by Emily Ronay Johnston, University of California, Merced, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing…
by Soohyun Cho, Michigan State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] There never seems to be a shortage of good crime shows on TV, and…
by Benjamin Gardner, University of Surrey and Amanda L. Rebar, University of South Carolina, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Reaching for our phones upon waking,…
by Sunita Sah, Cornell University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] You’re in a meeting when your boss suggests changing a number to make the quarterly…
by Masha Remskar, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Most people know roughly what kind of lifestyle they should be living to stay…
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…
by Jen Cole Wright, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] To live together in social communities, people create and maintain expectations about what…
by Virginia Thomas, Middlebury, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the past few years, experts have been sounding the alarm over how much time Americans…
by Mary E. Dozier, Mississippi State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] I recently helped my mom sort through boxes she inherited when my grandparents…
by Jeb Card, Miami University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching….