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How video games like 'Starfield' are creating a new generation of classical music fans

  • Written by J. Aaron Hardwick, Orchestra Director and Assistant Professor of Music, Wake Forest University
imageThe London Symphony Orchestra has performed music from video games like 'Starfield' and 'The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.' Tristan Fewings/Getty Images

“Starfield” is one of the most anticipated video games in recent history.

The game, which was released on Sept. 6, 2023, allows players to build their own character and spacecraft, travel to...

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California and Florida grew quickly on the promise of perfect climates in the 1900s – today, they lead the country in climate change risks

  • Written by Henry Knight Lozano, Senior Lecturer in American History & Director of Liberal Arts, University of Exeter
imageIconic California from a 1920s orange box label.Covina Citrus Industry Photographs

Images of orange groves and Spanish-themed hotels with palm tree gardens filled countless pamphlets and articles promoting Southern California and Florida in the late 19th century, promising escape from winter’s reach.

This vision of an “American Italy&rdqu...

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Climate change is destroying reefs, but the effects are more than ecological – coral's been woven into culture and spirituality for centuries

  • Written by Michele Currie Navakas, Professor of English, Miami University

Hurricane Idalia made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast on Aug. 30, 2023, bringing surging seas and winds over 100 mph. Meanwhile, another climate emergency has been unfolding along Florida’s coast this summer: a marine heat wave bleaching corals throughout the world’s third-largest barrier reef.

Similarly, ocean temperatures in...

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How do flies find every stinky garbage dumpster? A biologist explains their sensory superpower

  • Written by Christine Picard, Associate Professor of Biology, Indiana University
imageThe blow fly's antenna is a specialized organ that helps the fly detect food quicker than its competitors. heckepics/iStock via Getty Images image

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.

How do the green-and-blue flies find stinky garbage...

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Should AI be permitted in college classrooms? 4 scholars weigh in

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
imageDoes AI enhance or cripple a person's analytical skills? Yevhen Lahunov/iStock via Getty Images Plus

One of the most intense discussions taking place among university faculty is whether to permit students to use artificial intelligence in the classroom. To gain perspective on the matter, The Conversation reached out to four scholars for their take...

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Jobs are up, wages less so – and lower purchasing power could still lead the US into a recession

  • Written by Christopher Decker, Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageEconomists are feeling dismal for a reason.IS/Getty Images

Don’t be overly fooled by seemingly rosy jobs data heading into the Labor Day weekend.

Yes, the U.S. economy added 187,000 jobs in August 2023 – faster than the revised 157,000 increase for July and above most analysts’ expectations for the month. And yes, gains were seen...

Read more: Jobs are up, wages less so – and lower purchasing power could still lead the US into a recession

As concern about Mitch McConnell's health grows, his legacy remains strong

  • Written by Al Cross, Professor and director emeritus, Institute for Rural Journalism, University of Kentucky
imageMitch McConnell froze at a lectern in July 2023 and again more recently in August.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Even if Mitch McConnell’s health prevents him from accomplishing his stated goal of serving as Senate Republican leader through 2024, he will still be the longest-serving Senate leader of any party, one who remade the federal judiciary...

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‘The Blind Side’ lawsuit spotlights tricky areas of family law

  • Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageSean Tuohy, Michael Oher and Leigh Anne Touhy pose for a photo before a University of Mississippi game in 2008.Matthew Sharpe/Getty Images

What’s the difference between adoption and conservatorship? Millions of dollars and the freedom to make your own choices, if you ask retired football player Michael Oher.

Oher, whose story was made into the...

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North America’s summer of wildfire smoke: 2023 was only the beginning

  • Written by Charles O. Stanier, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa

Canada’s seemingly endless wildfires in 2023 introduced millions of people across North America to the health hazards of wildfire smoke. While Western states have contended with smoky fire seasons for years, the air quality alerts across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast this summer reached levels never seen there before.

The smoke left the air...

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Trump's mug shot is now a means of entertainment and fundraising − but it will go down in history as an important cultural artifact

  • Written by Jonathan Finn, Professor of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University

One of the most anticipated events in the summer of 2023 was former President Donald Trump’s mug shot.

The Fulton County Sheriff’s office released Trump’s mug shot on Aug. 24, 2023, a little more than one week after a grand jury in Georgia indicted the former president and 18 associates for alleged attempts to overturn the...

