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Joaquin Phoenix's lips mocked - here's what everyone should know about cleft lip

  • Written by Mary L. Marazita, Director, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics; Professor of Oral Biology and of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
Joaquin Phoenix won the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for 'Joker' at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

After discussing actor Joaquin Phoenix’s appearance on her talk show earlier this month, Wendy Williams received near universal condemnation for mocking those...

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Joaquin Phoenix's lips mocked – here's what everyone should know about cleft lip

  • Written by Mary L. Marazita, Director, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics; Professor of Oral Biology and of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh
Joaquin Phoenix won the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role for 'Joker' at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

After discussing actor Joaquin Phoenix’s appearance on her talk show earlier this month, Wendy Williams received near universal condemnation for mocking those...

Read more: Joaquin Phoenix's lips mocked – here's what everyone should know about cleft lip

Reclaman a Cuba por detención prolongada de un disidente – pero ¿es José Daniel Ferrer un prisionero político?

  • Written by María Isabel Alfonso, Professor of Spanish, St. Joseph's College of New York
José Daniel Ferrer fue aliado del gobierno de Barack Obama en la apertura entre EEUU y Cuba.Photo by Sven Creutzmann/Getty Images

Estados Unidos y Cuba están involucrados en una disputa internacional por la detención prolongada de un disidente.

José Daniel Ferrer, líder de la organización opositora...

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African Americans take on more debt for grad school – but the payoff is also bigger

  • Written by Jaymes Pyne, Quantitative Research Associate, Stanford University
African Americans take on greater debt than whites to earn an advanced degree. Does the payoff make it worth it?Damir Khabirov/Shutterstock.com

When seeking graduate and professional degrees, African Americans take on over 50% more debt than white students. On the upside, African Americans also see a bigger payoff to earning such degrees. Whether...

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US and Cuba spar over jailed dissident – but is José Daniel Ferrer really a political prisoner?

  • Written by María Isabel Alfonso, Professor of Spanish, St. Joseph's College of New York
Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer was a US ally in Cuba during the Obama-era restoration of diplomatic and economic ties with the Island.Sven Creutzmann/Getty Images

Cuba and the United States are in dispute over the prolonged detention of a Cuban dissident.

José Daniel Ferrer, head of an opposition group called Patriotic Union of Cuba, has...

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A brief history of black names, from Perlie to Latasha

  • Written by Trevon Logan, Hazel C. Youngberg Distinguished Professor of Economics, The Ohio State University
Black names have changed over the centuries.fizkes/Shutterstock.com

Most people recognize that there are first names given almost exclusively by black Americans to their children, such as Jamal and Latasha.

While fodder for comedians and social commentary, many have assumed that these distinctively black names are a modern phenomenon. My research...

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Why California is banning chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Gina Solomon, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Starting Feb. 6, 2020, California growers will be barred from using the insecticide chlorpyrifos on grapes and other crops.AP Photo/Eric Risberg

Editor’s note: California, the top U.S. food-producing state, is ending use of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide associated with neurodevelopmental problems and impaired brain function in children. Gina...

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Victorian efforts to export animals to new worlds failed, mostly

  • Written by Harriet Ritvo, Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A murmuration of starlings over West Pier in Brighton England. Lois GoBe/Shutterstock.com

In 1890, a New York bird enthusiast released several dozen starlings in Central Park. No one knows for sure why Eugene Schieffelin set the birds aloft, but he may have been motivated by a sentimental desire to make the American Northeast more like the English...

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Silicon Valley's latest fad is dopamine fasting – and that may not be as crazy as it sounds

  • Written by A. Trevor Sutton, Ph.D. Student in Doctrinal Theology, Concordia Seminary
Dopamine fasting, the newest fad to hit Silicon Valley, is being used as a way to get over addictive habits.SewCream/Shutterstock.com

Silicon Valley’s newest fad is dopamine fasting, or temporarily abstaining from “addictive” activities such as social media, music, internet gaming – even food.

Twitter’s CEO, Jack...

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Is it OK for teens to drink coffee?

  • Written by Jennifer L. Temple, Associate Professor of Nutrition; Director, Nutrition and Health Research Laboratory, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Too much caffeine interferes with sleep.Luis Molinero/Shutterstock.com

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.

Is it OK for teens to drink coffee? – Lucy G., Arlington, Virginia

When my daughter was around 14 years old, she...

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