The Conversation: Calling In the Animal Drug Detectives — Helping Veterinarians Help Beluga Whales, Goats and All Creatures Big and Small
Veterinary pharmacologists help veterinarians determine how much medicine is best for each animal.
The Conversation: Naming and Categorizing Objects Is Part of How Young Kids Develop Executive Function Skills
Researchers have gained new insight into how children develop the decision-making skills needed to set and pursue goals.
The Conversation: Parasitic Worms Bury Themselves in the Brains of Moose and Elk – a New Test Can Help Diagnose These Animals To Prevent Disease Spread
Commonly known as the brain worm, the parasite can migrate into the brain of unsuspecting hosts, where it may cause catastrophic disease and death.
The Conversation: Are High School Sports Living Up to Their Ideals?
What do high school sports aspire to be, and what actually happens on the ground?
The Conversation: World Maps Get Africa’s Size Wrong: Cartographers Explain Why Fixing It Matters
Flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole, under-representing the size of much of South America and Africa.
The Conversation: Misspelled Names May Give Brands a Lyft — if the Spelling Isn’t Too Weird
Consumers don’t mind when companies use misspelled words as their brand names, as long as the alterations aren’t too extreme and the misspelling makes sense.
The Conversation: Cultivating for Color: The Hidden Trade-offs Between Garden Aesthetics and Pollinator Preferences
Gardeners who select flowers based on aesthetics can sometimes create negative consequences for pollinators.
The Conversation: Comparing ICE to the Gestapo Reveals People’s Fears for the US – a Holocaust Scholar Explains Why Nazi Analogies Remain Common, Yet Risky
Analogies can be useful for clarifying complex ideas, but they risk oversimplifying and trivializing history.
The Conversation: Who Was the First Pirate?
Pirates have been around for as long as people have moved things by boat.
The Conversation: Mitochondria Can Sense Bacteria and Trigger Your Immune System to Trap Them – Revealing New Ways to Treat Infections and Autoimmunity
Mitochondria are not just the powerhouses of the cell – they are the immune system’s watchtowers, alert to even the faintest metabolic signals of bacterial invaders.
The Conversation: Video Games Teach Students in This Class How Religion Works in the Modern World
Many popular video games draw from the mythologies and heroic narratives of the world’s religious traditions.
The Conversation: How Does a Person Become Famous When They’re Just a Kid?
Being a famous kid can offer a lot of benefits, but it can also have downsides.