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  1. Overly flexible connective tissue causes problems in joints and throughout the body − and is often missed by doctors
  2. White men have controlled women’s reproductive rights throughout American history – the post-Dobbs era is no different
  3. United Auto Workers strike – if it happens – should channel the legacy of Walter Reuther, who led the union at the peak of its power
  4. Michael Oher, Mike Tyson and the question of whether you own your life story
  5. Space junk in Earth orbit and on the Moon will increase with future missions − but nobody's in charge of cleaning it up
  6. Trans students benefit from gender-inclusive classrooms, research shows – and so do the other students and science itself
  7. How to get federal disaster aid: FEMA is running out of money, but these strategies can help survivors of Hurricane Idalia and the Maui fires get aid faster
  8. Peruvian writers tell of a future rooted in the past and contemporary societal issues
  9. Special counsels, like the one leading the Justice Department's investigation of Hunter Biden, are intended to be independent − but they aren't entirely
  10. RICO is often used to target the mob and cartels − but Trump and his associates aren't the first outside those worlds to face charges
  11. 50 years after the Bunker Hill mine fire caused one of the largest lead-poisoning cases in US history, Idaho's Silver Valley is still at risk
  12. Workers like it when their employers talk about diversity and inclusion
  13. Iran's street art shows defiance, resistance and resilience
  14. Giraffes range across diverse African habitats − we’re using GPS, satellites and statistics to track and protect them
  15. With 'Goodbye Mary,' Molly Tuttle extends country music's lineage of reproductive rights songs to the post-Roe era
  16. What can cities do to correct racism and help all communities live longer? It starts with city planning
  17. How individual, ordinary Jews fought Nazi persecution − a new view of history
  18. Quran burning in Sweden prompts debate on the fine line between freedom of expression and incitement of hatred
  19. Machines can't always take the heat − two engineers explain the physics behind how heat waves threaten everything from cars to computers
  20. Prescriptions for fruits and vegetables can improve the health of people with diabetes and other ailments, new study finds
  21. This course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children's stories
  22. This course examines the dark realities behind your favorite children's stories
  23. Hurricane Idalia intensifies over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida landfall as a dangerous major hurricane
  24. Hurricane Idalia intensifies over extremely warm Gulf waters, on track for Florida landfall as a dangerous major hurricane
  25. The US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert explains what this means for research
  26. The US and China may be ending an agreement on science and technology cooperation − a policy expert explains what this means for research
  27. What social change movements can learn from fly fishing: The value of a care-focused message
  28. What social change movements can learn from fly fishing: The value of a care-focused message
  29. Shutting off power to reduce wildfire risk on windy days isn’t a simple decision – an energy expert explains the trade-offs electric utilities face
  30. Shutting off power to reduce wildfire risk on windy days isn’t a simple decision – an energy expert explains the trade-offs electric utilities face
  31. Judicial orders restricting Trump's speech seek to balance his own constitutional rights
  32. Judicial orders restricting Trump's speech seek to balance his own constitutional rights
  33. There's no age limit for politicians − as people live longer, should that change?
  34. There's no age limit for politicians − as people live longer, should that change?
  35. Medication can help you make the most of therapy − a psychologist and neuroscientist explains how
  36. Medication can help you make the most of therapy − a psychologist and neuroscientist explains how
  37. FDA's greenlighting of maternal RSV vaccine represents a major step forward in protecting young babies against the virus
  38. FDA's greenlighting of maternal RSV vaccine represents a major step forward in protecting young babies against the virus
  39. Short naps can improve memory, increase productivity, reduce stress and promote a healthier heart
  40. Short naps can improve memory, increase productivity, reduce stress and promote a healthier heart
  41. Why do fingers get wrinkly after a long bath or swim? A biomedical engineer explains
  42. Why do fingers get wrinkly after a long bath or swim? A biomedical engineer explains
  43. Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson made a suggestion during the 1963 March on Washington − and it changed a good speech to a majestic sermon on an American dream
  44. Trump out on bail – a criminal justice expert explains the system of cash bail
  45. How some Muslim and non-Muslim rappers alike embrace Islam's greeting of peace
  46. Screen time is contributing to chronic sleep deprivation in tweens and teens – a pediatric sleep expert explains how critical sleep is to kids' mental health
  47. AI scores in the top percentile of creative thinking
  48. How educational research could play a greater role in K-12 school improvement
  49. India's Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the Moon − a space policy expert explains what this means for India and the global race to the Moon
  50. Campus sexual assault prevention programs could do more to prevent violence, even after a decade-long federal mandate