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Last Notes npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Sea sanctuaries could work well for some marine mammals needing new homes, but so far, only a handful have lived in them. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Aging levees and dams are only the beginning of the risks communities face as they prepare for this year’s super El Niño. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Latin America’s most powerful criminal groups have expanded far beyond the drug trade — into mining, fuel, real estate, finance and other businesses. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. PSA: Turning off your engine when you're parked is one of the easiest ways to save money, reduce air pollution, and protect public health. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. What if the fastest way to be more creative... was to stop trying so hard? npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Why is vaccine misinformation so persuasive? npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Antifa isn't a terrorist organization, says the former State Department official who once recommended which groups get designated as terrorists. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Who seems “more American”: Lucy Liu or Kate Winslet? npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. “We interviewed social media marketers in the United States, Ireland, India, Germany and Australia and saw a profession quietly running on empty: passionate, creative people who are mentally drained by jobs that rarely turn off.” npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Betting has turned passion into a transaction, with poor families in Brazil and elsewhere spending money that could have gone to food, transport, diapers, electricity, or rent. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. It’s really not ideal to rub your eyes often. Eye rubbing can actually damage your cornea over time. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Turns out screaming “DEBATE ME!” at strangers is… not actually a great way to change minds. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. True: Hurricane season starts in less than two weeks. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. The world spent years preparing for Ebola outbreaks. But the strain now spreading in Congo and Uganda is one scientists still don’t have an approved vaccine for – only one that has been tested in apes. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Countries and private companies are racing back to the Moon — this time with plans to stay there. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. A growing number of Trump voters say they regret their 2024 vote. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. What goes up must come down – and not all of it is burning up in the atmosphere. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. A federal gas tax holiday may not lower prices as much as politicians promise. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Politicians have pushed for temporary gas tax holidays as a form of relief for drivers, but studies actually show consumers only see a portion of the savings, with oil companies and retailed keeping the rest. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. With crude oil hitting a four-year high recently, filling up your car isn’t getting cheaper anytime soon. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. From the Temple of Heaven to ancient thousand-year-old trees, China staged Trump’s Beijing visit as a lesson in tradition and continuity, according to a cultural historian of modern China. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Many parents have heard the warning: Don’t use baby talk with babies and toddlers. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. As #AI threatens creative livelihoods, researchers who study cultural work and public policy studied what happened when 2,400 artists got $1,000 a month for 18 months. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. A 17-year-old was handcuffed at gunpoint after an AI camera mistook a Doritos bag for a gun. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. The Artemis II crew experienced an eclipse unlike anything on Earth: the Moon appeared larger than the Sun, surrounded by a hazy halo, while faint earthshine revealed the lunar landscape in dim npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Religious minorities have often faced hostility, even as many Americans have long believed in religious freedom and a more inclusive society. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. The U.S. military fires missiles worth more than $1 million to shoot down drones that cost Iran $20-50 thousand to mass produce. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. No, baby boys aren’t “less social.” That’s just a stereotype. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Taylor Swift and Coco Gauff earn massive sums as stars on their own, but research shows all-women teams across sports, music and business face a "collaboration penalty" – earning far less than all-men groups doing identical work. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Major League Baseball is expanding deeper into gambling with a new deal tied to prediction market Polymarket — even as betting scandals continue to surface across the sport. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. 1,200% npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. If using ChatGPT is cheating, what about ghostwriting? An English professor explores the old debate behind a new panic. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. 18 of Florida's 21 rural hospitals no longer provide obstetric care – a situation common throughout rural areas. A mobile clinic is filling the gap, with nurse midwives and physicians offering comprehensive maternal health services directly out of a retrofitted bus. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Artemis II has been plagued by similar issues to those faced by Artemis I, leading NASA to shake up its plan to return humans to the Moon. An aerospace expert explains: npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Former Harvard president Larry Summers will retire with the title “president emeritus” after scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein — a soft landing that, one economist argues, underscores academia’s tolerance of powerful, sexist men. