College faculties have become more diverse since the 1970s, but college faculty of color still often find that they feel marginalized among their peers. A scholar of critical race theory explains:

Students from military families are often misunderstood in US public schools. A retired military officer and behavioral health expert explains what schools can do to help.

Iraqi Kurds see opportunities – and risks – in the withdrawal of US troops once again.

As data centers multiply, their waste heat is literally going to waste. But one experiment in Wisconsin is showing how that the ground can store that heat for months, then return it for use during the winter.

The “Jane Doe” who filed a lawsuit against Cornell for sexual assault has been criticized for her changing story. Why do some sexual assault survivors do that? A psychologist explains how the brain responds to trauma, sometimes making it difficult for survivors to fully process their experience.

Research from Florida International University exercise scientist Jason Kostrna finds that some smartwatch estimates were off by 50% to 100%. Here’s what stats you should trust from your tracker.

Your smartwatch is not very accurate at tracking calories burned during exercise, especially if you have a higher percentage of body fat.

Would you be human mosquito bait for science?

The Georgia Tech researchers have been on a 3-year journey to understand the mosquitoes’ surprisingly complex behavior.

A student spent 4 minutes in a room with 100 hungry mosquitoes, wearing nothing but a mesh suit for protection. Why? To better understand how mosquitoes respond to the smell of human bait, a crucial step toward understanding how to control the insects.

Articles from The Conversation are valuable teaching tools. In a post summing up their article on their experience writing for us, 3 professors share how they use our articles to help students connect classroom learning with real-world issues and practice writing for the public:

Some pseudo-scientific theories just won’t die.