Tag: Books
Not all political comedy is equal – how comics can either...
Sophia A. McClennen, Penn State
Biden is old. Trump has weird hair. Biden mangles the English language. Trump barely...
What is that voice in your head when you read?
Beth Meisinger, University of Memphis and Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
Curious Kids is...
This course teaches how to judge a book by its cover...
Lynda Kachurek, University of Richmond
Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ...
Jonathan Alexander, University of California, Irvine
In recognition of LGBT Pride Month, The Conversation reached out to Jonathan Alexander...
Can Bionic Reading make you a speed reader? Not so fast
Lauren M. Singer Trakhman, University of Maryland
What if something as simple as bolding parts of a word could...
The chattering classes got the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ book wrong – and...
Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis
Film critics have had nary a good word to say about Netflix’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Reviewers varyingly called...
How popular culture hobbles protest movements
Chauncey Maher, Dickinson College
In response to the anti-racism protests that have erupted across the U.S., many Americans are saying they agree with the goals...
Perfection comes at a price in latest adaptation of Austen’s ‘Emma’
Inger S. B. Brodey, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The latest film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic “Emma” is a visual feast of...
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The IceCube observatory detects neutrino and discovers a blazar as its...
Doug Cowen, Pennsylvania State University; Azadeh Keivani, Columbia University, and Derek Fox, Pennsylvania State University
About four billion years ago, when the planet Earth was...
