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Owls, once seen as harbingers of death, are now celebrated in popular literature and culture in North America and Britain.
9 Black women who were working on or recently earned their PhDs told a researcher they felt isolated and shut out.
Some of these giant vegetarians were as tall as a 3-story building. Microscopic analysis of their teeth, bones and eggshells reveals how they grew, what they ate and even their body temperature.
Whether they’re heroic or inscrutably weird, video game records reveal a lot about play, cooperation and the drive for perfection.
For years, the biggest video game publishers have operated under the assumption that compelling stories and captivating characters don’t offer a good return on investment.
The gentle parenting movement has exploded in popularity on social media. But is it good for kids or parents?
Scholars writing for The Conversation take a deeper look at some of the issues expected to be on the agenda when the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies meet.
Beijing’s tone on the Middle East crisis has shifted since Hamas’s initial attack, becoming increasingly pro-Palestinian.
Argentinians will vote in a new president on Oct. 22, 2023. But the front-runner’s plans to slash health funding might find resistance.
In 1993, a British mathematician solved a centuries-old problem. But he couldn’t have done it without the help of many other mathematicians, both historical and modern.
The technology exists to build autonomous weapons. How well they would work and whether they could be adequately controlled are unknown. The Ukraine war has only turned up the pressure.
The ravages of climate change and hunger do not occur in isolation, but are part of the system we have built.
L'attrait de la sécheresse comme explication de la faim est qu'elle supprime toute culpabilité aux décideurs politiques.
Food security has six dimensions: availability, access, stability, utilisation, agency and sustainability.
Sci-fi nightmares of a robot apocalypse aside, autonomous weapons are a very real threat to humanity. An expert on the weapons explains how the emerging arms race could be humanity’s last.
Sci-fi nightmares of a robot apocalypse aside, autonomous weapons are a very real threat to humanity. An expert on the weapons explains how the emerging arms race could be humanity’s last.
A scholar of global relations says China seems worried about its future. Meanwhile, the US and Europe still treat China as a threat. The clash of world views could be destabilizing.
Societies and cultures that seem ossified and entrenched can be completely upended by pandemics, which create openings for conquest, innovation and social change.
The composer, performer and poet was an artistic pioneer of lasting and distinctive gifts, and bottomless stamina. He gave us over 70 years of high-octane Somali musical mastery.
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James Wallace Professor of International Studies, Macalester College
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Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Macalester College
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Professor of Anthropology, Macalester College
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Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Macalester College
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Program Manager at the Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching, Macalester College
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Professor of Geography and Global Health, Macalester College
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Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
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Professor of English, Macalester College
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Professor of Mathematics, Emerita, Macalester College
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Professor of Biology and Geology, Macalester College
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DeWitt Wallace Professor of Geography, Director of Food, Agriculture & Society Program, Macalester College
