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Are race-conscious scholarships on their way out?

  • Written by Jeffrey C. Sun, Distinguished University Professor of Higher Education and Law, University of Louisville
imageSome colleges and universities have put race-based scholarships on hold.Carlos Barquero via Getty Images

The fate of hundred of millions of dollars in scholarship money is up in the air in Ohio after seven state universities put race-conscious programs on hold to check their legality. The review comes after Dave Yost, the state’s attorney...

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Why don’t female crickets chirp?

  • Written by Floyd W. Shockley, Entomologist and Collections Manager, Smithsonian Institution
imageI feel a song coming on ...Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty imagesimage

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.

Why don’t female crickets chirp? – Avery, age 8, Los Angeles

Insects communicate in lots of different ways, for many...

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UAW wins big at Volkswagen in Tennessee – its first victory at a foreign-owned factory in the American South

  • Written by Bob Bussel, Professor Emeritus of History and Labor Education, University of Oregon
imageVolkswagen workers celebrate in Chattanooga, Tenn., after their bid to join the UAW union prevailed.AP Photo/George Walker IV

A decisive majority of the Volkswagen workers employed at a factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee cast their ballots in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union, the German automaker announced on April 19, 2024.

Persuading...

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TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age

  • Written by Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
imageTiktok is not the only social media app to pose the threats it's been accused of.picture alliance via Getty Images

The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok on Apr. 24, 2024 after President Joe Biden signed into law a $95 billion foreign aid bill. The law includes a provision to force ByteDance, the Chinese...

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From sumptuous engravings to stick-figure sketches, Passover Haggadahs − and their art − have been evolving for centuries

  • Written by Rebecca J.W. Jefferson, Head of the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica, University of Florida
imageHaggadah shel Pesah, translated by Sonia Gronemann and illustrated by Otto Geismar. Made in Berlin, 1927.Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica , CC BY-ND

The Jewish festival of Passover recalls the biblical story of the Israelites enslaved by Egypt and their miraculous escape. During a ritual feast known as a Seder, families celebrate this ancient...

Read more: From sumptuous engravings to stick-figure sketches, Passover Haggadahs − and their art − have been...

South Korean President Yoon faces foreign policy challenges after the National Assembly election

  • Written by Jong Eun Lee, Assistant Professor, North Greenville University
imageSouth Korea's pesident faces political woes.Kim Hong-Ji/AFP via Getty Images

South Korea’s parliamentary election of April 10, 2024, was widely seen as a referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s first two years in office.

That being the case, the nation collectively expressed its strong disapproval.

With a relatively high turnout of 67%,...

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How Trump is using courtroom machinations to his political advantage

  • Written by Tim Bakken, Professor of Law, United States Military Academy West Point
imageFormer President Donald Trump sits in a New York courtroom as jury selection proceeds in one of his criminal cases.Jabin Botsford/Pool Photo via AP

The second week is wrapping up in former President Donald Trump’s first criminal trial on charges from the state of New York related to paying hush money to an adult film star. So far, the jury...

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Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges?

  • Written by Elana Goldenkoff, Doctoral Candidate in Movement Science, University of Michigan
imageFinding ethics' place in the engineering curriculum.PeopleImages/iStock via Getty Images Plus

A chatbot turns hostile. A test version of a Roomba vacuum collects images of users in private situations. A Black woman is falsely identified as a suspect on the basis of facial recognition software, which tends to be less accurate at identifying women...

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Getting a good night’s rest is vital for neurodiverse children – pediatric sleep experts explain why

  • Written by Beth Ann Malow, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University
imageA poor night's sleep has consequences on behavior, academic performance and overall health.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

Most of us are all too familiar with the consequences of a poor night’s sleep – be it interrupted sleep or simply too little of it. If you’re a parent with kids at home, it often leaves you and your children on...

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Caring for older Americans’ teeth and gums is essential, but Medicare generally doesn’t cover that cost

  • Written by Frank Scannapieco, Professor and Chair of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo

C. Everett Koop, the avuncular doctor with a fluffy white beard who served as the U.S. surgeon general during the Reagan administration, was famous for his work as an innovative pediatric surgeon and the attention he paid to the HIV-AIDS crisis.

