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Education

Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the...

Staff Writer - October 23, 2023

Ari Berkowitz, University of Oklahoma Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S....

EXPLORING NATURE

Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art

Art

How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism

Staff Writer - September 29, 2025

Sally Jane Brown, West Virginia University When American artist Dorothea Tanning painted “Birthday” in 1942, she announced her arrival...

How do you measure the concentration of a drug in a tortoise shell? Thirawatana Phaisalratana/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales,...

September 27, 2025

A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images

How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy

September 26, 2025

Colorado’s $3.9 billion wine industry is threatened by a tiny aphid. Courtesy of Charlotte Oliver

How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope

September 24, 2025

Biosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz. Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY

Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth...

September 23, 2025