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Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements

  • Written by Johann Rafelski, Professor of Physics, University of Arizona
imageAn illustration of an asteroid orbiting through space. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

For centuries, the quest for new elements was a driving force in many scientific disciplines. Understanding an atom’s structure and the development of nuclear science allowed scientists to accomplish the old goal of alchemists – tur...

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Why Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most 'authentic' social media platform

  • Written by Michael Serazio, Associate Professor of Communication, Boston College
imageX CEO Elon Musk has argued that his social media platform allows users to 'be their true selves.'Nathan Howard/Getty Images

With X, formerly known as Twitter, hitting the one-year anniversary of Elon Musk’s US$44 billion takeover of the social media platform, it can feel disorienting to try to make sense of all that’s gone down.

Blue...

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A Halloween party in Boston turned ugly when a gang hurled antisemitic slurs and attacked Jewish teenagers

  • Written by Andrew Sperling, PhD Student in History, American University
imageThe Boston Globe detailed the Hecht House attacks in its Nov. 3, 1950, edition.Boston Globe

On a chilly Halloween night in late October 1950, dozens of Jewish teenagers and their friends gathered for merriment in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester at the Hecht House, a Jewish community center that provided job training and hosted social events....

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AIs could soon run businesses – it’s an opportunity to ensure these 'artificial persons' follow the law

  • Written by Daniel Gervais, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageIf AIs are going to play a role in society, they'll need to understand the law.PhonlamaiPhoto/iStock via Getty Images

Only “persons” can engage with the legal system – for example, by signing contracts or filing lawsuits. There are two main categories of persons: humans, termed “natural persons,” and creations of the...

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'I see no happy ending' − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation

  • Written by Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageIsraelis whose relatives are being held hostage demonstrate on October 26, 2023 in front of the Defense Ministry building in Tel Aviv, demanding the government to bring back their loved ones. Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images

Hamas took more than 200 people hostage during its deadly rampage in Israeli border towns on Oct. 7, 2023. Among...

Read more: 'I see no happy ending' − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation

Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents

  • Written by Jerald Podair, Professor of History, Lawrence University
imageFormer Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, left, and then-Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin participate in a debate on Sept. 28, 2021.Win McNamee/Getty Images

A key issue underlying the 2023 Virginia election first drew statewide – and national – attention in a debate two years ago.

During a 2021 Virginia gubernatorial debate,...

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UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza

  • Written by Paul Spiegel, Director of the Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins University
imageA Palestinian boy sits in a World Health Organization truck near a hospital in the southern area of the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Zakot/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

United Nations agencies on Oct. 24, 2023, pleaded for more aid to be allowed into Gaza, saying that more than 20 times the amount of food, water and medical supplies and other items...

Read more: UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is...

I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors

  • Written by Brian Y. An, Director of Master of Science in Public Policy Program & Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageCorporate investors own nearly one-third of all single-family rental properties in Atlanta.Kruck20/iStock via Getty Images

In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly 600,000...

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To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature

  • Written by Debra J. Rosenthal, Professor of English, John Carroll University
imageCharacters in books can teach lessons about addiction.Nataliia Shcherbyna via iStock/Getty Images Plusimage

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

Title of course:

Alcohol in American Literature

What prompted the idea for the course?

I got the idea for the course when I was...

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Public schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the First Amendment

  • Written by Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
imageWhen public school counselors are in short supply, should chaplains be allowed to fill the gap?Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty Images

In 1996, a school board in eastern Texas created a program called Clergy in Schools. Beaumont Independent School District recruited volunteer clergy to counsel K-12 students on topics such as self-esteem, peer...

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  1. Turkey faces competing pressures from Russia and the West to end its 'middleman strategy' and pick a side on the war in Ukraine
  2. FDA advisory panel's conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers need to think twice when buying cold and flu meds
  3. How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth
  4. New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority
  5. When communities face drinking-water crises, bottled water is a 'temporary' solution that often lasts years − and worsens inequality
  6. Polls have value, even when they are wrong
  7. Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes
  8. What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections
  9. Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker
  10. From morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent
  11. Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria
  12. TCUS senior editor Kalpana Jain explores Indigenous communities in Indonesia − and learns about their struggles to reclaim land
  13. Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence
  14. Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy
  15. The Rio Grande isn't just a border – it's a river in crisis
  16. Backlash to the oil CEO leading the UN climate summit overlooks his ambitious agenda for COP28 – and concerns of the Global South
  17. Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren't the most expensive materials used in science
  18. How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead
  19. Hot-button topics may get public attention at the Vatican synod, but a more fundamental issue for the Catholic Church is at the heart of debate
  20. GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises
  21. The Israel-Hamas war deepens the struggle between US and Iran for influence in the Middle East
  22. Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in people, fungi and across the animal kingdom
  23. A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago
  24. Key Trump co-defendants accept plea deals – a legal expert explains what that means
  25. For the Osage Nation, the betrayal of the murders depicted in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' still lingers
  26. How much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?
  27. Hezbollah alone will decide whether Lebanon − already on the brink of collapse − gets dragged into Israel-Hamas war
  28. Delivering aid during war is tricky − here’s what to know about what Gaza relief operations may face
  29. New research helps explain why Indian girls appear to be less engaged in politics than Indian boys
  30. A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant women's fight to remake labor laws
  31. Quantum dots − a new Nobel laureate describes the development of these nanoparticles from basic research to industry application
  32. Does chicken soup really help when you're sick? A nutrition specialist explains what's behind the beloved comfort food
  33. New class of recyclable polymer materials could one day help reduce single-use plastic waste
  34. Health care workers gain 21% wage increase in pending agreement with Kaiser Permanente after historic strike
  35. House speaker paralysis is confusing – a political scientist explains what's happening
  36. COVID-19 vaccine mandates have come and mostly gone in the US – an ethicist explains why their messy rollout matters for trust in public health
  37. Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting poverty than armed resistance
  38. What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace culture
  39. Nonprofits can become more resilient by spending more on fundraising and admin − new research
  40. Biden’s Middle East trip has messages for both global and domestic audiences
  41. New technique uses near-miss particle physics to peer into quantum world − two physicists explain how they are measuring wobbling tau particles
  42. Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight
  43. What is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains
  44. Israel is getting a surge in donations from the US in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks
  45. Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave
  46. #UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
  47. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West
  48. What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West
  49. What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence tells us about the future of fires in the West
  50. Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system − the siege has pushed it into abject crisis