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Can eating poppy seeds affect drug test results? An addiction and pain medicine specialist explains

  • Written by Gary Reisfield, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Florida
imageEating culinary poppy seeds won’t get you high, but they could lead to a failed drug test.Linda Caldwell/EyeEm via Getty Images

The U.S. Defense Department issued a memo on Feb. 17, 2023, warning service members to avoid eating poppy seeds because doing so may result in a positive urine test for the opiate codeine. Addiction and pain medicine...

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How Jimmy Carter integrated his evangelical Christian faith into his political work, despite mockery and misunderstanding

  • Written by Lori Amber Roessner, Professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media, University of Tennessee
imageFormer President Jimmy Carter has decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care.AP Photo/John Bazemore, File

“I am a farmer, an engineer, a businessman, a planner, a scientist, a governor, and a Christian,” Jimmy Carter said while introducing himself to national political reporters when he...

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3 big numbers that tell the story of secularization in America

  • Written by Phil Zuckerman, Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies, Pitzer College
imageAn empty church in Hiers-Brouage, France.Andia/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

About six months ago, Americans’ belief in God hit an all-time low.

According to a 2022 Gallup survey, the percentage of people who believe in God has dropped from 98% in the 1950s to 81% today; among Americans under 30, it is down to an unprecedented 68%.

Up...

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All presidents avoid reporters, but Biden may achieve a record in his press avoidance

  • Written by David E. Clementson, Assistant Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
imagePresident Joe Biden has held fewer press conferences than any president in recent memory.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

There’s nothing new about presidents avoiding the press.

Bill Clinton was in a major scandal – based in large part on getting caught in a deception during a media interview – and successfully outsourced his White...

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Can mass atrocities be prevented? This course attempts to answer the question

  • Written by Mike Brand, Adjunct Professor of Genocide Studies and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
imagePeople gather around a hole being dug in search of water in Darfur, Sudan, in 2004.AP Photo/Ben Curtisimage

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

“Introduction to Genocide Studies”

What prompted the idea for the course?

Many genocide classes take a...

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Is the Loch Ness monster real?

  • Written by Michael A. Little, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageThis is the famous – and fake – photograph of the Loch Ness monster, taken near Inverness, Scotland, on April 19, 1934. The photograph was later revealed to be a hoax. Keystone/Hulton Archive 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 curiou...

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Disaster survivors need help remaining connected with friends and families – and access to mental health care

  • Written by Daniel P. Aldrich, Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director, Security and Resilience Program, Northeastern University
imageEarthquakes, hurricanes and other disasters can cause a lot of personal upheaval.Omer Alven/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in early February 2023 have killed at least 47,000 people and disrupted everyday life for some 26 million more.

Survivors of big disasters like these...

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What is spillover? Bird flu outbreak underscores need for early detection to prevent the next big pandemic

  • Written by Treana Mayer, Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology, Colorado State University
imageWild birds like pelicans and ducks are getting infected with – and dying from – a new strain of avian influenza and have spread it to farm animals around the world.Klebher Vasquez/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

The current epidemic of avian influenza has killed over 58 million birds in the U.S. as of February 2023. Following on the...

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The looming stalemate in Ukraine one year after the Russian invasion

  • Written by Liam Collins, Founding Director, Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy West Point
imageA Ukrainian soldier trains near a front line in the Russia-Ukraine war on Feb. 18, 2022.Mustafa Ciftci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Most military analysts expected Ukraine to fall within days when Russia launched its invasion on Feb. 24, 2022.

Yet one year into the war, Ukrainians have put up a fight and demonstrated remarkable resolve against a...

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All wars eventually end – here are 3 situations that will lead Russia and Ukraine to make peace

  • Written by Andrew Blum, Executive Director and Professor of Practice at Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace, University of San Diego
imageA Ukrainian woman touches the grave of her husband, a soldier killed by Russian troops in August 2022. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

It’s been a year since Russia first launched a full invasion of Ukraine, and, right now, peace seems impossible.

Peace talks between the two countries have launched, and then faltered, multiple times.

In February 2023,...

Read more: All wars eventually end – here are 3 situations that will lead Russia and Ukraine to make peace

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  4. I assisted Carter’s work encouraging democracy – and saw how his experience, persistence and engineer’s mindset helped build a freer Latin America over decades
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  9. Novelist, academic and tattoo artist Samuel Steward's plight shows that 'cancel culture' was alive and well in the 1930s
  10. How to help teen girls’ mental health struggles – 6 research-based strategies for parents, teachers and friends
  11. When there are no words: Talking about wartime trauma in Ukraine
  12. What's going on with the wave of GOP bills about trans teens? Utah provides clues
  13. Imagination makes us human – this unique ability to envision what doesn't exist has a long evolutionary history
  14. Supreme Court unlikely to 'break the internet' over Google, Twitter cases -- rather, it is approaching with caution
  15. Night skies are getting 9.6% brighter every year as light pollution erases stars for everyone
  16. Sage, sacred to Native Americans, is being used in purification rituals, raising issues of cultural appropriation
  17. Violent extremists are not lone wolves – dispelling this myth could help reduce violence
  18. Drones over Ukraine: What the war means for the future of remotely piloted aircraft in combat
  19. In rural America, right-to-repair laws are the leading edge of a pushback against growing corporate power
  20. How frontotemporal dementia, the syndrome affecting Bruce Willis, changes the brain – research is untangling its genetic causes
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  22. Globetrotting Black nutritionist Flemmie P. Kittrell revolutionized early childhood education and illuminated 'hidden hunger'
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  24. Lesson from a year at war: In contrast to the Russians, Ukrainians master a mix of high- and low-end technology on the battlefield
  25. ChatGPT could be an effective and affordable tutor
  26. How fitness influencers game the algorithms to pump up their engagement
  27. Russia announces its suspension from last nuclear arms agreement with the US, escalating nuclear tension
  28. How Putin has shrugged off unprecedented economic sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine – for now
  29. I am a Ukrainian American political scientist, and this is what the past year of war has taught me about Ukraine, Russia and defiance
  30. Florida will no longer ask high school athletes about their menstrual cycles, but many states still do – here are 3 reasons why that's problematic
  31. Ukrainians' commitment to fight off Russia grows stronger, as does their expectation of victory, as war enters second year
  32. War in Ukraine accelerates global drive toward killer robots
  33. Russia’s aggression threatens efforts to protect nature beyond Ukraine
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  35. The ethics of home ownership in an age of growing inequality
  36. How apartheid, European racism and Pelé helped cultivate a culture of diversity in US soccer that endures into the MLS
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  39. Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of white kids are widely taken to be universal
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