By Ken Hughes, Research Specialist, the Miller Center, University of Virginia
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accounts of the notorious false flag operations proposed during the Kennedy years omit the most important part of the story. Hint: It’s a family affair.
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By Bethany Bradley, Professor of Biogeography and Spatial Ecology, UMass Amherst
Adrienne Wootten, Research Scientist, South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, University of Oklahoma
Ryan Longman, Associate Climatologist, Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii
The people who manage America’s aquifers, wetlands, shorelines and recreation areas rely on federal science as they face new and rising risks in a changing climate.
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By Katherine Fink, Associate Professor of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts, Pace University
Although advertising revenue largely sustained the news media in the 20th century, it’s been harder to come by in the digital age. News media outlets just aren’t as important these days for advertisers when they can reach potential customers so many other ways, including through social media.
Some news outlets…
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By Stephen DiKerby, Postdoctoral Researcher in Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University
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.
How will the universe end? – Iez M., age 9, Rochester, New York
Whether the universe will “end” at all is not certain, but all evidence suggests it will continue being humanity’s cosmic home for a very, very…
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By Marcos Fernandez Tous, Assistant Professor of Space Studies, University of North Dakota
Preeti Nair, Master's Student in Aerospace Sciences, University of North Dakota
Sai Susmitha Guddanti, Ph.D. Student in Aerospace Sciences, University of North Dakota
Sreejith Vidhyadharan Nair, Research Assistant Professor of Aviation, University of North Dakota
A subset of AI called reinforcement learning is helping scientists improve nuclear fuel technology, which they could use to power spacecraft and rockets.
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By Amy Wrobleski, Ph.D. Candidate in Ecology and Anthropology, Penn State
Eric Burkhart, Faculty Instructor in Ecosystem Science and Management, Penn State
Two ethnobiologists at Penn State surveyed over 800 mushroom harvesters in the mid-Atlantic region to understand what they’re hunting and why.
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By Emily Ronay Johnston, Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Arts, Media and Writing Studies, University of California, Merced
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
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By Francesco Agnellini, Lecturer in Digital and Data Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The line between human and machine authorship is blurring, particularly as it’s become increasingly difficult to tell whether something was written by a person or AI.
Now, in what may seem like a tipping point, the digital marketing firm Graphite recently published a study showing that more than 50% of articles on the web are being generated by artificial intelligence.
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By Benedict Carpenter van Barthold, Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer has sold to an anonymous phone bidder for US$236.4 million (£180.88 million) at Sotheby’s New York. Only Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi has achieved a higher hammer price. For modern art, Klimt is the uncontested champion.
What’s more, this record was achieved despite a cooling global art market, and with Klimt lacking the universal household recognition of Da Vinci in much of the world.
The painting is valued…
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By Valentina Fantasia, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science, Lund University
Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi, Professor of Psychology, University of Warsaw
As adults interact with kids, they share views and create new knowledge. So what happens if screens take over that interaction?
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