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Why taking fever-reducing meds and drinking fluids may not be the best way to treat flu and fever

  • Written by Tamara Hew-Butler, Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Wayne State University
imageUsing fever reducers or drinking too much fluid while battling the flu may upset the body's delicate balancing act. Sam Edwards/OJO Images via Getty Images

As flu season progresses, so does the chorus of advice, professional and otherwise, to drink plenty of fluids and take fever-reducing medications, like acetaminophen, ibuprofen or aspirin.

These...

Read more: Why taking fever-reducing meds and drinking fluids may not be the best way to treat flu and fever

China has no plan for who will succeed Xi Jinping – leaving the nation and the world in uncertainty

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageSince becoming China's top leader in late 2012, President Xi Jinping has centralized power to the point that it's unclear when he'll step down, or who might succeed him.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images AsiaPac via Getty Images

Since becoming China’s paramount leader in 2012, Xi Jinping has overseen enormous economic growth and solidified...

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New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the inequity is stark

  • Written by Oliver Wing, Research Fellow, University of Bristol
imageCoastal cities like Port Arthur, Texas, are at increasing risk from flooding during storms.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Climate change is raising flood risks in neighborhoods across the U.S. much faster than many people realize. Over the next three decades, the cost of flood damage is on pace to rise 26% due to climate change alone, an analysis of our...

Read more: New flood maps show US damage rising 26% in next 30 years due to climate change alone, and the...

What's NATO, and why does Ukraine want to join?

  • Written by Alastair Kocho-Williams, Professor of History, Clarkson University

International concern about Russia’s provocative stance toward Ukraine continues, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin denies plans for an attack — and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautioned on Jan. 28, 2022, against the idea that “there is war here.”

Putin has built up more than 100,000 troops along the...

Read more: What's NATO, and why does Ukraine want to join?

How Brad Pitt's green housing dream for Hurricane Katrina survivors turned into a nightmare

  • Written by Judith Keller, International Research Scholar of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imageBrad Pitt walks past one of the first homes built in New Orleans by his Make It Right Foundation in this 2008 photo.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Brad Pitt’sMake It Right Foundation built 109 eye-catching and affordable homes in New Orleans for a community where many people were displaced by damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Now this...

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Can delta-8 THC provide some of the benefits of pot – with less paranoia and anxiety?

  • Written by Daniel J. Kruger, Research Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
imageHemp plants growing on a farm in Colorado.krblokhin/Getty Images

Over the past year, you may have seen something called delta-8 THC or “delta 8” appear in convenience stores and pharmacies alongside CBD gummies, oils and lotions.

Delta-8 THC is a hemp-derived compound that’s closely related to delta-9 THC – what’s...

Read more: Can delta-8 THC provide some of the benefits of pot – with less paranoia and anxiety?

There is much more to mindfulness than the popular media hype

  • Written by Pierce Salguero, Associate Professor of Asian History & Religious Studies, Penn State
imageHave the benefits of medicine been overhyped in the West?Kilito Chan/Moment via Getty Images

Mindfulness is seemingly everywhere these days. A Google search I conducted in January 2022 for the term “mindfulness” resulted in almost 3 billion hits. The practice is now routinely offered in workplaces, schools, psychologists’ offices...

Read more: There is much more to mindfulness than the popular media hype

Can the US find enough natural gas sources to neutralize Russia's energy leverage over Europe?

  • Written by Amy Myers Jaffe, Research professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageA liquefied natural gas tanker loading in Qatar. The Gulf nation is in talks to supply gas to Europe if Russia cuts supplies.AP Photo

The prospect of conflict between Russia and NATO countries over Ukraine has raised fears of an energy crisis in Europe. Russia provides nearly half of Europe’s natural gas, and some leaders worry that Moscow...

Read more: Can the US find enough natural gas sources to neutralize Russia's energy leverage over Europe?

Why do we bleed? A hematologist explains how the body prevents blood loss after injury

  • Written by Mikkael A. Sekeres, Professor of Medicine and Chief, Division of Hematology, Sylvester Cancer Center, University of Miami
imageThe body starts plugging up wounds as quickly as it can to prevent blood loss and infection. Jonathan Knowles/Stone 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 we bleed? – Michael, age 9, Seattle, Washington

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The IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have to file their taxes?

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageThe government could toss the 1040 in the trash. Kameleon007iStock via Getty Images

Doing taxes in the U.S. is notoriously complicated and costly. And it gets even worse when there are delays and backlogs, making it especially hard to reach the Internal Revenue Service for assistance.

But to me this raises an important question: Why should taxpayers...

Read more: The IRS already has all your income tax data – so why do Americans still have to file their taxes?

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