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Introducing The Conversation US' Founding University Partners

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Today we are delighted to announce that 19 U.S. research universities are joining our supporting foundations as Founding Partners of The Conversation US.

These universities are a combination of public and private universities, large and small. They believe in our mission to bring the important research taking place on university campuses out into...

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Piping as poison: the Flint water crisis and America's toxic infrastructure

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imageUp until the 1940s, as much as half of U.S. water piping from main lines was made of lead. Thomashawk/flickr, CC BY-NC

As the crisis over the water in Flint, Michigan, rolls on, we’re learning more and more about the irresponsibility and callousness of officials and politicians in charge.

The mix of austerity politics, environmental racism and...

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Has the economy lost its influence on Turkey's foreign policy?

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Turkey has become one of America’s most vital partners in the Middle East in promoting stability and growth in the region and a key ally in the West’s fight against the Islamic State, or ISIS.

This is partly because of its status as the only majority-Muslim member of NATO, but also because at the start of the 21st century, Turkey began...

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How studying the old drawings and writings of kids can change our view of history

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imageIn the late 19th century, three brothers from New Hampshire drew uniforms for the military troops of their imaginary world.Amherst College

“When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.”

This line, from 1 Corinthians, still sums up how we tend...

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Building climate resilience in cities: lessons from New York

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imageEarth's city lightsNASA Visible Earth

We live in an urbanizing world. Up to two-thirds of the world’s population – some six billion people – may live in cities by 2050.

Cities have emerged as first responders to climate change because they experience the impacts of natural disasters firsthand and because they produce up to 70...

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Flint's water crisis is a blatant example of environmental injustice

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imageTap water in Flint's hospital on October 16Joyca Zhu/Flint Water Study

Many observers see race and class as factors in Flint, Michigan’s drinking water crisis. Earlier this week Flint’s mayor, Karen Weaver, said, “It’s a minority community. It’s a poor community. And our voices were not heard.” We asked Robert D....

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Take a chill pill if you want to avoid the flu this year

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imageAvoiding stress could help stave off the flu.Sick woman via www.shutterstock.com.

Along with snow and frigid temperatures, the winter months also bring coughs, colds and the flu. Lower respiratory tract infections, the ones that cause feelings of chest congestion despite the deepest coughs, are one of the top 10 causes of death in the United States...

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When do children show evidence of self-esteem? Earlier than you might think

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imageWhere does self-esteem in children come from?Saulo Victor, CC BY-NC-ND

A YouTube clip called “Jessica’s Daily Affirmation” recently went viral. The clip shows a four-year-old Jessica standing in front of the bathroom mirror saying what makes her happy about herself.

Jessica’s Daily Affirmation.

Many youngsters, like Jessica,...

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