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Bad Bunny sings that reggaeton is Puerto Rican, but the genre was actually born in Panama out of a collision between English and Spanish, Jamaican dancehall and hip-hop, explains a sociologist who researches the music’s roots. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Florida is considering deep cuts to its AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which helps more than 31,000 low-income residents with HIV afford medication. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Tribal territories hold 30% of U.S. coal, 50% of uranium and major reserves of critical minerals — and their treaty rights are supposed to be “the supreme Law of the Land.” npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Parents don't need a special approach to help their kids develop empathy and creativity through bedtime stories. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Social media moves at the speed of events, while journalism moves more slowly, at the speed of verification. A Navy War College strategist argues the real problem in journalism’s credibility gap is this structural time gap. And it causes a serious erosion in trust. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. People don’t just love their dogs. Many owners seem to love pets more than people. 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Researchers are finding the immune system may play a key role. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Fact-checks can’t stop political deepfakes from circulating — but teaching about deepfakes before people see them shows promise in helping viewers spot the fakes when they show up. https://buff.ly/Moy28dw npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Phone bans in schools have had mixed success. Most Ohio schools saw students talking more face-to-face and reduced peer conflicts. But students say the policies leave them feeling unsafe, and unable to complete college applications that require phone authentication. https://buff.ly/2lIj11e npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. The result: global audiences, Emmy wins, Oscar-nominated films and decades of cultural staying power — even through corporate sales, reboots and missed revivals. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Why do humans follow leaders without being forced? npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. A 13-year-old asked whether the universe might be a simulation. A physicist explains philosopher Nick Bostrom's logic: if future humans can create realistic simulations of countless worlds, probability suggests we're in one now. https://buff.ly/cUqFKU9 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. About 1 in 4 U.S. children have at least one immigrant parent. Restricting family reunification visas weakens the informal care networks that allow families to work and remain economically stable, undermining long-term economic growth. https://buff.ly/vY2y0Ee npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. The Trump administration is trying to rescind a 2009 EPA finding that greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health. But a federal judge already found the administration violated federal law in handpicking researchers to support its case. https://buff.ly/h6j4Txe npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Tip #1: Drop the “good” vs. “bad” food labels. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Bottom line: Healthy eating isn’t about cutting foods out. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. The Recording Academy banned fully AI-generated music from Grammy consideration, but the line between acceptable AI tools and problematic AI creation is blurry. Using AI to organize files is fine. Using it to generate a song's hook is not. Or is it? https://theconversation.com/grammys-ai-rules-aim-to-keep-music-human-but-large-gray-area-leaves-questions-about-authenticity-and-authorship-274504 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. From Argentina’s dictatorship to today’s ICE raids, mothers have turned grief into resistance. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Mindfulness is taught everywhere these days, from schools to workplaces. But the term means very different things to different practitioners. A professor of religious studies explains why this matters: https://theconversation.com/not-all-mindfulness-is-the-same-heres-why-it-matters-for-health-and-happiness-264096 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. “Unprepared for what has already happened” captures how many people feel about the #AI boom. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. A phrase for why so much AI art looks the same: cultural stagnation. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Solo diners and museumgoers write reviews rated as more helpful than those from people visiting with others. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Trump revoked the Obama-era policy that kept ICE out of schools. Now federal agents can enter school buildings and parking lots, and some parents are keeping kids home entirely out of fear. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. From bilingual workshops to comics and podcasts, scientists from marginalized communities are redefining science communication as relationship-building, not just information sharing. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. China condemned the U.S. raid in Venezuela. But behind closed doors, Beijing is asking what it means for China’s role in Latin America and as a world power. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to send troops to Minnesota in response to protests. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. #Venezuela has never been a major cocaine producer – Colombia overwhelmingly is. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. South Florida’s Brightline high-speed passenger train has brought renewed attention to a long-standing problem: for the past decade, about 900 pedestrians have been killed by trains each year. An economist who has studied transportation safety for 40 years explains: https://theconversation.com/south-floridas-brightline-has-highlighted-an-old-problem-every-year-for-the-past-decade-900-pedestrians-were-killed-by-trains-272229 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Several 2026 space missions aim to map the universe at its largest scales, revealing how planets, galaxies and cosmic structures evolved. