By Olga Ensz, Clinical Assistant Professor of Community Dentistry, University of Florida
Florida is one of the worst states in the US when it comes to access to affordable dental care – and children are suffering as a result.
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By Adi Foord, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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 does the camera on the James Webb Space Telescope work and see so far out? – Kieran G., age 12, Minnesota
Imagine a camera so powerful it can see light from galaxies that formed more than
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By Marcus Pearce, Reader in Cognitive Science, Queen Mary University of London
Lots of younger people play audiobooks and podcasts at faster speeds. The benefits are obvious, but researchers are uncovering downsides.
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By Mariah Meek, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University
Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the climate depend on a healthy Arctic, too.
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By John Weigand, Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Interior Design, Miami University
A scholar and former college dean explains why higher education’s reliance on majors to measure academic quality may be an outdated approach.
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By Vikash V. Gayah, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Penn State
Even though research supports the change, most cities have been slow to ban left turns at even the most congested intersections.
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By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor
Part of the appeal of the 2023 horror flick, M3gan, was that its titular antagonist managed to be two of the scariest villains of the genre in one – a killer robot, and a child’s doll come to life.
After nine-year-old Cady (Violet McGraw) tragically lost her parents, her roboticist aunt Gemma (Allison Williams of Get Out fame) brought M3gan home to help her niece with the traumatic transition. M3gan was to be Cady’s teacher, playmate…
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By Allen Haddrell, Research Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol
Once asbestos enters the lungs, it doesn’t leave. Its sharp, microscopic fibres scar tissues, trigger inflammation and can cause deadly diseases like mesothelioma, lung cancer and laryngeal cancer. That’s why over 60 countries have banned it – and why the US mostly phased it out.
In 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved to ban all industrial uses. But on June 17, the agency said it would revisit…
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By Damian Tobin, Lecturer in International Business, University College Cork
Nato leaders agreed to ramp up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output by 2035 at a summit in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25. US president Donald Trump, who has spent months saying Europe should take more responsibility for its own security, described the pledge as “a monumental win for the US” and a “big win” for western civilisation.
A few months earlier, in March, the EU also launched its long-awaited white…
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By Susan Forde, Professor, Media and Journalism, Griffith University
Our universities require a major overhaul. Reform is possible, but only if a government is prepared to take up the challenge.
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