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This course examines how images of veiled Muslim women are used to justify war

  • Written by Sara Rahnama, Assistant Professor of History, Morgan State University
imagePhotographs capture images of women in war-torn regions of the world. SHAH MARAI/AFP via Getty Imagesimage

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

Course Title:

“Women and War”

What prompted the idea for the course?

When I was on a fellowship at the Library of...

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How the energy crisis is pressuring countries' climate plans – while some race to renewables, others see wealth in natural gas, but drilling benefits may be short-lived

  • Written by Robert Brecha, Professor of Sustainability, University of Dayton
imageA pipeline in Tunisia supplies natural gas from Algeria to Italy. Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty Images

Russia’s war on Ukraine has cast a shadow over this week’s meetings of world leaders at the G-20 summit in Bali and the United Nations climate change conference in Egypt.

The war has dramatically disrupted energy markets the world over,...

Read more: How the energy crisis is pressuring countries' climate plans – while some race to renewables,...

What is Mastodon? A social media expert explains how the 'federated' network works and why it won't be a new Twitter

  • Written by Brian C. Keegan, Assistant Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
imageTwitter users who are fleeing to the social media platform Mastodon are finding it to be a different animal.Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

In the wake of Elon Musk’s noisy takeover of Twitter, people have been looking for alternatives to the increasingly toxic microblogging social media platform. Many of those fleeing...

Read more: What is Mastodon? A social media expert explains how the 'federated' network works and why it...

How cancer cells can become immortal – new research finds a mutated gene that helps melanoma defeat the normal limits on repeated replication

  • Written by Pattra Chun-On, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
imageMelanoma is a particularly aggressive form of skin cancer.Dlumen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

A defining characteristic of cancer cells is their immortality. Usually, normal cells are limited in the number of times they can divide before they stop growing. Cancer cells, however, can overcome this limitation to form tumors and bypass...

Read more: How cancer cells can become immortal – new research finds a mutated gene that helps melanoma...

The 'carpetbagger' label that Fetterman stuck on Oz may have been key in defeating him

  • Written by Charles R. Hunt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
imageJohn Fetterman, left, relentlessly ridiculed Mehmet Oz, right, with the label 'carpetbagger' during the U.S. Senate campaign, which Fetterman ultimately won.AP

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race between Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz came to a close very early on the morning of Nov. 9, 2022, with Fetterman securing a crucial...

Read more: The 'carpetbagger' label that Fetterman stuck on Oz may have been key in defeating him

Remembering the veterans who marched on DC to demand bonuses during the Depression, only to be violently driven out by active-duty soldiers

  • Written by Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageThe Bonus Army protesting on the U.S. Capitol steps on Jan. 2,1932.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Bonus Army March is a forgotten footnote of American history.

It involved as many as 30,000 mostly unemployed veterans who converged on Washington, D.C. in the spring and summer of 1932 to demand an early cash...

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Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for election administration will continue

  • Written by Thom Reilly, Professor & Co-Director, Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
imageJim Marchant, Republican candidate for Nevada secretary of state, arrives at a rally in Henderson on Nov. 6, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Midterm voters in six states – Arizona, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Vermont – appear to have rejected extremist secretary of state candidates who denied the validity of...

Read more: Voters largely reject election deniers as secretaries of state – but the partisan battle for...

Renaming California's Hastings law school sparks $1.7 billion legal fight that shows how hard it is to ditch donors' names

  • Written by Terri Lynn Helge, Professor of Law, Texas A&M University
imageThe state has signed off on rebranding the San Francisco law school.AP Photo/Eric Risberg

Six descendants of Serranus Clinton Hastings, California’s first chief justice, and a group that says it represents alumni are suing the state of California over its decision to rename a nearly 150-year-old law school. The University of California,...

Read more: Renaming California's Hastings law school sparks $1.7 billion legal fight that shows how hard it...

Concussions can cause disruptions to everyday life in both the short and long term – a neurophysiologist explains what to watch for

  • Written by David Howell, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics,, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageSleep plays a critically important role in the recovery process in the days following a concussion.nicolamargaret/E+ via Getty Images

The repeat concussions suffered by Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa less than a week apart in September 2022 have brought the seriousness of traumatic brain injury back into the public eye and triggered...

Read more: Concussions can cause disruptions to everyday life in both the short and long term – a...

Disparities in advanced math and science skills begin by kindergarten

  • Written by Paul L. Morgan, Harry and Marion Eberly Fellow, Professor of Education and Demography, Department of Education Policy Studies, Penn State
imageA child's family background has a lot to do with how advanced their math knowledge is in kindergarten.Nitat Termmee/Moment via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Racial and ethnic disparities in advanced math and science skills occur far earlier in the U.S. than previously known. Our new...

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