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  • Extreme heatEnvironment

    It’s not just climate change: Here’s how El Niño and a huge underwater volcanic eruption led to extreme heat in 2023, from an expert who’s mapped various sections of the Earth

    By Michael Wysession and The Conversation
  • HorseHealth

    Horse obesity can help us understand it in humans too, veterinary science researcher says

    By Jane Manfredi and The Conversation
  • Greenland ice sheetEnvironment

    The scientists who figured out exactly when Greenland was ice-free reveal what it shows about our warming planet

    By Paul Bierman, Tammy Rittenour, and others
  • Alexa userTech

    You can see the big problem with A.I. when you use Alexa, say concerned Harvard professors. Just ask if Amazon is a monopoly

    By Bruce Schneier, Nathan Sanders, and others
  • Albert Einstein, J. Robert OppenheimerPolitics

    How Oppenheimer’s atomic bomb secrets were really stolen by Soviet Russia, as revealed by a Harvard Kennedy School professor

    By Calder Walton and The Conversation
  • Taylor SwiftPolitics

    From Pennsylvania’s ‘Swiftsburgh’ to New Jersey’s ‘Taylor Swift Ham, Egg and Cheese,’ politicians are capitalizing on the Eras tour

    By Matt Harris and The Conversation
  • Man in gliderTech

    ChatGPT is not a search engine. Here’s why you should think of it as a ‘glider’ to get better results, says engineer with Harvard PhD in neuroscience

    By James Intriligator and The Conversation
  • Vladimir PutinFinance

    The Russia-Africa summit is coming, but Putin barely invests in the continent while the mercenary Wagner Group rages across the countryside

    By Joseph Siegle and The Conversation
  • UPS strikeSuccess

    340,000 UPS drivers are about to strike over a pay scale that gives part-timers what the Teamsters call ‘poverty wages’—here’s a closer look at the numbers

    By Jason Miller and The Conversation
  • Phoenix tortoiseEnvironment

    A paleoclimate scientist explains why he cringes at the 100,000-year heat—and how far back in prehistory it was really this hot

    By Darrell Kaufman and The Conversation
  • Vladimir Putin

    Why Russia just pulled out of the deal that cut global food inflation by over 23%

    By Anna Nagurney and The Conversation
  • Tony BennettSuccess

    How Tony Bennett survived a near fatal drug overdose to create an 80-year career that knitted together the old and new Americas

    By Jose Valentino Ruiz and The Conversation
  • Charlton Heston, Ronald Reagan, William Buckley JrSuccess

    How Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston created the entertainment ecosystem that Netflix destroyed, from a scholar of streaming

    By David Arditi and The Conversation
  • joggerHealth

    The $80 billion fitness industry relies on the myth that it helps you lose weight. Scientists are increasingly skeptical

    By Donald M. Lamkin and The Conversation
  • Margot RobbieLifestyle

    Barbie used to be everything wrong with patriarchal beauty ideals, feminist professor says. Now she’s closer to ‘queer camp’

    By Carol Hay and The Conversation