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Growing secrecy limits government accountability

When I started covering crime as a reporter for small newspapers in the 1980s, I was assigned to walk to the police department lobby...

Solar power occupies a lot of space – here’s how to make it more ecologically beneficial to the land it sits on

As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate change, large-scale solar power is playing a central role. Climate scientists...

NASA’s search for life on Mars: a rocky road for its rovers, a long slog for scientists – and back on Earth, a battle...

Is or was there life on Mars? That profound question is so complex that it will not be fully answered by the two NASA...

Salty foods are making people sick − in part by poisoning their microbiomes

People have been using salt since the dawn of civilization to process, preserve and enhance foods. In ancient Rome, salt was so central to...

What is the Japanese ‘wabi-sabi’ aesthetic actually about? ‘Miserable tea’ and loneliness, for starters

On a recent visit to New York I stopped at a Japanese bookstore in Manhattan. Among the English-language books about Japan, I encountered a...

National parks teach students about environmental issues in this course

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Environmental Issues in National Parks The University of Tennessee...

Total solar eclipses, while stunning, can damage your eyes if viewed without the right protection

On April 8, 2024, and for the second time in the past decade, people in the U.S. will have an opportunity to view a...

Solar eclipses result from a fantastic celestial coincidence of scale and distance

On April 8, 2024, millions across the U.S. will have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to view a total solar eclipse. Cities including Austin, Texas; Buffalo,...

Vaccine-skeptical mothers say bad health care experiences made them distrust the medical system

Why would a mother reject safe, potentially lifesaving vaccines for her child? Popular writing on vaccine skepticism often denigrates white and middle-class mothers who...

Chinese migration to US is nothing new – but the reasons for recent surge at Southern border are

The brief closure of the Darien Gap – a perilous 66-mile jungle journey linking South American and Central America – in February 2024 temporarily...

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