Nuclear Weapons A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapontheconversation.com - Jeremy Straub People around the world may be worried about nuclear tensions rising, but I think they’re missing the fact that a major cyberattack could be just as …
Language Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others?theconversation.com - Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho and Michael Gavin People across the world describe their thoughts and emotions, share experiences and spread ideas through the use of thousands of distinct languages. …
CRISPR What's the right way for scientists to edit human genes? 5 essential readstheconversation.com - Maggie Villiger Since scientists first figured out how to edit genes with precision using a technology called CRISPR, they’ve been grappling with when and how to do …
Moon A brief astronomical history of Saturn's amazing ringstheconversation.com - Vahe Peroomian Many dream of what they would do had they a time machine. Some would travel 100 million years back in time, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Not …
Syria I'm one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who's mourning what the war is costing ustheconversation.com - Lubna Omar I used to be a Near Eastern archaeologist working in Syria. Nowadays, I am stuck in academic purgatory, observing from a great distance as the …
Play buttonUltrasound Remote control for brain cells: scientists use ultrasound waves to activate neuronstheconversation.com - Sreekanth Chalasani What if you didn’t need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels without an injection of …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoPlay buttonUltrasound The new field of sonogenetics uses sound waves to control the behavior of brain cellstheconversation.com - Sreekanth Chalasani What if you didn’t need surgery to implant a pacemaker on a faulty heart? What if you could control your blood sugar levels without an injection of …
NASCAR NASCAR may be the fastest way to learn about physicstheconversation.com - Christine Helms There’s just something thrilling about traveling at high speeds. Throughout history people have always pushed themselves to go faster, whether on …
Homicide Mass shootings aren't growing more common – and evidence contradicts common stereotypes about the killerstheconversation.com - Christopher J. Ferguson When 22 people were killed in El Paso, Texas, and nine more were killed in Dayton, Ohio, roughly 12 hours later, responses to the tragedy included …
Liver How to grow human mini-livers in the lab to help solve liver diseasetheconversation.com - Alejandro Soto-Gutiérrez Creating a human liver in the lab may sound a little like the work of Dr. Frankenstein. But actually, it is far from it. In my lab we’ve figured out …
Radiation Astronauts' brains are subject to long-lasting damage due to low dose space radiationtheconversation.com - Janet E. Baulch and Charles Limoli During the course of a deep space mission, astronauts are routinely in various degrees of peril. Depending on which Hollywood sci-fi thrillers you …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoNeutrons Space travel might fry your brain, causing permanent learning and memory problemstheconversation.com - Janet E. Baulch and Charles Limoli During the course of a deep space mission, astronauts are routinely in various degrees of peril. Depending on which Hollywood sci-fi thrillers you …
Gaming Stop blaming video games for mass killingstheconversation.com - Christopher J. Ferguson In the wake of the El Paso shooting on Aug. 3 that left 21 dead and dozens injured, a familiar trope has reemerged: Often, when a young man is the …
Breast Feeding Human breast milk may help babies tell time via circadian signals from momtheconversation.com - Darby Saxbe and Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook Human breast milk is more than a meal – it’s also a clock, providing time-of-day information to infants. The composition of breast milk changes …
Antibiotics An ambitious plan to stop the rise of superbugstheconversation.com - David Pride Antibiotic resistance is here to stay, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do anything to stop it. A headline that always catches my attention is that …
Gratitude Grudges come naturally to kids – gratitude must be taughttheconversation.com - Nadia Chernyak and Peter Blake and Yarrow Dunham Have you heard this tale? In ancient times, an escaped slave hid in a cave only to encounter a wounded lion. Although afraid, the man helps the lion, …
Cats Curious Kids: How are cats declawed, and is it painful?theconversation.com - Ilana Halperin Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to …
Facebook Messenger Why Facebook's new 'privacy cop' is doomed to failtheconversation.com - Bhaskar Chakravorti The Federal Trade Commission issued its largest-ever fine, of US$5 billion, to Facebook for violating a 2011 privacy settlement in late July. But the …
Carbon Dioxide Curious Kids: How does the stuff in a fire extinguisher stop a fire?theconversation.com - Joseph Lanzafame Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to …
Lyme Disease No, Lyme disease is not an escaped military bioweapon, despite what conspiracy theorists saytheconversation.com - Rep. Chris Smith Could Lyme disease in the U.S. be the result of an accidental release from a secret bioweapons experiment? Could the military have specifically …
Play buttonU.S. Marines A World War II battle holds key lessons for modern warfaretheconversation.com - Benjamin Jensen and William Bowers Between Aug. 7, 1942, and Feb. 9, 1943, U.S. forces sought to capture – and then defend – the Pacific island of Guadalcanal from the Japanese …
Internet The internet is rotting – let's embrace ittheconversation.com - Viktor Mayer-Schönberger I have just taken an entire website and gigabytes of data offline. It covered a highly successful series of conferences on the data economy. It …
Facebook Facebook algorithm changes suppressed journalism and meddled with democracytheconversation.com - Jennifer Grygiel Facebook’s News Feed algorithm determines what users see on its platform – from funny memes to comments from friends. The company regularly updates …
Play buttonBiological Species How fireflies glow – and what signals they're sendingtheconversation.com - Clyde Sorenson You might not really be sure you saw what you think you saw when the first one shows up. But you stare in the direction of the flicker of light and …
Business School 5 ways to protect yourself from cybercrimetheconversation.com - Scott Shackelford High-profile data breaches at companies like British Airways and Marriott get a lot of media coverage, but cybercriminals are increasingly going …
Cannabis Micro-naps for plants: Flicking the lights on and off can save energy without hurting indoor agriculture harveststheconversation.com - Kevin M. Folta A nighttime arrival at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport flies you over the bright pink glow of vegetable production greenhouses. Growing crops under …
Gliders Waiting for an undersea robot in Antarctica to call hometheconversation.com - Jennifer Walsh “Call! Just call!” I think loudly in my head. “Did something happen? Are you okay?” I might seem like a worried parent waiting for a teenager to …
Neuralink Brain-machine interfaces are getting better and better – and Neuralink's new brain implant pushes the pacetheconversation.com - Robert Gaunt and Jennifer Collinger Elon Musk grabbed a lot of attention with his July 16 announcement that his company Neuralink plans to implant electrodes into the brains of people …
Hearing Aids Better design could make mobile devices easier for seniors to usetheconversation.com - Edward Henry Steinfeld A loud “bing” sounded as we drove onto the highway access ramp. I didn’t see a message on our car’s screen. Was it my phone or my wife’s? Was it a …
