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  • Aaron RodgersMind

    The ‘psychedelic renaissance’ is big business, but a religion scholar says humans—and animals—have been ecstatically tripping for thousands of years

    By Gary Laderman and The Conversation
  • Wagner GroupPolitics

    Prigozhin’s Wagner hasn’t just undermined Putinism—it’s bringing ‘unprecedented’ lawlessness to Russia, says lawyer with over a decade of experience in the country

    By Maxim Krupskiy and The Conversation
  • Joe Biden and Vladimir Zelensky

    NATO is ‘certainly conducting its business more like the way it did during the Cold War,’ says professor at U.S. Army War College

    By John Deni and The Conversation
  • Social isolation and loneliness have the same effect on human health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, which is to say, it can shorten life span by up to 15 years.Health

    Solving the country’s loneliness crisis would make Americans healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs

    By Clay Marsh and The Conversation
  • Harvard graduationSuccess

    Harvard and other wealthy schools’ legacy admissions policies draw support from people who want to keep a ‘racial hierarchy,’ research shows

    By Angelica S. Gutierrez and The Conversation
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    A former Clinton and Obama diplomat pulls back the curtain on what really happens during NATO summits

    By Tara Sonenshine and The Conversation
  • SuburbsFinance

    Wealthy suburbs are crushing housing market supply and choking off affordability, say researchers who looked at nationwide data

    By Paul G. Lewis, Nicholas J. Marantz, and others
  • Left untreated, tuberculosis is a very contagious and dangerous disease that can result in death.Health

    Tuberculosis cases and deaths are on the rise for first time in decades after efforts to control it have ‘stalled, slowed or reversed’

    By Carlos Franco-Paredes and The Conversation
  • Ukrainian protesterEnvironment

    Russia’s detonation of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam didn’t just flood the city of Kherson—it will be an ecological disaster for decades, experts say

    By Susanne Wengle, Vitalii Dankevych, and others
  • Sebastian Pinera, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping,

    ‘Global China’ is a big part of Latin America’s renewable energy boom, but homegrown industries and ‘frugal innovation’ are key

    By Zdenka Myslikova, Nathaniel Dolton-Thornton, and others
  • aging manHealth

    Anti-aging is a ‘double-edged sword,’ says a biologist who studies how your cells and molecules just get more tired as you get older

    By Ellen Quarles and The Conversation
  • Person ponders existence

    The ‘existential danger’ from AI isn’t like an atomic bomb, it will just make you question your humanity, says philosopher who’s studied tech ethics for years

    By Nir Eisikovits and The Conversation
  • Vladimir Putin and child

    The sad legacy of Russian orphans lies behind Putin’s troops kidnapping tens of thousands of Ukrainian children

    By Clementine Fujimura and The Conversation
  • Vladimir Putin

    Extremely isolated Putin had lifestyle to envy, says Obama intel chief: ‘He didn’t do anything much besides exercise and read till 1 o’clock in the afternoon’

    By Gregory F. Treverton and The Conversation
  • July 4 fireworksEnvironment

    July 4th is an explosive day—for starting wildfires

    By Mojtaba Sadegh and The Conversation