By Brett Robertson, University of South Carolina [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Hurricane Ian, one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., tore…
By Jason Dunion, University of Miami [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As Hurricane Ian intensifies on its way toward the Florida coast, hurricane hunters are…
By Chris Impey, University of Arizona [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re…
By William Hauk, University of South Carolina; Lisa Miller, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and Wayne Au, University of Washington, Bothell [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished…
By Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The unexpected arrival of approximately 50 Colombian and Venezuelan migrants on Martha’s…
By Benjamin Jensen, American University School of International Service [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Ukrainian forces, aided by Western firepower, have upset traditional military logic…
By Aziz Huq, University of Chicago; David Landau, Florida State University, and Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A county court…
By Edouard Wemy, Clark University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Federal Reserve received mixed news in the latest data on U.S. inflation as it…
By Paul Shafer, Boston University and Kristefer Stojanovski, Tulane University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme…
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