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Comprender la 'crisis de la blasfemia' entre los países musulmanes y la India

  • Written by Ahmet T. Kuru, Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
imageManifestantes en Karachi, Pakistán, reaccionan a un incidente más de incitación al odio contra los musulmanes que ha ido en aumento en la India.AP Photo/Fareed Khan

El gobierno indio se encuentra en una crisis diplomática tras los comentarios ofensivos de la portavoz del gobernante Partido Bharatiya Janata (BJP, por sus...

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Babies don't come with instruction manuals, so here are 5 tips for picking a parenting book

  • Written by Denise Bodman, Principal Lecturer in Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
imageEvidence-based and easy to read are two important criteria.JGI/Tom Grill/Tetra images via Getty Images

Babies don’t come with instruction manuals. Children are at once joyful, sad, confusing, predictable, generous, selfish, gentle and mean. What’s a parent to do when faced with such perplexing offspring? Given the complex interactions...

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How math and language can combine to map the globe and create strong passwords, using the power of 3 random words

  • Written by Mary Lynn Reed, Professor of Mathematics, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageThe math of threes is surprisingly powerful.MicroStockHub/iStock via Getty Images

It’s hard to imagine that three random words have the power to both map the globe and keep your private data secure. The secret behind this power is just a little bit of math.

What3words is an app and web-based service that provides a geographic reference for...

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When texts suddenly stop: Why people ghost on social media

  • Written by Royette T. Dubar, Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University
imageResearch suggests that many people prefer ghosting rather than open and honest conversations that might lead to conflict and stress.Yifei Fang/Moment via Getty Images

Check your phone. Are there any unanswered texts, snaps or direct messages that you’re ignoring? Should you reply? Or should you ghost the person who sent them?

Ghosting...

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Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult life

  • Written by Jonathan Alexander, Chancellor's Professor of English and Gender & Sexuality Studies, University of California, Irvine
imageThe past decade has seen a flurry of young adult fiction written from a queer perspective. Aurelie and Morgan David de Lossy / Getty Images

In recognition of LGBT Pride Month, The Conversation reached out to Jonathan Alexander – an English professor with a scholarly interest in the interplay between sexuality and literature – for...

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Coastal gentrification in Puerto Rico is displacing people and damaging mangroves and wetlands

  • Written by Carlos G. García-Quijano, Professor of Anthropology and Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island
imageTourism-driven development is threatening one of Puerto Rico's greatest draws: its rural coastlines.R9 Studios FL/Flickr, CC BY

As world travel rebounds after two years of COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions, marketers and the media are promoting Puerto Rico as an accessible hot spot destination for continental U.S. travelers. The commonwealth set...

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Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how emancipated people were kept unfree needs to be remembered, too

  • Written by Kris Manjapra, Professor of History, Tufts University
imageEmancipation Day celebration, June 19, 1900, held in 'East Woods' on East 24th St. in Austin, Texas.Austin History Center

The actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first heard the word that freedom for the enslaved had come. There were speeches, sermons and shared meals, mostly held at Black...

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Trump-endorsed candidates would generally win even without his support – and that's usually the case with all political endorsements

  • Written by Ian Anson, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageOhio GOP Senate candidate J.D. Vance won his primary after Trump endorsed him. AP Photo/Joe Maiorana

Over the past few months, many journalists and pundits have credited the power of Donald Trump’s endorsements with determining the winners of Republican primaries.

Trump has made 203 candidate endorsements in the 2022 election cycle so far,...

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International courts prosecuting leaders like Putin for war crimes have a mixed record – but offer clues on how to get a conviction

  • Written by Victor Peskin, Associate professor of politics and global studies, Arizona State University
imageA sign reading 'Putin, murderer' is shown during a protest in Krakow, Poland, on May 8, 2022. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

There have been mounting calls from Ukrainian and other activists and political leaders to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes in Ukraine, including authorizing attacks on civilians. There has...

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Social stress can speed up immune system aging – new research

  • Written by Eric Klopack, Postdoctoral Researcher in Gerontology, University of Southern California
imageImmunosenescence, or immune aging, can lead to less effective responses to vaccines and greater vulnerability to invading pathogens.Kudryavtsev Pavel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

As people age, their immune systems naturally begin to decline. This aging of the immune system, called immunosenescence, may be an important part of such age-related healt...

