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Kids afraid of getting shots? Here are 3 easy ways for parents to help them

  • Written by Lynn Gardner, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Residency Program, Morehouse School of Medicine
imageChildren are not little adults – they need time to process what is going to happen.Ivan Pantic/E+ via Getty Images

Few things are more challenging than trying to vaccinate a terrified and uncooperative child. I have seen children wedge themselves into a corner and refuse to budge. I have seen them thrash and yell. And I have seen them sit...

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Kiev ya se ha enfrentado a otras invasiones y la identidad ucraniana se ha fortalecido como respuesta

  • Written by Matthew Pauly, Associate Professor of History, Michigan State University
imageSoldados ucranianos en las calles de Kiev en 1917. Wikimedia Commons

El 30 de enero de 1918, una fuerza formada principalmente por cadetes militares y estudiantes armados a toda prisa tomó posiciones en Kruty, una parada de ferrocarril al noreste de Kiev, para defender la capital de la República Popular Ucraniana contra la Rusia...

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Thousands of undiscovered mammal species may be hidden in plain sight, new research finds

  • Written by Danielle Parsons, PhD Candidate in Evolutionary Biology, The Ohio State University
imageTaxonomy, or the study of classifying species, plays a key role in biodiversity conservation. Aarthi Arunkumar/Moment via Getty Images

Taxonomy, the study of how living organisms relate to one another as species, has been around since the 1700s. Though scientists and philosophers have long debated what makes a species a species, taxonomists treat...

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How did cockroaches survive the asteroid that led to the extinction of dinosaurs?

  • Written by Brian Lovett, Postdoctoral Researcher in Mycology, West Virginia University
imageArtist's rendering of the Chicxulub asteroid entering Earth's atmosphere 66 million years ago, triggering events that caused a mass extermination.Roger Harris/Science Photo library 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....

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What's the 411 on the new 988 hotline? 5 questions answered about a national mental health service

  • Written by Derek Lee, Doctoral Student in Counselor Education and Supervision, The Ohio State University
imageThe 988 Lifeline will connect callers with specialists trained to assist with mental health crises, including psychotic symptoms and substance abuse.

Beginning July 16, 2022, people struggling with mental health crises can call 988, a new number focused on providing lifesaving suicide prevention and crisis services. But 988 is not just a shorter,...

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Astronomy's 10-year wish list: Big money, bigger telescopes and the biggest questions in science

  • Written by Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
imageThe Hubble Space Telescope was born from a previous decadal survey. What leaps forward will come from this one?NASA Johnson/Flickr, CC BY-NC

It takes expensive tools to learn about the universe, but projects like the Very Large Array for radio astronomy in New Mexico and the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which orbits Earth, have pushed scientific...

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Ukrainian female refugees are fleeing a war, but in some cases more violence awaits them where they find shelter

  • Written by Chen Reis, Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Humanitarian Assistance Program, University of Denver
imageA Ukrainian woman who fled the war is pictured with her son after they crossed into Moldova on March 18, 2022. Andrea Mancini/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Escaping war is a dangerous endeavor. The media have reported about Ukrainian refugee women and girls being raped in the places where they sought safety.

Almost all of the 3.6 million Ukrainians who...

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Two Orthodox Christian countries at war – here's an explanation of the faith tradition shared by Russia and Ukraine

  • Written by J. Eugene Clay, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University
imageRussian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill lights candles during the Orthodox Easter service in Moscow.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

President Vladimir Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine has split the Orthodox Church.

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, a leading authority of the Eastern Orthodox Church, quickly condemned the “unprovoked...

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Local governments are attractive targets for hackers and are ill-prepared

  • Written by Richard Forno, Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageHackers can disrupt local government services, like this library in Willmar, Texas. The town suffered a cyberattack in August 2019.AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

President Joe Biden on March 21, 2022, warned that Russian cyberattacks on U.S. targets are likely, though the government has not identified a specific threat. Biden urged the private sector:...

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Soaring crude prices make the cost of pretty much everything else go up too because we almost literally eat oil

  • Written by Veronika Dolar, Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Old Westbury
imageHopefully, we aren't actually what we eat.ozgurdonmaz/iStock via Getty Images

The price of oil has been spiking in recent weeks in response to concerns that the war in Ukraine will significantly reduce supply. But what happens in oil markets never stays in oil markets.

The price of U.S. crude oil jumped to a 13-year high of US$130 of on March 6,...

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  6. Even after lockdowns eased, pandemic depression persisted across social classes – new study
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  8. Longer naps in the day may be an early sign of dementia in older adults
  9. When Putin says Russia and Ukraine share one faith, he's leaving out a lot of the story
  10. Drugs that treat opioid use disorder are a good use for multibillion-dollar settlement funds
  11. With threats of nuclear war and climate disaster growing, America's 'bunker fantasy' is woefully inadequate
  12. Madeleine Albright saw US as an ‘indispensable nation’ and NATO expansion eastward as essential
  13. Would gas tax breaks make a big difference when prices are skyrocketing? We asked 4 experts
  14. Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime featured during Thurgood Marshall's 1967 hearings
  15. Vaccine hesitancy is complicating physicians' obligation to respect patient autonomy during the COVID-19 pandemic
  16. New data-sharing requirements from the National Institutes of Health are a big step toward more open science – and potentially higher-quality research
  17. March Madness stars can now cash in on endorsements – but some limits set by states and universities may still be unconstitutional
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  23. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s path to Supreme Court nomination was paved by trailblazing Black women judges
  24. Biden's plain speaking on Ukraine inspires support without sparking a wider war – an echo of the Truman Doctrine, 75 years ago
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  27. Putin's control over Ukraine war news is not total - it's challenged by online news and risk-taking journalists
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  30. Economic sanctions may make Russians' lives worse – without stopping Putin's assault on Ukraine
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  40. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faces confirmation hearings: 7 questions answered
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  42. Why is Russia's church backing Putin's war? Church-state history gives a clue
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