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Children on electronic devices
Health
Why governments are the only solution to the explosion of child obesity as 124 million struggle with processed foods and sedentary modern life
By Kathleen Trejo Tello and The ConversationJuly 28, 2023
An astronomer who’s part of a group planning to talk to aliens ‘should the need ever arise’ breaks down the bombshell UFO testimony in Congress
Politics
An astronomer who’s part of a group planning to talk to aliens ‘should the need ever arise’ breaks down the bombshell UFO testimony in Congress
By The ConversationJuly 28, 2023
Extreme heat
Environment
It’s not just climate change: Here’s how El Niño and a huge underwater volcanic eruption led to extreme heat in 2023, from an expert who’s mapped various sections of the Earth
By Michael Wysession and The ConversationJuly 27, 2023
Horse
Health
Horse obesity can help us understand it in humans too, veterinary science researcher says
By Jane Manfredi and The ConversationJuly 25, 2023
Greenland ice sheet
Environment
The scientists who figured out exactly when Greenland was ice-free reveal what it shows about our warming planet
By Paul Bierman, Tammy Rittenour and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
Alexa user
Tech
You can see the big problem with A.I. when you use Alexa, say concerned Harvard professors. Just ask if Amazon is a monopoly
By Bruce Schneier, Nathan Sanders and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
Albert Einstein, J. Robert Oppenheimer
Politics
How Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb secrets were really stolen by Soviet Russia, as revealed by a Harvard Kennedy School professor
By Calder Walton and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
Taylor Swift
Politics
From Pennsylvania’s ‘Swiftsburgh’ to New Jersey’s ‘Taylor Swift Ham, Egg and Cheese,’ politicians are capitalizing on the Eras tour
By Matt Harris and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
Man in glider
Tech
ChatGPT is not a search engine. Here’s why you should think of it as a ‘glider’ to get better results, says engineer with Harvard PhD in neuroscience
By James Intriligator and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
Vladimir Putin
Finance
The Russia-Africa summit is coming, but Putin barely invests in the continent while the mercenary Wagner Group rages across the countryside
By Joseph Siegle and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
UPS strike
Success
340,000 UPS drivers are about to strike over a pay scale that gives part-timers what the Teamsters call ‘poverty wages’—here’s a closer look at the numbers
By Jason Miller and The ConversationJuly 24, 2023
Phoenix tortoise
Environment
A paleoclimate scientist explains why he cringes at the 100,000-year heat—and how far back in prehistory it was really this hot
By Darrell Kaufman and The ConversationJuly 23, 2023
Vladimir Putin
Europe
Why Russia just pulled out of the deal that cut global food inflation by over 23%
By Anna Nagurney and The ConversationJuly 22, 2023
Tony Bennett
Success
How Tony Bennett survived a near fatal drug overdose to create an 80-year career that knitted together the old and new Americas
By Jose Valentino Ruiz and The ConversationJuly 22, 2023
Charlton Heston, Ronald Reagan, William Buckley Jr
Success
How Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston created the entertainment ecosystem that Netflix destroyed, from a scholar of streaming
By David Arditi and The ConversationJuly 19, 2023
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