Meditation is a proven way to improve mental and physical wellbeing: digital interruptions notwithstanding… Very few activities, free no less, have the power to improve our...
“What is happening in this country in terms of banning books in schools is unparalleled in its frequency, intensity, and success,” said the director of PEN...
So much is going on in the area of Crypto-currencies, Blockchain, Alt Coins, and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) that it can make your head spin. And that...
below, script and video in full; Republicans love to claim they’re the party of freedom. Bulls**t. In reality, the Republican agenda centers on taking away freedom....
The award-winning documentary titled YOUTH v GOV premiered globally on the streaming platform Netflix Friday as the youth plaintiffs featured in the film await a decision that could...
In the global effort to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, achieving a “100% renewables” electricity system is considered ideal. Some Australian states have committed...
The latest reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change show that to avoid massive losses and damage from global warming, nations must act quickly to...
Richard B. (Ricky) Rood, University of Michigan Global warming doesn’t stop on a dime. If people everywhere stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, stored heat would still...
Peter Watson, Carleton University Almost 400 years ago, in The Assayer, Galileo wrote: “Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe … [But the book]...
Erica Goldberg, University of Dayton The United States has become a nation divided over important issues in K-12 education, including which books students should be able...
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...
Scott Ruoti, University of Tennessee Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data...
Who am I? I’m the person writing this. But is it really necessary for you to know that I am female, love only cats (no dogs)...
Data-driven personalized ads are the lifeblood of the internet. To a growing number of lawmakers, they’re also nefarious Earlier this month, the European Union Parliament passed...
Here’s a tale of two Stephen Rosses. Real life Stephen Ross, who founded Related Companies, a global firm best known for developing the Time Warner Center...
Meet the researchers making science more sustainable. The lab is quietly bustling with scientists intent on their work. One gestures to an item on her bench...
Both the Republicans and the Democrats vote as if the nation’s middle-class taxpayer is a sleeping sucker. by Ralph Nader “Polarization” is the word most associated with...
International survey reveals ‘shocking’ rise of eco-anxiety and hopelessness. “If this isn’t a wake up call for world leaders, what is?” Amidst a sharp increase in...
“You had a future, and so should we.” That’s the first line of an open letter released Tuesday by 71 young professionals and students in the advertising and...
It is generally agreed that one reliable way to measure one’s intelligence is via aptitude tests like IQ scores. And a person’s IQ typically remains fairly...
As the sun begins to peak out and early summer finally shines among us, June, as it has been for years, is the perfect month to...
The TikTok indicator is saying crypto is here to stay… It was, astoundingly, less than a month ago, May 8th, 2021, that Ethereum reached an all...