Tag: life&news
Fossilized footprints reveal 2 extinct hominin species living side by side...
Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian Institution; Kevin Hatala, Chatham University, and Purity Kiura, National Museums of Kenya
Human footprints stir...
Is using AI tools innovation or exploitation? 3 ways to think...
Leo S. Lo, University of New Mexico
Artificial intelligence can be used in countless ways – and the ethical...
208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to...
Marie Ng, University of Washington
Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S. were classified as...
An upward spiral – how small acts of kindness and connection...
Liza M. Hinchey, Wayne State University
Political chasms, wars, oppression … it’s easy to feel hopeless and helpless watching...
China’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades
Lucia Green-Weiskel, Trinity College
The 2024 U.N. climate talks ended in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Nov. 24 after two weeks...
Students go to hell and back in this course that looks...
Robert Gordon Joseph, University of Dayton
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches...
Gen Z heads home: How to navigate the evolving parent-child relationship...
Amy Root, West Virginia University
As a professor of child development and family science, every year I witness college...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ case raises questions about the many observers who...
Zoe D. Peterson, Indiana University; Mary P. Koss, University of Arizona, and RaeAnn Anderson, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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...
