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A forgotten mangrove forest around remote inland lagoons in Mexico's Yucatan tells a story of rising seas

  • Written by Sula E Vanderplank, Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University
imageA stand of red mangroves in the calm, calcium-rich, fresh waters of the San Pedro Mártir River, Tabasco, Mexico.Ben Meissner, CC BY-ND

The San Pedro River winds from rainforests in Guatemala through the Yucatan Peninsula in eastern Mexico. There, this peaceful river widens into a series of slow-flowing lakes. Along a remote 50-mile...

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Is chewing on ice cubes bad for your teeth?

  • Written by Matthew Cooke, Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry & Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
imageYour teeth will be better off if you refrain from chomping on ice cubes. Credit: Laurence Monneret/The Image Bank 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.

Is chewing on ice cubes bad for your teeth? – Gabriela...

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How to nurture creativity in your kids

  • Written by James C. Kaufman, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
imageCreativity has many academic, professional and personal benefits.Stephen Simpson/Stone Collection via Getty Images

Parents who want their kids to be more creative may be tempted to enroll them in arts classes or splurge on STEM-themed toys. Those things certainly can help, but as a professor of educational psychology who has writtenextensivelyabout...

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Trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s accused killers will scrutinize the use – and abuse – of ‘outdated’ citizen’s arrest laws

  • Written by Seth W. Stoughton, Associate Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
imageDefense set to claim that the three men accused over death of unarmed Black man were trying to conduct a citizen's arrest.Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File

The murder trial of three men accused in the death of unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery gets underway on Oct. 18, 2021, with the issue of what makes for a lawful citizen’s arrest...

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French outrage over US submarine deal will not sink a longstanding alliance

  • Written by Hervé-Thomas Campangne, Professor of French Studies, University of Maryland
imageFrench President Emmanuel Macron talks to U.S. President Joe Biden at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization headquarters in Brussels on June 14, 2021.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

France’s recent recall of its ambassador to the United States was an exceptional move in the long history of France-U.S. relations, which began...

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Death penalty can express society's outrage – but biases often taint the verdict

  • Written by Amelia Wirts, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington
imageIn 2013, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, with his brother Tamerlan, put bombs along the Boston Marathon route, killing and injuring many. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

In its hearing on Oct. 13, 2021, the Supreme Court appeared to favor reinstating the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found guilty of planting homemade bombs, with...

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Tsarnaev Supreme Court appeal: Do unbiased jurors exist in an age of social media?

  • Written by Thaddeus Hoffmeister, Law Professor, University of Dayton
imageIs it possible to have a jury whose members are unbiased?Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on Oct. 13, 2021, in the case of Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the lone surviving Boston Marathon bomber. While much of the news coverage has focused on whether the court will uphold the death penalty for Tsarnaev, the case also...

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Do unbiased jurors exist in an age of social media?

  • Written by Thaddeus Hoffmeister, Law Professor, University of Dayton
imageIs it possible to have a jury whose members are unbiased?Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Jury selection that began on Oct. 18, 2021, in the trial of three men accused of murdering unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery has been, according to an NPR report, a “very painstaking process.” That’s because it’s been hard to find jurors who...

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Scandal involving World Bank's 'Doing Business' index exposes problems in using sportslike rankings to guide development goals

  • Written by Fernanda G Nicola, Professor of Law, American University
imageThe World Bank's ease of doing business index incentives countries to do whatever they can to improve their ranking. Jongho Shin/iStock via Getty Images

The World Bank, a behemoth of an organization that provides tens of billions of dollars in aid to mostly developing countries, is in the middle of one of its biggest scandals since being founded in...

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What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account?

  • Written by Michael Humphrey, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University
imageHow much of your life is archived on Facebook?Arthur Poulin/Unsplash

If the latest deluge of Facebook controversies has you ready to kick the app to the digital curb, you are not alone. There are plenty of good guides out there on how to do it right. Even Facebook makes it pretty easy to understand the nuances of saying “see ya later”...

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