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80 years ago, Nazi Germany occupied Tunisia – but North Africans' experiences of World War II often go unheard

  • Written by Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
imageGerman troops marching through Tunis in 1943.Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images

Eighty years ago, in November 1942, the Nazis occupied Tunisia. For the next six months, Tunisian Jews and Muslims were subjected to the Third Reich’s reign of terror, as well as its antisemitic and racist legislation. Residents lived in fear –...

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Influx of students from India drives US college enrollment up, but the number of students from China is down

  • Written by David L. Di Maria, Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imagePoor job prospects at home are prompting many students from India to pursue opportunity abroad.Mayur Kakade via Getty Images

India is up. China is down. Very few U.S. students studied abroad during the first year of the pandemic.

Those three points, in a nutshell, represent key findings from recent data released jointly on Nov. 14, 2022, by the U.S....

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What Greek myth tells us about modern witchcraft

  • Written by Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
imageFear about women's power was an essential part of ancient anxiety about witchcraft.Vinicius Rafael / EyeEm via Getty Images

Living on the North Shore in Boston in the fall brings the gorgeous turning of the leaves and pumpkin patches. It is also a time for people to head to nearby Salem, Massachusetts, home of the 17th century infamous witch trials,...

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Powerful linear accelerator begins smashing atoms – 2 scientists on the team explain how it could reveal rare forms of matter

  • Written by Sean Liddick, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University
imageA new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes. Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, CC BY-ND

Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a large metal chamber devoid of air and draped with the wires needed to control the instruments inside. A beam of particles passes through...

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Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying

  • Written by Atiba Ellis, Professor of Law, Marquette University
imageDespite intimidation both current and historical, American voters turned out in near-record numbers on Nov. 8, 2022.Mario Tama/Getty Images

In Travis County, Texas, home to Austin, a local Republican Party official allegedly knocked on people’s doors in November 2022 to accuse people who cast ballots by mail of having been ineligible to vote....

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Why is turkey the main dish on Thanksgiving?

  • Written by Troy Bickham, Professor of History, Texas A&M University
imageTurkeys have always been a fixture in the holiday's marketing. Transcendental Graphics/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 did turkey become the national Thanksgiving go-to dish? Gianna, age 10, Phoenix, Arizona

Ha...

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Bird flu has made a comeback, driving up prices for holiday turkeys

  • Written by Yuko Sato, Associate Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University
imageHealthy turkeys on a farm in West Newfield, Maine.Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has spread through chicken and turkey flocks in 46 states since it was first detected in Indiana on Feb. 8, 2022. The outbreak is also taking a heavy toll in Canada and Europe.

Better known...

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What is hydroelectric energy and how does it work?

  • Written by Brian Tarroja, Associate Professional Researcher and Lecturer of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine
imageThe Seli’š Ksanka Qlispe’ Dam provides enough electricity for about 147,000 homes in the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana.Martina Nolte via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAimage

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.

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Artemis launch delay is the latest of many NASA scrubs and comes from hard lessons on crew safety

  • Written by Michael Dodge, Associate Professor of Space Studies, University of North Dakota
imageThe space shuttle Atlantis was one of the last major launches aboard a NASA rocket.NASA

I love a good space launch, and I have been eagerly awaiting NASA’s powerful new Space Launch System rocket to take off as the first part of NASA’s ambitious Artemis Mission to put U.S. astronauts back on the Moon. But this launch has already been pus...

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Doctors often aren’t trained on the preventive health care needs of gender-diverse people – as a result, many patients don’t get the care they need

  • Written by Jenna Sizemore, Assistant Professor of Medicine, West Virginia University
imageGender-diverse adults have a harder time getting effective primary and preventive health care than their nontransgender counterparts.Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Preventive health care – such as cancer screening – is a critical tool in the early detection of disease. Missed screening can result in a missed diagnosis,...

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