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Urban agriculture isn't as climate-friendly as it seems – but these best practices can transform gardens and city farms

  • Written by Jason Hawes, Ph.D. Candidate in Resource Policy and Behavior, University of Michigan
imageRecycling construction materials and water can make urban agriculture more sustainable.Lauren Moore/USDA

Urban agriculture is expected to be an important feature of 21st century sustainability and can have many benefits for communities and cities, including providing fresh produce in neighborhoods with few other options.

Among those benefits,...

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Japan is now the 5th country to land on the Moon – the technology used will lend itself to future lunar missions

  • Written by Mariel Borowitz, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageData from the SLIM mission projected at JAXA's Sagamihara Campus during the craft's landing. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

Japan landed its Smart Lander for Investigating the Moon, or SLIM, craft on the surface of the Moon on Jan. 20, 2024. Despite a power issue with the lander, the event holds both political and technical importance. It’s...

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Mac at 40: User experience was the innovation that launched a technology revolution

  • Written by Jacob O. Wobbrock, Professor of Information, University of Washington
imageThe original Macintosh computer may seem quaint today, but the way users interacted with it triggered a revolution 40 years ago. Mark Mathosian/Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA

Technology innovation requires solving hard technical problems, right? Well, yes. And no. As the Apple Macintosh turns 40, what began as Apple prioritizing the squishy concept of...

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Face recognition technology follows a long analog history of surveillance and control based on identifying physical features

  • Written by Sharrona Pearl, Associate Professor of Bioethics and History, Drexel University
imageToday's technology advances what passport control has been doing for more than a century.ullstein bild via Getty Images

American Amara Majeed was accused of terrorism by the Sri Lankan police in 2019. Robert Williams was arrested outside his house in Detroit and detained in jail for 18 hours for allegedly stealing watches in 2020. Randal Reid spent...

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Boeing door plug blowout highlights a possible crisis of competence − an aircraft safety expert explains

  • Written by Daniel Kwasi Adjekum, Assistant Professor of Aviation, University of North Dakota
imageAn investigator examines the frame of a Boeing aircraft whose door plug blew out in flight.National Transportation Safety Board via AP

In the wake of the in-flight blowout of the side of a Boeing 737 Max 9, federal regulators have grounded planes and are stepping up scrutiny of Boeing’s manufacturing process.

The Jan. 5, 2024, explosive...

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The US is struggling to handle an immigration surge – here's how Europe is dealing with its own influx

  • Written by Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageWorkers from the Spanish nonprofit Open Waters rescue 178 migrants from different countries, off the coast of Italy in September 2023. Jose Colon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

As record-high numbers of undocumented migrants cross the United States-Mexico border illegally, one key question is how the U.S. got into this situation, and what lessons...

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I’m an artist using scientific data as an artistic medium − here’s how I make meaning

  • Written by Sarah Nance, Assistant Professor of Integrated Practice in Art and Design, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageSarah Nance at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 2019.Courtesy of Sarah Nance

As an artist working across media, I’ve used everything from thread to my voice to poetically translate and express information. Recently, I’ve been working with another medium – geologic datasets.

While scientists use data visualization to show the...

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The US is struggling to handle an immigration surge – here’s how Europe is dealing with its own influx

  • Written by Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageWorkers from the Spanish nonprofit Open Waters rescue 178 migrants from different countries, off the coast of Italy in September 2023. Jose Colon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

As record-high numbers of undocumented migrants cross the United States-Mexico border illegally, one key question is how the U.S. got into this situation, and what lessons...

Read more: The US is struggling to handle an immigration surge – here’s how Europe is dealing with its own...

Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion

  • Written by Diego Javier Luis, Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University

One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop.

It’s a familiar story: As history books tell it, the Europeans brought their religion to the New World, and none were as zealous in their attempts to convert Indigenous people as the Spaniards. Indeed, in the Spanish view, the quest to...

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Students in this course learn the art of the apology

  • Written by Nancy E. Berg, Professor of comparative literature, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Sorry: The art and literature of the apology

What prompted the idea for the course?

A number of years ago our students and faculty read Eula Biss’ book “Notes from No Man’s Land” for our...

