5 wintry books to read during long nights
Liz Rosenberg, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Winter solstice brings the shortest day and longest night of...
Celine Dion’s diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome brought a rare neurological diagnosis into the public...
Bhavana Patel, University of Florida and Torge Rempe, University of Florida
The announcement by celebrated singer Celine Dion in...
This course teaches students how to connect with older adults to forge intergenerational bonds...
Jeremy Holloway, University of North Dakota
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation...
Do accents disappear?
Chris C. Palmer, Kennesaw State University and Michelle Devereaux, Kennesaw State University
In Boston, there are reports of people...
Social media always remembers – which makes moving on from a breakup that much harder
Kate G. Blackburn, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts; Leah E. LeFebvre, University of Alabama, and Nick Brody,...
Chickenpox and shingles virus lying dormant in your neurons can reactivate and increase your...
Andrew Bubak, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Over 90% of the world population has the virus that causes...
‘Vaccinating’ frogs may or may not protect them against a pandemic – but it does...
Andrea Adams, University of California, Santa Barbara
When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, many wildlife disease researchers like me...
Video of college student arrest raises questions about use of police on campus
Jarell Skinner-Roy, University of Michigan
When a video emerged of a 20-year-old Black student being arrested at Winston-Salem State...






















