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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...

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

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...

Read more: Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...

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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Trouble paying bills can take a heavy toll on fathers' mental health, leading to family conflict

  • Written by Joyce Y. Lee, Assistant Professor of Social Work, The Ohio State University
imageMost research on poverty has focused on the effects on mothers, but a new study shows the importance of turning increased attention to fathers' mental health.kieferpix/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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

The big idea

For families on low incomes, difficulty paying utility bills, rent,...

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How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today's words could shape tomorrow's reality and who benefits from it

  • Written by Tom Boellstorff, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
imageThe metaverse might be a work in progress, but a key prototype – the virtual world – has been around for several decades.Screen capture from Second Life by Tom Boellstorff, CC BY-ND

Quick, define the word “metaverse.”

Coined in 1992 by science fiction author Neal Stephenson, the relatively obscure term exploded in popularity...

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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

  • Written by Marcia Rieke, Regents Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
imageThe mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope is fully aligned and producing incredibly sharp images, like this test image of a star.NASA/STScI via Flickr

NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. They’ll mark the beginning of the next era in astronomy as Webb – the largest...

Read more: The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science – and it’s seeing the universe more...

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