By Zachary Slepian, Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Florida
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.
Are multiverses real? If so, what do they look like? How do you get there without disturbing time? – Emily, age 9, Pune, Maharashtra, India
The idea of a…
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By Nara Parameswaran, Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University
When the Trump administration took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise, a university dean had to figure out on the fly how to support scientists and their work at his school.
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By Ari Berkowitz, Presidential Professor and Graduate Liaison for biology programs; Director, Cellular & Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program, University of Oklahoma
Genetic testing is now required to participate in women’s events in the Olympics. But the new policy oversimplifies biological sex and risks unwitting discrimination against some female athletes.
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By Mary Thurlkill, Professor of Religion, University of Mississippi
Several Shiite communities in South Asia recently refrained from celebrating Eid as they mourned the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. From Nigeria to…
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By Will Glovinsky, Research Assistant Professor of Humanities, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Today’s basic income proponents say cash payments would be good for everyone. In the 1790s, the idea’s inventor argued something else: It was owed to everyone.
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By Michelle L.D. Hanlon, Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
It’s about more than just beating China. As a space lawyer puts it, a Moon base would come with strategic, economic and scientific advantages.
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By Kamari Maxine Clarke, Full Professor, University of Toronto
Jennifer Burrell, Professor, Anthropology, Latin American, Caribbean and US Latino Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York
Sara Kendall, Reader (Associate Professor) in International Law, Kent Law School
The expansion of technologies has increased the documentation of violence. But it doesn’t always lead to justice since courts often exclude information gathered by families and communities.
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By Shabnam Salehi, PhD Candidate, Law, Carleton University; L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Pakistani jets recently bombed the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, a facility with 2,000 beds dedicated to helping patients recover from drug addiction.
Authorities in Afghanistan, along with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and various news agencies, reported…
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By Merling Phaswana, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
Philippe Gradidge, Professor, University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa is facing an alarming increase in non-communicable diseases and related mortality. According to Statistics South Africa, deaths due to non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension increased by over 58% between 1997 and 2018.
The crisis of overweight and obesity in the country adds to the risk of these diseases. Nearly 40% of the adult population is overweight. Although physical…
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By Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso, Senior Lecturer at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria and Senior Research Associate at North West University, North-West University
Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Ass. Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Agriculture is the backbone of Africa’s economy. It provides livelihoods for over 70% of the rural population and contributes to national food security and economic development.
For most rural households, farming is not just a source of income and sustenance. It also provides cultural identity and social stability. Over the past two decades, however, rural Africa has witnessed increasing…
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