The Conversation: Will Your Phone One Day Let You Smell as Well as See and Hear What’s on the Other End of a Call?
Even though we’re not there yet, scientists and engineers are working hard to make smell phones a reality.
The Conversation: America’s Dairy Farms Are Disappearing, Down 95% Since the 1970s — Milk Price Rules Are One Reason Why
Regardless of size, surviving in the dairy industry takes passion, dedication and careful business management.
The Conversation: A Nazi Magazine Regularly Published Manipulated Photos and Misinformation Long Before the Age of AI
The Nazis used a mix of incendiary words and images in publications to sow the seeds of doubt among readers.
The Conversation: How Russia Employs ‘Hard Soft Power’ to Influence Overseas Media and Sow Dissent and Fear Among Foreign Populations
Research on the use of hard soft power illustrates how domestic media can be used as a tool in Russia’s propaganda playbook.
The Conversation: Who Is the Laughing Buddha? A Scholar of East Asian Buddhism Explains
The Laughing Buddha’s transformation into a global icon results from both the fascination with Chinese porcelain in 18th-century Europe and the 20th-century spread of Japanese Zen Buddhism.
The Conversation: Trees Compete for Space, Light and Resources, and Those Clashes Can Leave Battle Scars
Researchers can model forests’ future growth and development by understanding the ways trees react to weather and other disturbances.
The Conversation: Offensive Names Dot the American Street Map − A New App Provides a Way to Track Them
The app allows users to conduct nationwide inventories of discriminatory roadway names, revealing how often and where they are found.
The Conversation: Robocars Promise To Improve Traffic Even When Most of the Cars Around Them are Driven by People, Study Finds
Traffic is worsening in every major city across the globe, leading to significant economic and environmental costs.
The Conversation: Seafloor Sediment Reveals Previously Unknown Volcanic Eruption 520,000 Years Ago in South Aegean Sea
IODP Expedition 398 collected drill cores to better understand the volcanic history and recurrence interval of the Santorini, Christiana and Kolumbo volcanoes in this region.
The Conversation Weekly Podcast: Sharing That Moment: Can Collective Experiences Bring People Closer Together?
Studies show that when people experience something together, it amplifies the experience.
The Conversation: Why I Turned the ‘Red Dead Redemption II’ Video Game into a History Class on America’s Violent Past
The course seeks to understand what really spurred bloodshed in the United States between 1865 and 1920.
The Conversation: Ferns and Flowers Bribe Helpful Ant Defenders with Nectar, but Ferns Developed This Ability Much Later – Our Study Shows Why
Understanding how plants defend themselves against predators is a critical challenge.