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Drawing of houses and water with hurricanes winds

Psychology July 18, 2025

When grief involves trauma − a social worker explains how to support survivors of the recent floods and other devastating losses

by Liza Barros-Lane, University of Houston-Downtown, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The July 4, 2025, floods in Kerr County, Texas, swept away children and entire…

Drawing of an unfolding world map showing all continents except Antarctica

Science and Technology May 30, 2025

Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed US-wide missile defense system

by Iain Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called…

Science and Technology May 30, 2025

A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade out from the world it envisions, a planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration

by Ari Koeppel, Dartmouth College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans…

Taeyeong Choi with a wheeled robot below him at about shin height

Science and Technology May 22, 2025

Kennesaw State researcher develops AI robot to aid farmers in fight against pests

[This article by Raynard Churchwell, with photo by Matt Yung, first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] According to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,…

A diagram of a microchip with the letters "AI" in the center

Science and Technology May 22, 2025

AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem

by Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, Vanderbilt University and Jacob Mchangama, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Google recently made headlines globally because its chatbot Gemini generated…

Graphic of a dial indicator labeled HPC over a cluster of servers

Science and Technology May 15, 2025

Challenges to high-performance computing threaten US innovation

by Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] High-performance computing, or HPC for short, might sound like something only scientists use in…

graphic of lab equipment including beakers, microscope and test tubes

Science and Technology May 12, 2025

Science requires ethical oversight – without federal dollars, society’s health and safety are at risk

by Christine Coughlin, Wake Forest University and Nancy M. P. King, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As the Trump administration continues to…

Science and Technology May 9, 2025

Basic research advances science, and can also have broader impacts on modern society

by Bruce J. MacFadden, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] It might seem surprising, but federal research funding isn’t just for scientists. A…

Science and Technology May 8, 2025

AI isn’t replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it

by Jeanne Beatrix Law, Kennesaw State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] I’m a writing professor who sees artificial intelligence as more of an opportunity…

Science and Technology May 5, 2025

A Michigan research professor explains how NIH funding works − and what it means to suddenly lose a grant

by Brady Thomas West, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has terminated more than US$2…

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