By John Calabrese, Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Middle East Institute, American University
With the declining power of financial sanctions, many countries are now physically boarding ships to enforce scattershot rules of trade, conflict and commerce.
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By Kendall Deas, Assistant Professor of Education Policy, Law, and Politics, University of South Carolina
The Florida Department of Education cannot account for US$270 million it has spent through its school choice program. That’s according to a November 2025 state audit of the department.
The same audit shows the department also doesn’t know which schools – if any – more than 30,000 K-12 students in the state attend.
During the 2026 legislative session, which ended March 13, 2026, state Sen. Don Gaetz, a Republican…
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By Elizabeth Dowdell, Professor of Nursing, Villanova University
Supporters of the ban argue that kids need a break from constant phone notifications so they can focus on learning and social skills instead.
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By John Lowrey, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Picking up food more frequently from supermarkets doesn’t close the gap between what’s donated and could be donated, a supply chain scholar explains.
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By Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
Setting a price for power might seem straightforward, but in reality it’s extremely complicated – and residential customers have very little influence in the decision.
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By Diana Dukhanova, Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, College of the Holy Cross
The Russian Orthodox Church is creating another pro-family day, part of a broader ‘traditional values’ campaign run by the government.
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By Michael Naparstek, Associate Teaching Professor Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
Daoism approaches the world not from the perspective that the world is broken or needs to be saved, but rather that it is naturally balanced.
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By Steven Lautzenheiser, Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Tennessee
Your fingers’ lengths are just one feature of many that let your hands grasp, press, pull and otherwise interact with the world.
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By Morgan Tingley, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
Spring migration has taken flight, but with rising temperatures and shifting seasons, birds are adjusting when and how they migrate to keep up with a rapidly warming climate.
Morgan Tingley, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, studies the effects of climate change on birds.
The Conversation has collaborated with SciLine to bring you highlights from the discussion, edited for brevity and clarity.
How is climate…
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By Amnesty International
Responding to new findings by Citizen Lab that the device of former member of the European Parliament, Stelios Kouloglou, was infected with Pegasus spyware between October 2022 and March 2023, while he was serving on a European Parliament committee investigating Pegasus and other similar spyware, Elina Castillo Jiménez, Advocacy and Policy Advisor for the Security Lab at Amnesty International, said: “The fact that Stelios Kouloglou’s device was infected with an intrusive form of spyware that only governments can procure, while he […] The post Europe: Brazen hacking of former MEP investigating…
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