By Keith Brown, Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
Hanna Begić, Masters student, Arizona State University
In Serbia, there is a word for a form of stubbornness that sees someone act out of spite or defiance rather than yield to the will of others: “inat.”
It’s something Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is showing remarkable levels of right now.
For almost a year, anti-government…
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By Ernest Freeberg, Professor of History, University of Tennessee
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.
Who invented the light bulb? – Preben, age 5, New York City
When people name the most…
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By Ted Powers, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis
Cancer. Diabetes. Aging itself. Rapamycin’s potential to treat an array of diseases has been a source of scientific fascination. But many aren’t aware of its origins – and its complicated legacy.
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By Steven Sullivan, Director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History, Miami University
From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play important roles in the world.
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By Susanna Ashton, Professor of English, Clemson University
Mollie Barnes, Associate Professor of English, University of South Carolina Beaufort
The staircase was originally acquired due to its craftsmanship. Only later did scholars realize that it was where Harriet Jacobs suffered abuse at the hands of her enslaver.
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By Sally Jane Brown, Curator, West Virginia University
The artist’s 1942 painting ‘Birthday’ will be on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s upcoming ‘Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100’ exhibition.
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By Beverly Moran, Professor Emerita of Law, Vanderbilt University
Not long after U.S. housing prices reached a record high this summer – the median existing home went for US$435,000 in June – President Donald Trump said that he was considering a plan to make home sales tax-free.
Supporters of the idea, introduced by U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as the
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By Andreas L. Birkenfeld, Professor, Diabetology, Endocrinology and Nephrology, University of Tübingen
Reiner Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg, Professorship for Clinical Metabolism and Obesity Research, University Hospital and Medical Faculty, University of Tübingen
There’s a long-held belief in diabetes prevention that weight loss is the main way to lower disease risk. Our new study challenges this.
For decades, people diagnosed with prediabetes – a condition affecting up to one in three adults depending on age – have been told the same thing by their doctors: eat healthily and lose weight to avoid developing diabetes.
This approach hasn’t been working for all. Despite unchanged medical recommendations for more than 20 years, diabetes prevalence
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By Helen McDonald, Senior Lecturer, Life Sciences, University of Bath
Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined vaccine covering measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) in a single jab, the US is moving in the opposite direction – restricting parents’ ability to choose that same combination for their youngest children.
Just as the US has just celebrated 30 years of chickenpox vaccination, advisers to its health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, voted against the use of the MMRV…
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By Lindsay O'Dell, Professor of critical developmental psychology, The Open University
Charlotte Brownlow, Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology and Wellbeing, University of Southern Queensland
Sandra Thom-Jones, Honorary Professor, University of Wollongong
The science is clear: no link exists between paracetamol use in pregnancy and autism. What lingers is the harm caused when powerful voices spread misinformation.
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