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By Alex Brown, Associate Professor of Medieval History, Durham University
Everyone knows Robin Hood – but almost no one has heard of the medieval outlaws who may have inspired stories about him.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Samuelle Fajutrao Falk, PhD Candidate, Autism Genomics, Karolinska Institutet
Most autistic people support genetic research but fear how the findings might be used. Their concerns are becoming harder to dismiss.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Anne-Marie Russell, Jenny Jones Chair of Nursing Science and School Head of Research, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Birmingham
For most people, a hot summer’s day is uncomfortable. For someone with scarred lungs, it can become a medical risk.

People living with interstitial lung disease (ILD) are especially vulnerable during extreme heat. As climate change drives more frequent and intense heatwaves, people with ILD will need better protection from hot weather and related health risks.

ILD is an umbrella term for more than 200 lung conditions. These conditions cause inflammation, the body’s immune response to injury or irritation,…The Conversation (Full Story)

By Nick Megoran, Professor of Political Geography, Newcastle University; Independent Social Research Foundation
Once described as the ‘Balkans of central Asia’, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have managed ethnic and territorial tensions with great success.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Carla Vecchiola, Lecturer in History, University of Michigan-Dearborn
In 1997, I was one of relatively few tourists in Detroit.

Well before #vanlife was a hashtag, I left my home state of California and drove around the country for five months living in a 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon. Though I had few planned stops, Detroit was on my itinerary because I was a raver and I knew that techno originated in Detroit.

After my trip, I applied to grad school at the University of Michigan with the plan to make Detroit electronic music my research topic. I moved from Ann Arbor to Detroit…The Conversation (Full Story)

By Seth T. Kannarr, Ph.D. Graduate in Geography, University of Tennessee
Derek H. Alderman, Chancellor's Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee
At a time when Americans disagree deeply over the meaning of citizenship, belonging and education, summer camps remain places where visions of the nation are communicated to young people.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
Landor v. Louisiana highlights the religious rights of the nearly 2 million people imprisoned in the US – and how challenging it can be to protect those rights.The Conversation (Full Story)
By David Mislin, Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
From the Civil War to the Cold War, existential fears have fueled claims that America is a Christian nation, a historian of US Christianity explains.The Conversation (Full Story)
By Thomas Adam, Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
As more Americans consider whether a college degree is worth it, the rising cost of attending a college or university is often at the forefront of their minds.

The average college tuitionThe Conversation (Full Story)

By Sylvain Barbot, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Both faults are along plate boundaries that move in similar ways and have ruptured in enormously destructive earthquakes in the past.The Conversation (Full Story)
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