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I analyzed 3,356 signs to see how language use is changing in three Latino neighborhoods in Philly

  • Written by Daniel Guarin, Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant in Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Temple University
imageA collage of signs collected by the author in various Philadelphia neighborhoods.Photos by Daniel Guarin/Photo illustration by Katrina Aman, CC BY-NC-ND

Signs written in Spanish are becoming less common along North Philadelphia’s Golden Block, or El Bloque de Oro – which runs along North Fifth Street from Lehigh Avenue to Allegheny...

Read more: I analyzed 3,356 signs to see how language use is changing in three Latino neighborhoods in Philly

What are nanoplastics? An engineer explains concerns about particles too small to see

  • Written by Mohan Qin, Assistant Professor oif Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageYou can't see them, but there likely are nanoplastics in this Mediterranean seawater.Lisa Schaetzle, Moment, via Getty Images

It’s become common to read that microplastics – little bits of plastic, smaller than a pencil eraser – are turning up everywhere and in everything, including the ocean, farmland, food and human bodies. Now...

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Houston’s flood problems offer lessons for cities trying to adapt to a changing climate

  • Written by Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, Professor Emeritus of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
imageHeavy downpours and flash flooding forced evacuations in parts of the Houston area in early May 2024.Texas Department of Transportation via AP

Scenes from the Houston area looked like the aftermath of a hurricane in early May after a series of powerful storms flooded highways and neighborhoods and sent rivers over their banks north of the city.

Hundr...

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Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance

  • Written by Danielle K. Brown, Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
imageProtest leaders at Columbia University are interviewed.AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively.

For protesters, demonstrations are usually the result of meticulous planning by advocacy groups and leaders aimed at getting a message out to a wider world or to...

Read more: Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance

What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

  • Written by Jordan Frith, Pearce Professor of Professional Communication, Clemson University
imageA VIN is a unique string of 17 characters assigned to vehicles. welcomia/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Every vehicle built after 1981 has a unique vehicle identification number, or VIN. The location of this string of letters and numbers varies, but it’s located somewhere on every car, SUV, motorcycle and truck – typically on a small...

Read more: What’s in a VIN? How to decode the vehicle identification number, your car’s unique fingerprint

A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll

  • Written by Ryan Shandler, Professor of Cybersecurity and International Relations, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe conflict between Israel and Hamas is happening online as well as on the ground.Gwengoat/iStock / Getty Images Plus

The news about the Israel-Hamas war is filled with reports of Israeli families huddling in fear from relentless rocket attacks, Israeli tanks and artillery flattening buildings in the Gaza Strip, hundreds of kidnapped hostages impri...

Read more: A look inside the cyberwar between Israel and Hamas reveals the civilian toll

Animal behavior research is getting better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in – but there’s still room to improve

  • Written by Todd M. Freeberg, Professor and Associate Head of Psychology, University of Tennessee
imageWhat you expect can influence what you think you see.Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Animal behavior research relies on careful observation of animals. Researchers might spend months in a jungle habitat watching tropical birds mate and raise their young. They might track the rates of physical contact in cattle herds of different...

Read more: Animal behavior research is getting better at keeping observer bias from sneaking in – but there’s...

Supporting ‘democracy’ is hard for many who feel government and the economy are failing them

  • Written by Matthew Wilson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of South Carolina
imageWhat's the future of democracy in the U.S.?Richard Sharrocks/Moment/Getty

Americans, it seems, can both value the idea of democracy and not support it in practice.

Since 2016, academics and journalists have expressed concerns that formerly secure democracies are becoming less democratic. Different measures of democracy, such as scores produced by...

Read more: Supporting ‘democracy’ is hard for many who feel government and the economy are failing them

On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods

  • Written by Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageThe Mantua neighborhood in West Philadelphia is undergoing rapid gentrification.Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-NC-ND

Society Hill, where Sixers star Joel Embiid recently put his penthouse condo on the market for US$5.5 million, has long been one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive neighborhoods.

It’s a distant cry from what the...

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Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at 200: Revolutionary work of art has spawned two centuries of joy, goodwill and propaganda

  • Written by Ted Olson, Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University
imageSymphony No. 9 was the pinnacle of Beethoven's remarkable career. Boston Public Library/Flickr, CC BY

In early 1824, 30 members of Vienna’s music community sent a letter to Ludwig van Beethoven petitioning the great composer to reconsider his plans to premiere his latest work in Berlin and instead debut the symphony in Vienna.

Beethoven had...

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