Tag: history
Millions of Americans are problem gamblers – so why do so...
James P. Whelan, University of Memphis
The opportunity to gamble has moved from a trip to Vegas, to a...
Gifts of Christmas past: buy secondhand to give your loved ones...
Omar Khaled Abdelrahman, University of Huddersfield and Claire McCamley, University of Huddersfield
Christmas is a period for celebrating our...
8 billion humans: How population growth and climate change are connected...
Manfred Laubichler, Arizona State University
At first glance, the connections between the world’s growing population and climate change seem...
Rap artists have penned plenty of lyrics about US presidents –...
Stefan M. Bradley, Amherst College
Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....
1,000-year-old stalagmites from a cave in India show the monsoon isn’t...
Gayatri Kathayat, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Ashish Sinha, California State University, Dominguez Hills
In a remote cave in northeast...
Handwritten diaries may feel old fashioned, but they offer insights that...
Paula Vene Smith, Grinnell College
The first time I taught a college course called “The London Diary” for young...
How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with lessons from...
Quraysh Ali Lansana, Oklahoma State University
Quraysh Ali Lansana is the director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing...
Whether up in smoke or down the toilet, missing presidential records...
Shannon Bow O'Brien, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
We may never get to the...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
