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Affordable housing in the US is increasingly scarce, making renters ask: Where do we go?

  • Written by Celine-Marie Pascale, Professor of Sociology, American University
imageCommunity organizers speak in a vacant house in West Oakland, Calif., that they occupied in 2019 and 2020 to bring attention to affordable housing.Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

The United States is facing an expanding gap between how much workers earn and how much they have to pay for housing.

Workers have faced stag...

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Schools will stop serving free lunch to all students – a pandemic solution left out of a new federal spending package

  • Written by Marlene B. Schwartz, Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health and Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
imageAbout 30 million students eat school lunches daily.JGI/Jamie Grill/Tetra Images via Getty Images

Public schools have been serving all students free meals since the COVID-19 pandemic first disrupted K-12 education. In March 2022, Congress rejected calls to keep up the federal funding required to sustain that practice and left that money out of a US$1...

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Russia's false claims about biological weapons in Ukraine demonstrate the dangers of disinformation and how hard it is to counter – 4 essential reads

  • Written by Eric Smalley, Science + Technology Editor
imageRussian disinformation, amplified by China, is raising fears that the war in Ukraine could escalate.AP Photo/Vincent Yu

On March 11, 2022, Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, told the U.N. Security Council that Russia had discovered evidence of U.S.-funded biological weapons research in Ukraine. U.S. officials denied the claims,...

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Settler colonialism helps explain current events in Xinjiang and Ukraine – and the history of Australia and US, too

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageDemonstration for the rights of the Uyghurs in Berlin, 2020.Leonhard Lenz, Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA

Global flashpoints, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Chinese actions in Xinjiang, share a common background: a previous history of invasion and occupation.

The northwestern region of Xinjiang, for example, became an autonomous region...

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The promise and folly of war – why do leaders enter conflict assuming victory is assured?

  • Written by Gregory A. Daddis, Professor and USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History, San Diego State University
imageV is for victory? Or vanquished? Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

Amid a staunch and passionate defense that has slowed the Russian advance to Kiev and global condemnation, Vladimir Putin’s motivation for invading has been subject to speculation: Just what does he hope to achieve by war in Ukraine?

Some have argued that Putin was responding to NATO...

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5 ways college instructors can help students take care of their mental health

  • Written by Max Coleman, Ph.D Candidate in Sociology, Indiana University
imageMental health issues for college students have been on the rise. monkeybusinessimages via iStock/Getty Images Plus

A few years ago, a student showed up in my class looking distraught. “I don’t think I can be in class today,” the student told me.

No explanation, no elaboration. Yet I knew from our previous conversations that this...

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Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? A biologist explains the science of murmurations

  • Written by Tom Langen, Professor of Biology, Clarkson University
imageMurmurations can have as many as 750,000 birds flying in unison.mikedabell/iStock 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 flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? – Artie W., age 9, Astoria,...

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Smart devices spy on you – 2 computer scientists explain how the Internet of Things can violate your privacy

  • Written by Roberto Yus, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageAppliances that make your life easier could also put your privacy at risk.Eric Kayne/AP Images for Samsung

Have you ever felt a creeping sensation that someone’s watching you? Then you turn around and you don’t see anything out of the ordinary. Depending on where you were, though, you might not have been completely imagining it. There...

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What classic literature knows about refugees fleeing persecution and war

  • Written by Robert F. Barsky, Professor of Humanities, and Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageA Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces member hugs a resident leaving his hometown following Russian artillery shelling in Irpin on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, March 9, 2022.AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak

The United Nations has warned that the war in Ukraine could create “the biggest refugee crisis this century.” Two and a half...

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11 things you can do to adjust to losing that hour of sleep when daylight saving time starts

  • Written by Deepa Burman, Co-Director Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
imageThe time change can make you feel jet-lagged.Laura Olivas/Moment via Getty Images

As clocks march ahead and daylight saving time begins, there can be anxiety around losing an hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change.

Usually an hour seems like an insignificant amount of time, but even this minimal loss can cause problems. There can be significa...

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  4. Ukraine war and anti-Russia sanctions on top of COVID-19 mean even worse trouble lies ahead for global supply chains
  5. Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways
  6. The American founders could teach Putin a lesson: Provoking an unnecessary war is not how to prove your masculinity
  7. Organs from genetically engineered pigs may help shorten the transplant wait list
  8. Guns, not roses – here's the true story of penicillin’s first patient
  9. Why most teachers who say they plan to leave the profession probably won't do so anytime soon
  10. Endurance captain Frank Worsley, Shackleton's gifted navigator, knew how to stay the course
  11. Why stagflation is an economic nightmare – and could become a real headache for Biden and the Fed if it emerges in the US
  12. How a hurricane fueled wildfires in the Florida Panhandle
  13. Purim spiels: Skits and satire have brought merriment to an ancient Jewish holiday in America
  14. Would Putin use nuclear weapons? An arms control expert explains what has and hasn't changed since the invasion of Ukraine
  15. A wave of grassroots humanitarianism is supporting millions of Ukrainian refugees
  16. China's balancing act on Russian invasion of Ukraine explained
  17. Why daylight saving time is unhealthy – a neurologist explains
  18. Ukraine’s Twitter account is a national version of real-time trauma processing
  19. Russian church leader puts the blame of invasion on those who flout ‘God’s law,’ but taking biblical law out of its historical context doesn't work
  20. What's a natural burial? A Christian theologian explains
  21. Long COVID leaves newly disabled people facing old barriers – a sociologist explains
  22. Why some women are traveling to South Korea to find boyfriends
  23. Lungs have their own microbiome – and these microbes affect the success of bone marrow transplants in kids
  24. Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug
  25. Supreme Court inches towards deciding whether state legislatures can draw congressional districts largely free of court oversight
  26. It's 'Ukraine,' not 'the Ukraine' – here's why
  27. Long before shots were fired, a linguistic power struggle was playing out in Ukraine
  28. The Ukrainian refugee crisis could last years – but host communities might not be prepared
  29. Is 'headline stress disorder' real? Yes, but those who thrive on the news often lose sight of it
  30. The US is banning Russian oil imports, but an embargo that includes European allies would have more impact
  31. Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle against anti-Blackness
  32. As war rages, some Ukrainians look to Mary for protection – continuing a long Christian tradition
  33. Criminal justice researcher examines the needs of marginalized groups that often go ignored
  34. Ukrainian refugees are welcomed with open arms – not so with people fleeing other war-torn countries
  35. How pet cancer data sheds light on human cancers – and speeds the development of new treatments
  36. Putin, Zelenskyy and Biden all have unique leadership styles
  37. In 2014, the 'decrepit' Ukrainian army hit the refresh button. Eight years later, it's paying off
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  41. 3 things that influence college graduates from rural areas to return to their communities
  42. A brief history of Babi Yar, where Nazis massacred Jews, Soviets kept silence and now Ukraine says Russia fired a missile
  43. Even mild cases of COVID-19 can leave a mark on the brain, such as reductions in gray matter – a neuroscientist explains emerging research
  44. Why did Russia invade Ukraine?
  45. After Hollywood thwarted Anna May Wong, the actress took matters into her own hands
  46. Many Ukrainians face a future of lasting psychological wounds from the Russian invasion
  47. SEC is considering climate disclosure rules for US companies – and facing threats of lawsuits
  48. Deer have antlers, walruses have tusks – here’s why so few birds have weapons of their own
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