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Sharks and rays get a major win with new international trade limits for 70+ species

  • Written by Gareth J. Fraser, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
imageWatching a whale shark swim at the Georgia Aquarium.Zac Wolf/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The world’s oceans are home to an exquisite variety of sharks and rays, from the largest fishes in the sea – the majestic whale shark and manta rays – to the luminescent but rarely seen deep-water lantern shark and guitarfishes.

The oceans were...

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Trump administration replaces America 250 quarters honoring abolition and women’s suffrage with Mayflower and Gettysburg designs

  • Written by Seth T. Kannarr, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography, University of Tennessee
imageCoins convey important messages about what it means to be an American; the White House knows this.Max Zolotukhin, iStock/Getty Images Plus

The culture wars have arrived at the U.S. Mint.

Commemorative coins aimed at celebrating America’s 250th anniversary in 2026 were unveiled by the mint on Dec. 10, 2025, and they reflect the country’s...

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A Colorado guaranteed income program could help families, but the costs are high

  • Written by Jennifer C. Greenfield, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Denver
imageGuaranteed income programs have grown in popularity in the U.S. as costs of living continue to rise.Glowimages/GettyImages Plus

In Colorado, full-time workers need to earn an hourly wage of at least $36.79 to afford $2,000 in monthly rent, which is below the federal fair market rate for a Denver-area two-bedroom unit.

More than 87% of low-income...

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West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imageIsraeli settlers gather near the Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron on Dec. 10, 2025.Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images, CC BY

Owais Hammam was walking near his home in Khirbet Bani Harith in the West Bank on Dec. 3, 2025, when, according to media reports, he was kidnapped by Jewish settlers. Over several hours at a nearby...

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Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much-needed revenue

  • Written by Francisco J. Monaldi, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Latin American Energy Policy, Rice University
imageA video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi's X account shows the moment an oil tanker was seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela.U.S. Attorney General's Office/X via AP

The U.S. seizure of an oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast looks designed to further squeeze the economy of President Nicolás Maduro’s country.

The Dec. 10,...

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As a former federal judge, I’m concerned by a year of challenges to the US justice system

  • Written by John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
imageThe Trump administration in 2025 has blown up many legal norms and rules in pursuit of its goals.Gearstd/iStock Getty Images Plus

The public has been hearing from a lot of federal judges over the past year, much more than normal. That’s because many of them are concerned about the Trump administration’s commitment to the rule of law.

Dick...

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Songbirds swap colorful plumage genes across species lines among their evolutionary neighbors

  • Written by David Toews, Associate Professor of Biology, Penn State
imageSome bird species on neighboring tips of the evolutionary tree can interbreed, with interesting genomic results.Kaleb Anderson

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of “survival of the fittest” is constantly at play. New DNA mutations arise and get passed from parents to...

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The Ivies can weather the Trump administration’s research cuts – it’s the nation’s public universities that have the most to lose

  • Written by Todd L. Pittinsky, Professor of Technology and Society, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
imageUCLA students and researchers protest the Trump administration's funding cuts for research, health and higher education in April 2025.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Most of the media coverage of the federal government’s recent cuts in federal research money for universities has focused on its effects on a handful of elite Ivy League...

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Polytechnic universities focus on practical, career-oriented skills, offering an alternative to traditional universities

  • Written by Kelly Droege, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stout
imageUnlike traditional research universities and private liberal arts colleges, polytechnic universities tend to offer apprenticeships and microcredentials, all geared toward giving students practical skills they can use in the workforce. iStock/Getty Images Plus

For decades, a four-year college degree was widely seen as the standard path to getting...

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AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving

  • Written by Lisa Fazio, Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
imagePoliticians are posting AI-generated videos of themselves and their opponents.Screenshots by The Conversation

Zohran Mamdani as a creepy trick-or-treater, Gavin Newsom body-slamming Donald Trump and Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero. This is not the setup to an elaborate joke. Instead, these are all examples of recent AI-generated political videos. New...

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  4. The dystopian Pottersville in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is starting to feel less like fiction
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  10. 2026’s abortion battles will be fought more in courthouses and FDA offices than at the voting booth
  11. Trump administration’s immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges
  12. Doulas play essential roles in reproductive health care – and more states are beginning to recognize it
  13. From early cars to generative AI, new technologies create demand for specialized materials
  14. Germany’s plan to deport Syrian refugees echoes 1980s effort to repatriate Turkish guest workers
  15. New industry standards and tech advances make pre-owned electronics a viable holiday gift option
  16. Exposure to neighborhood violence leads some Denver teens to use tobacco and alcohol earlier, new study shows
  17. Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids
  18. US oil industry doesn’t see profit in Trump’s ‘pro-petroleum’ moves
  19. Sabrina Carpenter’s and Chappell Roan’s sexy pop hits have roots in the bedroom ballads of Teddy Pendergrass and Philly soul
  20. 6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
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  22. Outside the West, the Kundalini tradition presents a model of the ‘divine feminine’ beyond binary gender
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  34. Florida’s new reporting system is shining a light on human trafficking in the Sunshine State
  35. What does it mean to be a new national park? Ocmulgee Mounds in Georgia may soon find out
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  38. Putting pig organs in people is OK in the US, but growing human organs in pigs is not – why is that?
  39. From evil to upheaval and beyond: How the ‘axis’ metaphor shaped modern geopolitics
  40. Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase
  41. Vaccine committee votes to scrap universal hepatitis B shots for newborns despite outcry from children’s health experts
  42. 3 states are challenging precedent against posting the Ten Commandments in public schools – cases that could land back at the Supreme Court
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