Tag: The Conversation

By Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation The Trump administration has announced rule changes that alter how it will enforce the 1973 Endangered Species Act, which protects...

Back to school 2019 By William Sharp, Wheelock College It’s that time of the year. Summer vacations are almost over. For most kids, this time of summer...

By Christine Helms, University of Richmond There’s just something thrilling about traveling at high speeds. Throughout history, people have always pushed themselves to go faster,...

By Christina Gardner-McCune, University of Florida Often when I speak with students who are majoring in computer sciences, many of them tell me that they...

By Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University and Matt Motta, Oklahoma State University Over 1,160 cases of measles have been confirmed in the U.S. in 2019....

By Joel Segel, Pennsylvania State University; Douglas L. Leslie, Pennsylvania State University; Gary Zajac, Pennsylvania State University; Max Crowley, Pennsylvania State University, and Paul...

By Scott Shackelford, Indiana University High-profile data breaches at companies like British Airways and Marriott get a lot of media coverage, but cybercriminals are increasingly...

By Gavin Naylor, University of Florida Sharks elicit outsized fear, even though the risk of a shark bite is infinitesimally small. As a marine biologist...

Hurricane Season 2019 By Eli Lazarus, University of Southampton and Evan B. Goldstein, University of North Carolina – Greensboro U.S. coastal counties are densely populated and...

By Gabriel Neal, Texas A&M University I easily remember laughing at Wile E. Coyote trying to catch the Road Runner while watching Saturday morning cartoons...