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America's next big labor battle could be Minor League Baseball

  • Written by Mitchell Nathanson, Professor of Law, Villanova School of Law
imageMinor league players often endure lengthy bus trips.Bob Chamberlin/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

When the Major League Baseball Players Association sent union authorization cards to approximately 5,000 minor league players in an attempt to unionize them, I was both surprised and not surprised at all.

If any industry is crying out for...

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Sleeping fish? From sharks to salmon, guppies to groupers, here's how they grab a snooze

  • Written by Michael Heithaus, Executive Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences & Education and Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
imageA large group of yellowfin tuna swimming off the coast of Italy. Like all fish, they sleep, but it's not like human sleep.Giordano Cipriani/The Image Bank 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.

Could you explain how...

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Birds migrate along ancient routes – here are the latest high-tech tools scientists are using to study their amazing journeys

  • Written by Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University
imageMigrating waterbirds over South Dakota's Huron Wetland Management District on North America's Central Flyway.Sandra Uecker, USFWS/Flickr

Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions of birds have started taking wing for one of nature’s great spectacles: fall migration. Birds fly south from the northern...

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One way to help college students get enough sleep – pay them to go to bed

  • Written by Osea Giuntella, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh
imageMost college students get less than seven hours of sleep per night.skynesher via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Small financial incentives can get college students to go to bed earlier and sleep significantly longer. That’s what my colleagues and I found through an experiment that...

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Americans think they know a lot about politics – and it's bad for democracy that they're so often wrong in their confidence

  • Written by Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageOverconfidence about their political knowledge is common among Americans. FXQuadro/iStock/Getty Images Plus

As statewide primaries continue through the summer, many Americans are beginning to think about which candidates they will support in the 2022 general election.

This decision-making process is fraught with difficulties, especially for...

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Unexpected Ukrainian resistance continues to thwart Russia's initial plans for quick, decisive victories

  • Written by Liam Collins, Founding Director, Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy West Point
imageA Ukrainian soldier inspects a residential building after it was damaged following a Russian shelling attack In Kyiv.Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

As Ukrainian forces fight a late-summer counterattack to wrest the southern province of Kherson from Russian control, Russian President Vladimir Putin is learning a lesson...

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Axolotls can regenerate their brains – these adorable salamanders are helping unlock the mysteries of brain evolution and regeneration

  • Written by Ashley Maynard, PhD Candidate in Quantitative Developmental Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
imageAxolotls are a model organism researchers use to study a variety of topics in biology.Ruben Undheim/Flickr, CC BY-SA

The axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is an aquatic salamander renowned for its ability to regenerate its spinal cord, heart and limbs. These amphibians also readily make new neurons throughout their lives. In 1964, researchers observed...

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La misión Artemis 1 sienta las bases para la exploración espacial más allá de la Tierra

  • Written by Jack Burns, Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
imageLa NASA regresa a la Luna.NASA

La misión Artemis 1 de la NASA (Administración Nacional de Aeronáutica y el Espacio de Estados Unidos) está preparada para dar un paso clave hacia el regreso de los seres humanos a la Luna tras una pausa de medio siglo. El lanzamiento fue programado durante la mañana del 29 de agosto...

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50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court's ruling continues to guide execution debate

  • Written by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
imageThe execution chamber inside Oklahoma State PenitentiaryAP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

The state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. 25, 2022, for the 1997 murder of a 73-year-old friend who refused to give him money to buy drugs.

It marks the beginning of a busy period at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary’s execution chamber. Last month,...

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The most cost-effective energy efficiency investments you can make – and how the new Inflation Reduction Act could help

  • Written by Jasmina Burek, Assistant Professor of Engineering, UMass Lowell
imageWeatherization and new windows are big money and energy savers.Jasmin Merdan via Getty Images

Energy efficiency can save homeowners and renters hundreds of dollars a year, and the new Inflation Reduction Act includes a wealth of home improvement rebates and tax incentives to help Americans secure those saving.

It extends tax credits for installing...

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  10. Unknown Holocaust photos – found in attics and archives – are helping researchers recover lost stories and providing a tool against denial
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  12. Expanding Alzheimer's research with primates could overcome the problem with treatments that show promise in mice but don't help humans
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  15. Who is Artemis? NASA's latest mission to the Moon is named after an ancient lunar goddess turned feminist icon
  16. 'Smiling Pope' John Paul I takes the next step toward sainthood -- not all pontiffs earn this distinction
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  18. Low vaccine booster rates are now a key factor in COVID-19 deaths – and racial disparities in booster rates persist
  19. What to know about the costs of traveling for abortion care in the US – here's what I learned from talking to hundreds of women who've sought abortions
  20. FTC lawsuit spotlights a major privacy risk: From call records to sensors, your phone reveals more about you than you think
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  24. What are green jobs and how can I get one? 5 questions answered about clean energy careers
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