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North AmericaAmerica’s largest oil export hub is so starved of water that it’s been illegal to have a green lawn for 2 years
By Michelle Hummel and The ConversationMay 25, 2026
By Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy and The ConversationMay 25, 2026
EnvironmentRice feeds more than half the world. It’s also the climate equivalent of 239 million cars
By Hanqin Tian, Jingting Zhang, Pep Canadell, Shufen (Susan) Pan and The ConversationMay 25, 2026
EconomyThe economist who wrote the book on sports finance has a number for FIFA’s World Cup haul: $15 billion
By Richard Sheehan and The ConversationMay 25, 2026
By Bruce Y. Lee, Hannah Dimmick and The ConversationMay 24, 2026
Personal FinanceFrom Hobbes to the 14th amendment: the ancient and modern cases against Trump’s $1.8 billion fund
By Austin Sarat and The ConversationMay 24, 2026
By Suvrat Dhanorkar and The ConversationMay 21, 2026
AIWe talked to 12 tarot card readers who are using AI. They split in 2 camps, with big implications for the technology
By Ziv Epstein, Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, Vana Goblot and The ConversationMay 16, 2026
PoliticsTrump voter remorse is almost entirely concentrated in the swing voters who gave him a shot in 2024
By Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes and The ConversationMay 16, 2026
EnvironmentBat deaths over the last two decades have cost American taxpayers in lost crops, higher taxes, and pricier bonds
By The ConversationMay 14, 2026
Arts & EntertainmentThe ‘King of Comics’ finally gets his due as New York names a Lower East Side street after Jack Kirby
By Miriam Eve Mora and The ConversationMay 12, 2026
EnvironmentMeet ‘Coalie,’ the anime-style anthropomorphic lump designed to sell you the idea that pollution can be clean
By Annie Persons and The ConversationMay 12, 2026
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