As dentistryscholars, we believe Koop also deserves credit for something else. To help make the medical...

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  2. The tragedy of sudden unexpected infant deaths – and how bedsharing, maternal smoking and stomach sleeping all contribute
  3. Graduation rates for low-income students lag while their student loan debt soars
  4. Columbia president holds her own under congressional grilling over campus antisemitism that felled the leaders of Harvard and Penn
  5. The luck of the puck in the Stanley Cup – why chance plays such a big role in hockey
  6. 3 things to learn about patience − and impatience − from al-Ghazali, a medieval Islamic scholar
  7. Why luck plays such a big role in hockey
  8. Billions of cicadas are about to emerge from underground in a rare double-brood convergence
  9. Cities with Black women police chiefs had less street violence during 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests
  10. 5 years after the Mueller report into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election on behalf of Trump: 4 essential reads
  11. AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem
  12. Oman serves as a crucial back channel between Iran and the US as tensions flare in the Middle East
  13. Ireland at the crossroads: Can the ancient Brehon laws guide the republic away from anti-immigrant sentiment?
  14. Removing PFAS from public water systems will cost billions and take time – here are ways you can filter out harmful ‘forever chemicals’ at home
  15. Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
  16. Fermented foods sustain both microbiomes and cultural heritage
  17. Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects – a hydropower ruling is a victory for environmental justice on tribal lands
  18. Reagan’s great America shining on a hill twisted into Trump’s dark vision of Christian nationalism
  19. Know thyself − all too well: Why Taylor Swift’s songs are philosophy
  20. Worried about housing shortages and soaring prices? Your community’s zoning laws could be part of the problem
  21. Other states, like Arizona, could resurrect laws on abortion, LGBTQ+ issues and more that have been lying dormant for more than 100 years
  22. ‘The former guy’ versus ‘Sleepy Joe’ – why Biden and Trump are loath to utter each other’s name
  23. Supreme Court to consider whether local governments can make it a crime to sleep outside if no inside space is available
  24. More climate-warming methane leaks into the atmosphere than ever gets reported – here’s how satellites can find the leaks and avoid wasting a valuable resource
  25. In the age of cancel culture, shaming can be healthy for online communities – a political scientist explains when and how
  26. Indian protesters pull from poetic tradition to resist Modi’s Hindu nationalism
  27. Grizzly bear conservation is as much about human relationships as it is the animals
  28. Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I’m leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes
  29. Drugs that aren’t antibiotics can also kill bacteria − new method pinpoints how
  30. Deepfake detection improves when using algorithms that are more aware of demographic diversity
  31. The US is losing access to its bases in Niger − here’s why that’s a big deal
  32. Foundations are using so many confusing words that few people can figure out what they’re doing
  33. Trump’s New York felony charges are going to trial – what the images might show when the business fraud case kicks off
  34. Germany’s turning point: 2 years into strategic pivot, progress made bodes well for the US, NATO and the world
  35. Rural counties increasingly rely on prisons to provide firefighters and EMTs who work for free, but the inmates have little protection or future job prospects
  36. Taylor Swift’s homage to Clara Bow
  37. 5 questions schools and universities should ask before they purchase AI tech products
  38. 4 reasons the practice of canceling weakens higher education
  39. Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work
  40. Marijuana tax revenues fall short of projections in many states, including Colorado
  41. Does ‘virtue signaling’ pay off for entrepreneurs? We studied 81,799 Airbnb listings to find out
  42. From thousands to millions to billions to trillions to quadrillions and beyond: Do numbers ever end?
  43. Shadow war no more: Hostilities between Israel and Iran have strayed into direct warfare – is there any going back?
  44. ‘I’m not black, I’m O.J.’: What O.J. Simpson’s life showed about transcending race and being trapped by it
  45. Has the media learned anything since the O.J. Simpson trial?
  46. The hidden risk of letting AI decide – losing the skills to choose for ourselves
  47. The South’s aging water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change – fixing it is also a struggle
  48. A monumental case, unfolding in a court of law and a court of public opinion – Trump goes on trial
  49. A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit
  50. Colorado is latest state to try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires − a complex, technical operation pioneered in California