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. A Texas A&M professor was barred from teaching Plato. A student secretly recorded another professor discussing gender identity and complained. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Only 5% of people with substance use disorder seek formal treatment. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. The Denver Broncos announced their new stadium will be privately financed, but across the 5 major sports leagues, only 20% of facilities are actually privately owned. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Some methods being tried to counter #climatechange shift the ocean’s biology or chemistry. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. College graduates earn $1.2 million more over their lifetime than high school graduates, and unemployment rates are half as high. But as skepticism about college grows, universities need to weave creativity and invention into undergraduate education to prove their value. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Academia loves to celebrate interdisciplinary research, but its career system quietly pushes many interdisciplinary scholars out. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. An ER doc says this year’s flu season it’s one of the worst in decades. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. MLK was talking about universal basic income before it was trendy. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Don’t expect Venezuelan oil supplies to move prices at the pump in the U.S. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Older adults whose diets consisted of only 15% ultraprocessed foods – rather than the usual 50% – had lower weight, insulin and cholesterol levels. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. The idea that Old Testament laws should govern the United States is at the core of a movement that, though small in numbers, resonates across many areas of American religious and political life. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Ocean viruses get a bad rap from land-based viruses. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Why small businesses are pulling back on hiring new graduates: npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Rural schools are perfectly positioned for astronomy education (they have darker skies!) npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Fire insurance maps captured 19th and 20th-century American cities in remarkable detail — and quietly recorded how insurers linked risk, moral judgment and racism when deciding which neighborhoods to protect. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. A criminal probe of the Fed chair raises a big question: npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Unpopular wars erode presidential power. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Venezuelan oil production has collapsed from 3.5 million barrels a day in 1997 to 840,000 today. Even if the U.S. secures 30 to 50 million barrels, that's only a few days worth of American oil consumption – and there’s already a global over-supply of oil. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Iran’s protests have spread to more than 25 provinces, transforming what began as local economic unrest into a nationwide challenge to the Islamic government’s survival. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Someone tell Pete Hegseth that the way of a true warrior turns toward philosophy rather than unrestrained power and endless war, according to philosophers like Aristotle and Yamamoto Tsunetomo. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. #Detroit seniors pay some of Michigan’s highest housing costs while living in some of its lowest-value homes. Nearly half spend over 30% of their income just to stay housed. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Iran’s government shut down the internet to stop protests. It hasn’t worked. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. If you asked people around the world which way is down, they'd all point in different directions. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control. Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalization, explains a scholar of global energy. https://theconversation.com/venezuelas-oil-industry-has-flailed-under-government-control-mexico-and-brazil-have-had-more-success-with-nationalizing-272785 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Trump has been involved in 4,000+ lawsuits in his lifetime – including a $10 billion suit filed against the BBC in December. Media freedom scholars say the goal isn’t to win in court — it’s to intimidate critics and weaken the press’s ability to hold him accountable. https://theconversation.com/trump-lawsuits-seek-to-muzzle-media-posing-serious-threat-to-free-press-272850 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Years of tension between Saudi Arabia and the UAE over Yemen finally boiled over in December when the Saudis accused their ally of arming separatists. The two Gulf powers have clashing visions for regional stability – and that could fracture the entire region. https://theconversation.com/saudi-uae-bust-up-over-yemen-was-only-a-matter-of-time-and-reflects-wider-rift-over-vision-for-the-region-273083 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. If Ukraine gives up land to get a peace deal, eventually reclaiming that land may require Russia's internal collapse. History shows voluntary returns of occupied territory are extremely rare. https://theconversation.com/ukraine-is-under-pressure-to-trade-land-for-peace-if-it-does-history-shows-it-might-not-ever-get-it-back-271609 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. In 1944, an active-duty US army soldier used this envelope to mail in his ballot. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Don’t do CPR like you see on TV! It’s easier than that. npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Why an astronomer is really excited about today's telescope launch: "We built Pandora to shatter a barrier – to understand and remove a source of noise in the data – that limits our ability to study small exoplanets in detail and search for life on them." npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections https://theconversation.com/damn-the-torpedoes-trump-ditches-a-crucial-climate-treaty-as-he-moves-to-dismantle-americas-climate-protections-273148 npub1a6wydewvgq3d30vvafg8kql7uxkq43ll3yn74hhxwf20zu8frpmsql9e8h The Conversation U.S. Cruelty has been normalized in capitalism. But leaders can still center care and fairness and build profitable, resilient companies