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  2. How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today's words could shape tomorrow's reality and who benefits from it
  3. The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped for
  4. Privacy isn't in the Constitution – but it's everywhere in constitutional law
  5. Legal fights persist over policies that require teachers to refer to trans students by their chosen pronouns
  6. 5 things to know about the Fed's biggest interest rate increase since 1994 and how it will affect you
  7. Woodward and Bernstein didn't bring down a president in Watergate – but the myth that they did lives on
  8. Tumblr's enduring appeal reveals the potency of the web's cultural memory
  9. EU law would require Big Tech to do more to combat child sexual abuse, but a key question remains: How?
  10. Fertilizer prices are soaring – and that's an opportunity to promote more sustainable ways of growing crops
  11. Satellites zoom in on cities' hottest neighborhoods to help combat the urban heat island effect
  12. Where the witches were men: A historian explains what magic looked like in early modern Russia
  13. When all else fails to explain American violence, blame a rapper and hip-hop music
  14. Russians with diverse media diet more likely to oppose Ukraine war
  15. Elder abuse comes in many forms – appropriate Adult Protective Services referrals can help reduce mistreatment
  16. Patriarchy and purity culture combine to silence women in the Southern Baptist Convention – and are blocking efforts to address the sexual abuse scandal
  17. From 'dada' to Darth Vader – why the way we name fathers reminds us we spring from the same well
  18. 'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crime
  19. There is no one 'religious view' on abortion: A scholar of religion, gender and sexuality explains
  20. Could steam-powered cars decrease the CO2 in the atmosphere?
  21. Alcohol is becoming more common in sexual assault among college students
  22. Grassroots mojo and 4 other reasons Starbucks workers have been so successful unionizing
  23. Immigrants are only 3.5% of people worldwide – and their negative impact is often exaggerated, in the U.S. and around the world
  24. Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore rights violations against Muslim minorities
  25. Inflation hits fresh 40-year high, pushing Fed to get more aggressive with interest rates – and the 'Beveridge curve' should give it courage to do so
  26. Why opting out of opioids can be dangerous in the operating room
  27. What 'grassroots humanitarians' eager to travel to Ukraine or its borders should know before dashing off
  28. Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?
  29. Decades after special education law and key ruling, updates still languish
  30. What is chronic wasting disease? A wildlife scientist explains the fatal prion infection killing deer and elk across North America
  31. Biden just declared heat pumps and solar panels essential to national defense – here's why and the challenges ahead
  32. Sepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwide – two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it
  33. Jan. 6 hearing gives primetime exposure to violent footage and dramatic evidence – the question is, to what end?
  34. Blaming 'evil' for mass violence isn’t as simple as it seems – a philosopher unpacks the paradox in using the word
  35. Newly discovered fast radio burst challenges what astronomers know about these powerful astronomical phenomena
  36. Regardless of seditious conspiracy charges' outcome, right-wing groups like Proud Boys seek to build a white nation
  37. What is 'committed warming'? A climate scientist explains why global warming can continue after emissions end
  38. Imposing penalties can deter rule breakers – but the timing needs to be right
  39. Migration to the US is on the rise again – but it's unlikely to be fully addressed during the Summit of the Americas, or anytime soon
  40. Nations are pledging to create ocean preserves – how do those promises add up?
  41. ADHD: Medication alone doesn't improve classroom learning for children – new research
  42. 'Jurassic World' scientists still haven't learned that just because you can doesn't mean you should – real-world genetic engineers can learn from the cautionary tale
  43. People overestimate groups they find threatening – when 'sizing up' others, bias sneaks in
  44. Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here's what the data tells us
  45. Conservative Supreme Court justices disagree about how to read the law
  46. How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the future
  47. No, Latinos don't actually have less heart disease – a new large study refutes the longstanding 'Latino paradox'
  48. US tragedies from guns have often – but not always – spurred political responses
  49. Why can't you remember being born, learning to walk or saying your first words? What scientists know about 'infantile amnesia'
  50. Primaries are getting more crowded with candidates, and that's good news for extremists and bad news for voters