By Andrew Parsons, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia
A father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has been getting winded on her morning walks and feeling more fatigued than usual. Both reach for their phones and type their symptoms into an AI chatbot.
“Your child likely has an ear infection,” the father learns. “Your symptoms could indicate a cardiac condition,” the woman reads.
Those are helpful answers – and there’s a good chance they’re correct. Artificial intelligence is approaching, and in some cases exceeding, doctors’ ability to make…
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By Ivis García, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
Subsidized insurance makes waterfront property seem safer than it is for wealthier buyers, while many low-income homeowners face repeat disasters with no help.
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By Douglas Goodwin, Lecturer in Design and Media Arts, University of California, Los Angeles; California Institute of the Arts
A photographer describes how your phone camera flattens and dulls the colors in photos – and how to regain an appreciation for the wide spectrum of colors.
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By Patty Heyda, Professor of Urban Design and Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis
From who gets to vote to how people travel and where taxpayer dollars are funneled, politicians and urban planners wield maps to control public imagination.
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By Katie Savin, Assistant Professor of Social Work, California State University, Sacramento
Callie Freitag, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Matthew Borus, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Researchers learned from dozens of interviews that the usual ways of resolving complex cases, escalating issues and holding the authorities accountable no longer work.
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By James Malm, Associate Professor of Finance and Director of the Global Business Resource Center, College of Charleston
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.
What happens to debt when someone dies? – Lucy, age 17, Cincinnati, Ohio
Imagine everyone has a large piggy bank that represents everything they own. Inside it are items such as cash in a bank account, a…
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By Benjamin Park, Associate Professor of History, Sam Houston State University
Nicholas Shrum, Doctoral Student in Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Latter-day Saints have long valued the US Constitution’s promise of religious freedom – but the church has also tested its boundaries.
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By David Blazar, Associate Professor of public policy and education, University of Maryland
Many Black teachers were pushed out of classrooms from the 1950s through ‘70s. Despite new recruitment programs, the teacher workforce remains mostly white.
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By Kathleen Murray Preble, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington
Jennifer E. O'Brien, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington
Public awareness campaigns around the World Cup and other sporting events are well intentioned – but not backed by research.
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
A new DNA test could spare millions of breast cancer patients from chemotherapy. We answer your questions about what it means and who it helps.
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