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Composer Max Richter – with his epic, eight-hour-long piece Sleep – aims to be an auditory sandman.
I taught at Mizzou from 1996 to 2008. Here’s why the events don’t surprise me.
The best guard against a free market’s downsides and consumer culture is for individual consumers to take responsibility for their choices.
When students land on campus, they often have unanswered questions about their reproductive health. One solution: create a massive open online class to teach them about reproductive health.
A cubic kilometer of clear, stable ice could help physicists answer big questions about cosmic rays and neutrinos. Hardy scientists collect data via a unique telescope at the frozen bottom of the world.
As the debate spreads from Missouri to universities across the country, insights from The Conversation’s coverage of race on campus.
New Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau brings a very different face to climate talks in Paris. Will it project its oil extraction tradition or show global leadership on emissions cuts?
A linguist explains how words get co-opted from one language to another.
Betting on sports has been illegal in most states since 1992. Is it time that changed?
Researchers are piloting a smartphone app to collect better information about who is getting vaccinated and to design better incentives for health workers on vaccination drives.
Most evidence shows that climate change is caused by humans and immigration is good for the economy. So why do many of us reject these notions anyway?
While evidence suggests that the therapeutic relationship is a critical part of psychotherapy, the impact of the relationship often isn’t studied in clinical trials for trauma survivors with PTSD.
Cleanliness is next to godliness. Did you know hairiness is a part of the equation as well?
Two political scholars evaluate the fourth GOP debate. This round was more about the issues, and less about the moderators.
Clemson students have been organizing over the past two years on issues of racism and inclusion. What if the Clemson Tigers decided to do what the Missouri Tigers did?
Until now, the legal system has tolerated corporate deceptions of the public but New York state’s investigation into Exxon on climate could start to rewrite the rules.
Companies have increasingly been using hidden gag clauses, in which customers unwittingly sign away their rights to post online reviews after purchasing a product.
By sailing a destroyer close to an artificial island in the South China Sea, the US is challenging China’s claim to the waterway. At stake are trade routes worth billions of dollars.
Sales of scholarly books are dropping, even as their prices are rising. Will academia give up its resistance to an open-access digital model?
Debates used to be a public service. Now they’re akin to the WWE – a blend of fiction and reality, with the candidates and networks all adhering to the same script.
Giving cash directly to the needy is a growing trend, but in most cases it’s not nearly as effective funneling donations through a charity with ‘boots on the ground.’
Environmental economists have long argued a carbon price is the best way to factor in the social cost of climate change. Did Obama effectively use a carbon price to nix the Keystone XL pipeline?
Behind the US pledge to cut carbon in Paris climate talks lies a bigger effort to build a durable system to verify all countries’ emission cuts.
Can the race of a teaching assistant have an impact on student grades?