Tag: The Conversation

Mother's Day 2021 By Martha Saxton, Amherst College On Mother’s Day, it is important and poignant to recall the hard life of Mary Ball Washington, who...

Michael J. Armstrong, Brock University and Paul Seaborn, University of Virginia The inherent contradictions of American cannabis laws seem to appear in the news almost...

Arbor Day 2021 By Karen D. Holl, University of California, Santa Cruz and Pedro Brancalion, Universidade de São Paulo For 149 years, Americans have marked Arbor...

By Brian McNoldy, University of Miami A “super full moon” is coming on April 26th/27th, 2021, and coastal cities like Miami know that means one...

By Larry Brand, University of Miami Millions of gallons of water laced with fertilizer ingredients are being pumped into Florida’s Tampa Bay from a leaking...

Easter 2021 Brent Landau, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts The date of Easter, when the resurrection of Jesus is said to...

By Megan Frederickson, University of Toronto When I was a teenager, I volunteered in the rainforest exhibit at an aquarium. A few times a week,...

By Jennifer Weeks/The Conversation Springtime in the U.S. is frequently a season for thunderstorms, which can spawn tornadoes. These large storms are common in the...

By Katharine Young, Boston College The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been accompanied by reports of line-jumping as people farther down the list attempt...

By Valorie A. Crooks and Jeremy Snyder of Simon Fraser University What do some birds, butterflies, and whales have in common with tens of thousands...