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  2. Beijing may have brokered a fragile truce in northern Myanmar – but it can't mask China's inability to influence warring parties
  3. Beijing may have brokered a fragile truce in northern Myanmar – but it can’t mask China’s inability to influence warring parties
  4. Trump defends himself to the Supreme Court, saying he called ‘for peace, patriotism, respect for law and order’ on Jan. 6 and is not an insurrectionist
  5. Students do better and schools are more stable when teachers get mental health support
  6. Why did Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 have a sealed-off emergency exit in the first place? The answer comes down to money
  7. Conflict over William Penn statue removal in Philadelphia misses a point – Penn himself might have objected to it
  8. US law permits charities to encourage voting and help voters register, making GOP concerns about this assistance unfounded
  9. Women presidential candidates like Nikki Haley are more likely to change their positions to reach voters − but this doesn't necessarily pay off
  10. Not all underwater reefs are made of coral − the US has created artificial reefs from sunken ships, radio towers, boxcars and even voting machines
  11. Bill Belichick's hidden playbook – the 19th century origins of 'The Patriot Way'
  12. What are the principles of civilian immunity in war? A scholar of justice in war explains
  13. Nicaragua released imprisoned priests, but repression is unlikely to relent – and the Catholic Church remains a target
  14. Extreme cold still happens in a warming world – in fact climate instability may be disrupting the polar vortex
  15. Reining in AI means figuring out which regulation options are feasible, both technically and economically
  16. Connecting researchers and legislators can lead to policies that reflect scientific evidence
  17. Iceland battles a lava flow: Countries have built barriers and tried explosives in the past, but it's hard to stop molten rock
  18. What's the best diet for healthy sleep? A nutritional epidemiologist explains what food choices will help you get more restful z's
  19. Chef Bill Granger dies and leaves behind an inadvertent legacy – the avocado toast meme
  20. Helium is an essential material for research and medical equipment, but it's nonrenewable and difficult to recycle
  21. Gaza's oldest mosque, destroyed in an airstrike, was once a temple to Philistine and Roman gods, a Byzantine and Catholic church, and had engravings of Jewish ritual objects
  22. DeSantis-linked super PAC broke new ground in pushing campaign finance rules in Iowa in support of a 2nd-place finish
  23. Iowa was different this time – even if the outcome was as predicted
  24. Long after Indigenous activists flee Russia, they continue to face government pressure to remain silent
  25. What social robots can teach America's students
  26. Congress is failing to deliver on its promise of billions more in research spending, threatening America's long-term economic competitiveness
  27. Miami residents believe Biscayne Bay is 'healthy,' despite big declines in water quality and biodiversity, new study finds
  28. How to prevent America's aging buildings from collapsing – 4 high-profile disasters send a warning
  29. Your fingerprint is actually 3D − research into holograms could improve forensic fingerprint analysis
  30. Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome
  31. 1 good thing about the Iowa caucuses, and 3 that are really troubling
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  33. Ethiopia's deal with Somaliland upends regional dynamics, risking strife across the Horn of Africa
  34. What enforcement power does the International Court of Justice have in South Africa's genocide case against Israel?
  35. How Ecuador went from being Latin America's model of stability to a nation in crisis
  36. US-UK airstrikes risk strengthening Houthi rebels' position in Yemen and the region
  37. Wayne LaPierre leaves a financial mess behind at the NRA − on top of the legal one that landed him in court
  38. Paraguay's Ciudad del Este: Efforts to force a busy informal commercial hub to follow global trade rules have only made life harder for those eking out a living
  39. Data brokers know everything about you – what FTC case against ad tech giant Kochava reveals
  40. Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution – here's how to clean your clothes more sustainably
  41. Biden, like Trump, sidesteps Congress to get things done
  42. I wrote a play for children about integrating the arts into STEM fields − here's what I learned about encouraging creative, interdisciplinary thinking
  43. Gen Z and millennials have an unlikely love affair with their local libraries
  44. Not all carbon-capture projects pay off for the climate – we mapped the pros and cons of each and found clear winners and losers
  45. When can we stop worrying about rising prices? The latest inflation report offers no easy answers
  46. Church without God: How secular congregations fill a need for some nonreligious Americans
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  48. Tahoe avalanche: What causes seemingly safe snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and avid skier explains
  49. Tahoe avalanches: What causes innocent-looking snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and skier explains, with tips for surviving
  50. In the 'big tent' of free speech, can you be too open-minded?