytics, University of Delaware
imageToday's hotel guests apparently don't mind making their own beds.Tetra Images via Getty Images

Eco-friendly hotels increasingly are asking guests to forgo daily housekeeping or use their towels more than once. At the same time, hospitality researchers have long assumed that guests find these efforts to promote sustainability inconvenient and undesir...

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International students will offer a big boost to the US economy this back-to-school season

  • Written by Barnet Sherman, Professor, Multinational Finance and Trade, Boston University
imageMove-in day at the University of Southern California attracts students from around the world.Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Of the millions of young adults heading off to college this fall, many will be international students. If trends continue, about 1 million students from around the world will come to the U.S. to pursue...

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  3. JD Vance is no pauper − he’s a classic example of ‘poornography,’ in which the rich try to speak on behalf of the poor
  4. Mammary glands in a dish − what miniature organs reveal about evolution, lactation, regeneration and breast cancer
  5. FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD treatment – a drug researcher explains the challenges psychedelics face
  6. Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%
  7. 3 strategies to help college students pick the right major the first time around and avoid some big hassles
  8. A bipartisan data-privacy law could backfire on small businesses − 2 marketing professors explain why
  9. New storm is headed for the Caribbean: What meteorologists look for in early signs of a future hurricane
  10. Birth of a hurricane: What meteorologists look for as they hunt for early signs of a tropical cyclone forming
  11. At its core, life is all about play − just look at the animal kingdom
  12. Could dinosaurs still exist somewhere in the world? A paleontologist explains
  13. Why is an ultimate goal called a ‘Holy Grail?’
  14. If you want Americans to pay attention to climate change, just call it climate change
  15. Wagner Group setback in Mali challenges Moscow’s strategy in Africa and the region’s faith in Russian mercenaries
  16. A packed Baltimore trolley illustrates the ups and downs of US public transit
  17. Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world
  18. No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing
  19. The problem with pronatalism: Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme
  20. Despite Donald Trump’s claims, his gag order holds up against the Constitution
  21. How San Francisco’s Democratic political machine led to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign
  22. The real ‘Big Bang’ of country music: How Vernon Dalhart’s 1924 breakthrough recordings launched a genre
  23. Infectious diseases spike when kids return to school − here’s what you can do about it
  24. Dealing with election anxiety? A psychiatrist explains how to channel your fears and break out of tribal thinking
  25. This anthropology course looks at building design from the standpoint of different species
  26. Paris Games herald a new anti-corruption era, but carrying the torch may pose an Olympic challenge for the US
  27. How do breakdancers avoid breaking their necks?
  28. Decades on, Delbert Africa’s surrender still provides powerful image of US racism and Black victimhood
  29. From Michael Brown to Sonya Massey, a decade of police antiblack violence causes grief, worry and coping for Black parents
  30. Good flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s Everglades Agricultural Area
  31. From a pig as political candidate to a breakout speech for Obama − Democratic National Convention often leaves its mark on history
  32. Members of Congress undermine the country – and their own legitimacy – with antidemocratic rhetoric
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  36. Qatari mediation was already producing diminishing returns – assassination of Hamas negotiator further erodes Gulf state’s role
  37. White men who have been mistreated at work are more likely to notice and report harassment − new research
  38. Remembering the longest journey to Auschwitz – the deportation of Rhodes’ Jews decimated a small but vibrant community with centuries of Mediterranean history
  39. Imane Khelif controversy at Paris Olympics shows how sex testing in women’s sports puts regulators in an impossible bind
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  41. Shortage of Black doctors is rooted in racist history − a $600M gift will help historically Black medical schools address the gap
  42. For Black Americans, higher police pay doesn’t always mean fewer violent confrontations as it does for other racial groups
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