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By 'helping' wild animals, you could end their freedom or even their lives – here's why you should keep your distance

  • Written by Julian Avery, Associate Research Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Penn State
imageAn eastern box turtle crossing a rural Pennsylvania road.Julian Avery, CC BY-ND

For anyone who enjoys nature, summer is a fascinating time to be outside. Animals are on the move: Turtles are nesting, baby birds are testing their wings, snakes are foraging and young mammals are emerging.

In central Pennsylvania, where I live, last year’s...

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Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook – and often undercounted by researchers

  • Written by Yunkang Yang, Assistant Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
imageIf your instincts say a lot of images on Facebook are misleading, you're right.AP Photo/Jenny Kane

How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on Facebook is low or that the problem has declinedovertime.

This previous work, though, missed most of the story.

We are a communications researcher,...

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3 myths about immigration in America

  • Written by April Nisan Ilkmen, PhD Candidate in Couple and Family Therapy, Adler University
imageA family of Syrian refugees arrive at their new home in Bloomfield, Mich., in 2015.Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images

The U.S. is – and long has been – a pluralistic society that contains large immigrant communities.

Yet migration is an actively debated but poorly understood topic, and much of the conventional thinking and political rhetoric...

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A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem

  • Written by Kenneth L. Shropshire, Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Faculty Director, Wharton Coalition for Equity & Opportunity, University of Pennsylvania
imageThe Supreme Court issued a decision on June 29, 2023, that ends affirmative action in college admissions.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023,...

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IceCube neutrino detector in Antarctica spots first high-energy neutrinos emitted in our own Milky Way galaxy

  • Written by Jim Madsen, Executive Director, Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageScientists have detected the first neutrinos from our galaxy.NSF/IceCube

The South Pole IceCube Neutrino Observatory – the biggest and strangest telescope in the world – has detected the first neutrino emissions from within the Milky Way, an achievement that will shape how astronomers view our galaxy.

Neutrinos are tiny, electrically...

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Researchers can learn a lot with your genetic information, even when you skip survey questions – yesterday's mode of informed consent doesn't quite fit today's biobank studies

  • Written by Robbee Wedow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Data Science, Purdue University
imageParticipants in biobank studies are often asked for broad consent to use their data.Science Photo Library - TEK IMAGE/Brand X Pictures via Getty Images

Imagine you agreed to be part of a new and exciting long-term research study to better understand human health and behavior. For the past few years, you’ve been visiting a collection site...

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Yes, debates do help voters decide – and candidates are increasingly reluctant to participate

  • Written by Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
imageRepublican nominee Donald Trump gestures as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton looks on during the final presidential debate in 2016. Mark Ralston/ AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump’s threat to skip the first Republican presidential debate, scheduled for Aug. 23, 2023, may be a sign that candidate debates will be the next...

Read more: Yes, debates do help voters decide – and candidates are increasingly reluctant to participate

Bridge collapses, road repairs, evacuations: How transportation agencies plan for large-scale traffic disruptions

  • Written by Lee D. Han, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee
imageA structural crack on the I-40 Hernando de Soto Bridge in Memphis, Tenn., required an emergency repair in 2021.Tennessee DOT via Getty Images

Twelve days after a portion of Interstate 95 collapsed in north Philadelphia during a truck fire, officials opened a temporary six-lane roadway to serve motorists while a permanent overpass is rebuilt. This...

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Meltwater is hydro-fracking Greenland’s ice sheet through millions of hairline cracks – destabilizing its internal structure

  • Written by Alun Hubbard, Professor of Glaciology, Arctic Five Chair, University of Tromsø
imageRichard Bates and Alun Hubbard kayak a meltwater stream on Greenland's Petermann Glacier, towing an ice radar that reveals it's riddled with fractures.Nick Cobbing.

I’m striding along the steep bank of a raging white-water torrent, and even though the canyon is only about the width of a highway, the river’s flow is greater than that of...

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  2. US agencies buy vast quantities of personal information on the open market – a legal scholar explains why and what it means for privacy in the age of AI
  3. Ringworm fungal infections are common in the US and are becoming increasingly resistant to treatment – 6 questions answered
  4. English dialects make themselves heard in genes
  5. Americans in former Confederate states more likely to say violent protest against government is justified, 160 years after Gettysburg
  6. What is the difference between nationalism and patriotism?
  7. Putin's Ukraine war keeps yielding dividends -- but not for him
  8. A trauma-focused therapy is helping Ukrainian children besieged by war – a clinical psychologist explains how it could bring resilience to kids around the world
  9. Lab-grown meat techniques aren't new – cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society's demand for meat will require further development
  10. States are weakening their child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took kids out of the workforce
  11. Do you crush microbes when you step on them?
  12. Taking students to the range to learn about gun culture firsthand
  13. BMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure for weight management – an obesity medicine physician explains the seismic shift taking place
  14. Asian folktales offer moral lessons that help reduce racial prejudice in children
  15. Ja Morant shows how a 'good guy with a gun' can never be Black
  16. Supreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation
  17. Titan submersible disaster underscores dangers of deep-sea exploration – an engineer explains why most ocean science is conducted with crewless submarines
  18. Fear trumps anger when it comes to data breaches – angry customers vent, but fearful customers don't come back
  19. How pardoning extremists undermines the rule of law
  20. How will AI affect workers? Tech waves of the past show how unpredictable the path can be
  21. Ocean heat is off the charts – here's what that means for humans and ecosystems around the world
  22. Islam's call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities -- affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America
  23. China and the US are locked in struggle -- and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations
  24. Why no living people appear on US postage stamps
  25. Announcing The Conversation's new investigative unit – we're looking for collaborators in academia
  26. Heists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank accounts and secret online marketplaces to steal from almost anyone – and little being done to combat the fraud
  27. Behind the scenes of the investigation: Heists Worth Billions
  28. Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows
  29. How to protect yourself from drop account fraud -- tips from our investigative unit
  30. US charitable donations fell to $499 billion in 2022 as stocks slumped and inflation surged
  31. Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave
  32. Passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed may soon get better treatment in the US -- where airlines have long set their own rules
  33. US national parks are crowded – and so are many national forests, wildlife refuges, battlefields and seashores
  34. As Ukraine takes the fight to Russians, signs of unease in Moscow over war's progress
  35. AI could shore up democracy – here's one way
  36. Graffiti has undergone a massive shift in a few quick decades as street art gains social acceptance
  37. On International Yoga Day, lessons from the first American yogi – Henry David Thoreau
  38. The tree of life has been a powerful image in Jewish tradition for thousands of years – signifying much more than immortality
  39. Mr. Modi comes to Washington – The Indian prime minister's visit could strengthen ties with the US, but also raises some delicate issues
  40. Fascism lurks behind the dangerous conflation of the terms 'partisan' and 'political'
  41. Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender
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  44. Watered-down LGBTQ 'understanding' bill shows how far Japan's parliament is out of step with its society – and history
  45. Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons for Texas lawmakers trying to erase history from the classroom
  46. Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
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  48. Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do?
  49. Southern Baptist Convention votes to expel two churches with female pastors – a religion scholar explains how far back these battles go
  50. The US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine – a health physicist explains their military, health and environmental effects