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  • OrangutanHealth

    I study orangutans and found that wildfires made them sound like heavy smokers. They also got lazier and started binge-eating

    By Wendy M. Erb and The Conversation
  • NBA DraftSuccess

    From poverty to prosperity: NBA rookies transformed into millionaires overnight often struggle to navigate fame and fortune

    By Rob Book and The Conversation
  • Ja MorantLifestyle

    America has a long love affair with guns, except when they’re possessed by Black NBA stars

    By A. Joseph Dial and The Conversation
  • Yevgeny Prigozhin

    Prigozhin’s aborted rebellion exposes Putin as impotent false strongman, says Russia scholar with over 3 decades of expertise

    By Peter Rutland and The Conversation
  • Man at laptopTech

    How will AI change work? A look back at the ‘productivity paradox’ of the computer age shows it won’t be so simple

    By Bhaskar Chakravorti and The Conversation
  • Xi Jinping

    How long will the dollar last as the world’s default currency? The BRICS nations are gathering in South Africa this August with it on the agenda

    By Mihaela Papa and The Conversation
  • John MaugerLifestyle

    A zoo vs. a safari: How the thirst for ‘authentic’ tourism grew into the adventure tourism boom that led to the Titan tragedy

    By Scott Smith and The Conversation
  • Henry David ThoreauLifestyle

    The secret American history of yoga began at Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond: ‘Even I am a yogin’

    By Jeremy David Engels and The Conversation
  • Vladimir Putin, Yevgeny PrigozhinPolitics

    Vladimir Putin looks uneasy about Ukraine’s counteroffensive as he faces the rarest of things: A political rival he can’t get rid of

    By Peter Rutland and The Conversation
  • Ralph NaderFinance

    Have you been screwed over by an airline yet this summer? The government has let them create their own rules since 1978

    By Janet Bednarek and The Conversation
  • Lula

    Brazil’s Lula and the Global South are flexing their muscles—and they may be able to bring peace to Eastern Europe

    By Jorge Heine and The Conversation
  • Mariya Gudko

    Ukraine is flooding after explosions dynamited a massive dam. The founder of West Point’s Modern War Institute says hydraulic warfare is an age-old tactic

    By Liam Collins and The Conversation
  • Black teacherLifestyle

    3 ways teachers can use the story of Juneteenth to expand kids’ minds, from an education professor who grew up in the Caribbean

    By Raphael E. Rogers and The Conversation
  • Jewish father and sonLifestyle

    Jewish denominations: A historian breaks down the difference between Reform, Orthodox and Conservative

    By Joshua Shanes and The Conversation
  • Sam HoustonLifestyle

    One of the 182,566 people freed on the first Juneteenth was Joshua Houston, the enslaved servant of the famous general. This is his story.

    By Jeffrey L. Littlejohn, Zachary Montz, and others