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  • Man in hard hat looking at wind turbinesEnvironment

    Two experts with front-row seats to California’s ambitious climate plan explain how the state could pull it off—and why they think it could change the world

    By Daniel Sperling and The Conversation
  • Doctor with listHealth

    Why COVID deaths are still undercounted in the U.S., according to a team of researchers looking at ‘excess deaths’

    By Andrew Stokes, Dielle Lundberg, and others
  • Passport listSuccess

    What the list of the world’s most and least powerful passports reveals, according to the author of the cultural history ‘License to Travel’

    By Patrick Bixby and The Conversation
  • Two cyclists on the Atlanta BeltLineSuccess

    The road to hell is paved with successful urban planning projects—‘green gentrification’ is driving up housing costs and creating racial exclusion

    By Dan Immergluck and The Conversation
  • People sitting at a Starbucks.Personal Finance

    Two business school professors break down the deeper reasons why Starbucks customers were so enraged when the company changed its loyalty program

    By H. Sami Karaca, Jay L. Zagorsky, and others
  • Biden and MacronEnvironment

    Joe Biden has a big European climate change problem: His plan to cut carbon emissions is so different it might be incompatible

    By Noah Kaufman, Chris Bataille, and others
  • Jacinda ArdernSuccess

    Jacinda Ardern’s resignation says 5 things about women in power, according to a scholar who studies women in politics

    By Farida Jalalzai and The Conversation
  • Food insecurity chartPersonal Finance

    Inflation made groceries a lot more expensive, but had zero impact on food insecurity, experts on food and agricultural economics say

    By Sam Polzin, Jayson Lusk, and others
  • Kid looking at computerTech

    Even kids are worried ChatGPT will make them lazy plagiarists, says a linguist who studies tech’s effect on reading, writing and thinking

    By Naomi S. Baron and The Conversation
  • Jacinda Ardern and Clarke GayfordSuccess

    Jacinda Ardern leaves behind a towering legacy, a sad reflection on leadership in the social media age—and no clear successor

    By Richard Shaw and The Conversation
  • TikTokTech

    Is America overreacting to TikTok with all of its new bans at high schools and colleges? Probably not.

    By Nir Kshetri and The Conversation
  • Chinese familySuccess

    Here’s how the seismic shift of a shrinking China could transform its economy, politics and society

    By Feng Wang and The Conversation
  • Parent taking photo of kidSuccess

    When sponsored content meets ‘sharenting,’ kids are powerless to stop their influencer parents using them as props

    By Jessica Maddox and The Conversation
  • Factory workers having a discussion.Tech

    America could learn a thing or two from Germany if it wants to figure out how to solve its manufacturing labor shortage

    By Amitrajeet A. Batabyal and The Conversation
  • Married coupleHealth

    Married men are healthier than everyone else. Here’s why they get the best end of the deal.

    By Libby Richards, Melissa Franks, and others