What is Hezbollah and what exactly is its role in Lebanon? And how big a blow is the Israeli killing of its longstanding leader, Hassan Nasrallah? We turned to a #Lebanontheconversation.com/does-hezboll...
Israeli strikes have wiped out much of the leadership of a group that has huge influence – if not popularity – within Lebanon.
Great article on how to engage students with issues around climate change! theconversation.com/climate-chan...
Students found the topic of climate change less boring when they studied it using a numbers estimation game.
Astronomers have discovered a new class of galaxies called "Little Red Dots" – tiny galaxies that may contain either billions of stars packed incredibly densely or oversized supermassive black holes at their cores. And they’re challenging the known understanding of the early universe.
These small galaxies are either crammed with stars or they host gigantic black holes. The data astronomers have collected continues to puzzle them.
How playing a record parallels other forms of the sacred in everyday life:
A scholar explains why some people see their vinyl records as a sacred collection.
A lot of psychology research hasn’t embraced the concept that both a positive and negative emotion can be held simultaneously. But a new study reveals something new about how complex feelings are formed in the brain. #science#neuroscience#emotions#research
Bittersweet experiences aren’t uncommon. Do people ever truly feel both positive and negative at the same exact moment, or do we just switch quickly back and forth?
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Trump’s lie about Haitian immigrants eating pets (it’s been confirmed to be a lie) wasn’t a surprise, writes a food historian. Racists have long twisted dietary rules and preferences of different groups to divide people and dehumanize immigrants.
Trump’s allegation about immigrants eating pets is part of a long history of slurs demonizing people for what they do and don’t eat.
Eric Adams is NYC’s first mayor to be charged with a crime, but he's hardly the only politician to run afoul of rules that govern raising and spending funds in elections. And campaign finance violations are often just the first chapter in a much wilder story theconversation.com/eric-adams-i...
Federal investigations into irregular election spending can uncover wild stories. Politicians have used campaign money to pay rent, fund family vacations, book hotel rooms for mistresses − and worse.