The Conversation: Challenges to High-Performance Computing Threaten US Innovation
High-performance computing is more than just fast computers. It’s the foundation of scientific discovery, economic growth and national security.
The Conversation: Trump Moves To Gut Low-Income Energy Assistance as Summer Heat Descends and Electricity Prices Rise
Conservative estimates suggest that utilities shut off power to over 3 million U.S. households each year because the residents cannot pay their bills.
The Conversation: Recycling Asphalt Pavement Can Help the Environment − Now Scientists Are Putting the Safety of Recycled Pavement to the Test
Researchers don’t know as much about the long-term safety and durability of reclaimed asphalt pavement as they do about new pavement.
The Conversation: Buddha’s Foster Mother Played a Key Role in the Orphaned Prince’s Life — and Is a Model for Buddhists on Mother’s Day
The Buddha’s birth mother and foster mother played key roles in his life story and continue to inspire Buddhists today.
The Conversation: When Presidents Try To Make Peace: What Trump Could Learn from Teddy Roosevelt, Carter, Clinton and His Own First Term
There are several examples of presidents who attempted to play a mediating role in foreign conflicts. Sometimes these efforts worked out and sometimes they did not.
The Conversation: AI Is Giving a Boost to Efforts To Monitor Health via Radar
Noncontact health monitoring has the potential to be more comfortable and easier to use than traditional methods, particularly for people looking to monitor their vital signs at home.
The Conversation: From Cats and Dogs to Penguins and Llamas, Treating Animals with Acupuncture Has Become Mainstream in Veterinary Medicine
As acupuncture has gained wide use in human medicine in the U.S., it also has become increasingly common in veterinary practice, especially for pain management.
The Conversation: Exposure to Perceptible Temperature Rise Increases Concern About Climate Change, Higher Education Adds to Understanding
A generation ago, climate change seemed to be more theoretical prediction than common experience for most people in the U.S. Younger generations may see the world differently. For them, climate change has been a reality in their developing years.
The Conversation Weekly Podcast: COVID Modeling Reveals New Insights into Ancient Social Distancing
The COVID pandemic has sparked new research into how disease may have affected ancient civilizations, and the clues this offers about a change in the way humans designed their villages and cities 8,000 years ago.
The Conversation: With Hooters on the Verge of Bankruptcy, a Psychologist Reflects on Her Time Spent Studying the Servers Who Work There
More so than most restaurants, managers at restaurants like Hooters seek to strictly regulate how their employees look and act.
The Conversation: Trump’s Tariffs on Canada and Mexico Could Spell Trouble for Distilled Spirits
The U.S. imports far more distilled spirits than it exports – five times as much by value, as of 2024.
The Conversation: From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America Is Caught in a Name Game Where Place Names Become Political Tools
Changing a place name can fundamentally shift how people view, relate to or feel that they belong within that place.