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Medical aid in dying is still called 'assisted suicide'; an anthropologist explains the problem with that

  • Written by Anita Hannig, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Brandeis University
imageMore than 20% Americans live in a state with access to a medically assisted death.nathamag11/iStock / Getty Images Plus

Several states around the U.S. are currently considering whether to legalize medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients. More than 20% of Americans already live in a state with access to a medically assisted death. Despite...

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Alaska on fire: Thousands of lightning strikes and a warming climate put Alaska on pace for another historic fire season

  • Written by Rick Thoman, Alaska Climate Specialist, University of Alaska Fairbanks
imageA large tundra fire burned near St. Mary's, Alaska, on June 13, 2022.BLM Alaska Fire Service/Incident Management Team/John Kern

Alaska is on pace for another historic wildfire year, with its fastest start to the fire season on record. By mid-June 2022, over 1 million acres had burned. By early July, that number was well over 2 million acres, more...

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White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for ADHD, according to a new study

  • Written by Paul L. Morgan, Eberly Fellow, Professor of Education and Demography, and Director of the Center for Educational Disparities Research, Penn State
imageChildren with ADHD typically exhibit a combination of hyperactivity, inattentiveness and/or impulsive behavior. Klaus Vedfelt/Digital Vision via Getty Images

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White children are especially likely to be overdiagnosed and overtreated for attention-deficit/hyperactivity...

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Fred Gray, the 'chief counsel for the protest movement,' to get Medal of Freedom for his civil rights work

  • Written by Jonathan Entin, Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
imageCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., left, and attorney Fred Gray, whom King called 'the brilliant young Negro who later became the chief counsel for the protest movement,' at a political rally in Tuskegee, Alabama, April 29, 1966.AP Photo/Jack Thornell

Over the past seven decades, longtime Alabama civil rights lawyer Fred Gray represented...

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How the tampon shortage is exacerbating period poverty in the US

  • Written by Marni Sommer, Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University
imageTampons are the latest product to be in scarce supply at U.S. stores.Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Tampons have become the latest household product to fall foul of supply chain issues.

Reports of a scarcity of the menstrual product, used by millions of women in the U.S., have combined with general inflationary pressure on the price of goods...

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Democrats aim to design a presidential nomination process that gives everyone a voice – and produces a winning candidate

  • Written by Barbara A. Trish, Professor of Political Science, Grinnell College
imageSupporters of Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg prepare to caucus for him in a high school gym, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

For the past few election cycles, the quartet of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina has had a lock on the early spots in the Democratic Party’s...

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Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes them dangerous

  • Written by Donovan Schaefer, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
imageA protester holds a Q sign as he waits to enter a campaign rally with then-President Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in August 2018.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to beliefs that Freemasons were trying to topple European monarchies. In the mid-20th century,...

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Browser cookies make people more cautious online, study finds

  • Written by Elizabeth Stoycheff, Associate Professor of Communication, Wayne State University
imageCookie notifications become a ubiquitous aspect of online life.Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/picture alliance via Getty Images

Website cookies are online surveillance tools, and the commercial and government entities that use them would prefer people not read those notifications too closely. People who do read the notifications carefully will find that...

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Climate change is making flooding worse: 3 reasons the world is seeing more record-breaking deluges

  • Written by Frances Davenport, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
imageFast-moving floodwater obliterated sections of major roads through Yellowstone National Park in 2022.Jacob W. Frank/National Park Service

Heavy rain combined with melting snow can be a destructive combination.

In mid-June 2022, storms dumped up to 5 inches of rain over three days in the mountains in and around Yellowstone National Park, rapidly...

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Why do kids have to go to school?

  • Written by Hawani Negussie, Chair and Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education, UMass Global, University of Massachusetts
imageThe core of education is to enable young learners to be kind, giving members of society.David Brewster/Star Tribune 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.

Why do us kids have to go to school? – Vanessa C., age...

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  13. Kremlin tightens control over Russians' online lives – threatening domestic freedoms and the global internet
  14. When does the fetus acquire a moral status of a human being? The philosophy of 'gradualism' can provide answers
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  16. People vary a lot in how well they recognize, match or categorize the things they see – researchers attribute this skill to an ability they call 'o'
  17. Racial wealth gaps are yet another thing the US and UK have in common
  18. The Supreme Court has overturned precedent dozens of times, including striking down legal segregation and reversing Roe
  19. More states will now limit abortion, but they have long used laws to govern – and sometimes jail – pregnant women
  20. Jan. 6 hearings highlight problems with certification of presidential elections and potential ways to fix them
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