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Kids may need more help finding answers to their questions in the information age

  • Written by Hailey Gibbs, Doctoral Research Fellow of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology, University of Maryland
Finding accurate answers can be harder than it used to be.Odua Images/Shutterstock.com

Children ask lots of questions. Even before children can put together words, they point at things that they want to learn about.

Some are easy enough to answer – “What’s that animal?” or “Can I drink your beer?” Others like...

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What can you learn from studying an animal's scat?

  • Written by Verity Mathis, Mammal Collections Manager, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
A bear leaving its calling card.Dean Harvey/Flickr, CC BY

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

What can you learn from studying an animal’s scat? – Cora, age 9, Brookline, Massachusetts

Everybody poops. There are even wh...

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Israel’s West Bank settlements: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Dov Waxman, Professor of Political Science, International Affairs and Israel Studies, Northeastern University
A new housing project in the West Bank settlement of Naale, part of the Israeli government's recent push to increase its presence in the disputed territory, Jan. 1, 2019.AP Photo/Ariel Schalit

Editor’s note: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Nov. 18 said that Israel’s settlements in the West Bank do not violate international law....

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Brexit poses a dilemma for Northern Ireland's nationalists

  • Written by Donald Beaudette, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Oxford College, Emory University
From left, the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union affects Ireland, too.alexfan32/Shutterstock.com

Much of the mess around Brexit, the 2016 referendum decision by the people of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, is tied up with Northern Ireland. Now the future may depend on a relatively few Northern Ireland...

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2020 campaign shows the more women run, the more they are treated like candidates – not tokens

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
There's power in numbers. Mad Dog/Shutterstock.com

When Victoria Woodhull ran for president in 1872, she was depicted as “Mrs. Satan” in a political cartoon.

When Sen. Margaret Chase Smith sought the Republican nomination in 1964, one columnist labeled her too old – at 66 – while others insisted she was attractive “for...

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How American anti-Semitism reflects the centuries-long struggle over the meaning of religious liberty

  • Written by Tisa Wenger, Associate Professor of American Religious History, Yale University
A mother hugs her son at the memorial of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2019, the first anniversary of the shooting at the synagogue.AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

Americans recently observed the first anniversary of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, in which 11 were killed and six wounded.

A year earlier,...

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Mothers in prison aren't likely to see their families this Thanksgiving – or any other day

  • Written by Jill McCorkel, Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Villanova University
Nearly two-thirds of imprisoned mothers have never received a visit from their children.Shutterstock/Sakhorn

On a mid-October morning, I drove from Philadelphia to State Correctional Institution Muncy, Pennsylvania’s oldest and largest women’s prison.

The prison, located in the north central part of the state, is set at the base of a...

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Protections against sexual misconduct on campus may end up stifling free speech

  • Written by Laurel Leff, Associate Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University
Victims of sexual violence and their supporters gather to protest outside a speech from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at George Mason University Arlington, Virginia.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

The student journalists we and other university faculty work with tackle difficult issues in our classrooms and for student publications. They write about...

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Fight or switch? How the low-carbon transition is disrupting fossil fuel politics

  • Written by Cara Daggett, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Virginia Tech
Commuters idle in rush-hour traffic outside Philadelphia. AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma

As the Trump administration works to weaken regulations on fossil fuel production and use, a larger struggle is playing out across multiple industries. Until recently, oil companies and their defenders generally reacted to calls for regulating carbon emissions by spr...

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Cartel sieges leave Mexicans wondering if criminals run the country

  • Written by Angélica Durán-Martínez, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Clouds of smoke from burning cars mark the skyline of Culiacan, Mexico, during a 12-hour siege by the Sinaloa Cartel, Oct. 17, 2019. AP Photo/Hector Parra

Recent deadly attacks by criminal organizations have instilled fear across Mexico.

In mid-October, shootouts between cartels and police in the states of Guerrero and Michoacán killed over...

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