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Trump is not a king – but that doesn’t stop him from reveling in his job’s most ceremonial and exciting parts

  • Written by Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
imagePresident Donald Trump speaks with Elon Musk next to a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Heads of state are the symbolic leader of a country. Some of them, like King Charles III of the United Kingdom, carry out largely ceremonial roles these days. Others, like Saudi Arabian King Salman,...

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Trump’s desire to ‘un-unite’ Russia and China is unlikely to work – in fact, it could well backfire

  • Written by Linggong Kong, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, Auburn University
imagePresidents Xi Jinping of China and Russia's Vladimir Putin.Getty Images

Is the U.S. angling for a repeat of the Sino-Russian split?

In an Oct. 31, 2024, interview with right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, President Donald Trump argued that the United States under Joe Biden had, in his mind erroneously, pushed China and Russia together. Separating the...

Read more: Trump’s desire to ‘un-unite’ Russia and China is unlikely to work – in fact, it could well backfire

Engineering students explore how to ethically design and locate nuclear facilities in this college course

  • Written by Aditi Verma, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
imageWhile nuclear power can reap enormous benefits, it also comes with some risks. Michel Gounot/GODONG/Stone via Getty Images

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Socially Engaged Design of Nuclear Energy Technologies

What prompted the idea for the course?

T...

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Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking open evolution’s black box – scientist at work

  • Written by James T. Stroud, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolution, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageAfter gathering data on the captured anole, the team releases it back to the wild.Neil Losin/Day's Edge Prods.

Every morning in Miami, our fieldwork begins the same way. Fresh Cuban coffee and pastelitos – delicious Latin American pastries – fuel our team for another day of evolutionary detective work. Here we’re tracking...

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Mae Reeves used showstopping hats to fuel voter engagement and Black entrepreneurship

  • Written by Reneé S. Anderson, Collections Manager, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
imageMae Reeves and her husband, Joel, pose with her hats at Mae's Millinery in Philadelphia, circa 1953. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture/Gift from Mae Reeves and her children Donna Limerick and William Mincey Jr.

Lula “Mae” Reeves, one of the first Black women in Philly to own her own...

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Rethinking repression − why memory researchers reject the idea of recovered memories of trauma

  • Written by Gabrielle Principe, Professor of Psychology, College of Charleston
imageMemories and photos both can misrepresent the past.Westend61 via Getty Images

In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison based on the testimony of his 28-year-old daughter Eileen. She described seeing him rape her best friend and then smash her skull with a rock.

When Eileen testified at her father’s...

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Ukraine will need major rebuilding when war ends − here’s why the US isn’t likely to invest in its recovery with a new Marshall Plan

  • Written by Frank A. Blazich Jr., Curator of Military History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
imageEurope after World War II? No, it's the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in 2023, after a year of Russian bombardment. AP Photo, File

President Donald Trump wants Ukraine to repay the United States for helping to defend the country against Russia’s invasion.

Since 2022, Congress has provided about US$174 billion to Ukraine and neighboring countries t...

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How many types of insects are there in the world?

  • Written by Nicholas Green, Assistant Professor of Biology, Kennesaw State University
imageThis is a close-up photo of an ordinary garden fly.Amith Nag Photography/Moment via Getty Images

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

How many types of insects are there in the world? – Sawyer, age 8, Fuquay-Varina, North...

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Genomic sequencing reveals previously unknown genes that make microbes resistant to drugs and hard to kill

  • Written by Nneka Vivian Iduu, Graduate Research Assistant in Pathobiology, Auburn University

In the 20th century, when a routine infection was treated with a standard antibiotic, recovery was expected. But over time, the microbes responsible for these infections have evolved to evade the very drugs designed to eliminate them.

Each year, there are more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections in the United States, leading to over...

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Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers

  • Written by Curisa M. Tucker, Assistant Professor of Nursing Science, University of South Carolina
imageThe study examined more than 7 million births that occurred over 22 years.supersizer/E+ via Getty Images

Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, a potentially deadly disease that disproportionately affects Black mothers.

That’s the key finding of my recent study,...

Read more: Poor neighborhoods, health care barriers are factors for heart disease risk in Black mothers

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  4. Who gets to brand Puerto Rico: Its tourism agency or its biggest star?
  5. Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency
  6. What are AI hallucinations? Why AIs sometimes make things up
  7. Why the words in your job posting may attract rule-bending narcissists
  8. Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you to talk to them instead
  9. Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose
  10. Trump’s firings of military leaders pose a crucial question to service members of all ranks
  11. Cuts to research into inequality, disparities and other DEIA topics harm science
  12. Helper bots in online communities diminish human interaction
  13. Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation
  14. Debate over H-1B visas shines spotlight on US tech worker shortages
  15. What causes the powerful winds that fuel dust storms, wildfires and blizzards? A weather scientist explains
  16. Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency
  17. Tyrannical leader? Why comparisons between Trump and King George III miss the mark on 18th-century British monarchy
  18. 5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data
  19. Atlantic sturgeon were fished almost to extinction − ancient DNA reveals how Chesapeake Bay population changed over centuries
  20. Insomnia can lead to heart issues − a psychologist recommends changes that can improve sleep
  21. How power imbalance, misread signs and strategic blunders clouded Hamas’ judgment over Gaza ceasefire
  22. Arrested and stripped of degree: Twin moves to bar Istanbul mayor from ballot suggests Turkey’s Erdogan is really worried this time
  23. Trump’s defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case
  24. US isn’t first country to dismantle its foreign aid office − here’s what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID
  25. Revoking EPA’s endangerment finding – the keystone of US climate policies – won’t be simple and could have unintended consequences
  26. The Gaza ceasefire is dead − Israeli domestic politics killed it
  27. Measles cases are on the rise − here’s how to make sure you’re protected
  28. Humans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique
  29. Fires, wars and bureaucracy: The tumultuous journey to establish the US National Archives
  30. Can animals make art?
  31. Shaken baby syndrome can cause permanent brain damage, long-term disabilities or death – a pediatrician examines the preventable tragedy
  32. Donald Trump’s nonstop news-making can be exhausting, making it harder for people to scrutinize his presidential actions
  33. The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit
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  38. Why history instruction is critical for combating online misinformation
  39. An artist traces her choices under Putin’s Russia – from resistance to retreat to exile – one mural at a time
  40. A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net
  41. People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true
  42. Plastic pyrolysis − chemists explain a technique attempting to tackle plastic waste by bringing the heat
  43. Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize
  44. Water cooperation is essential when countries share lakes and rivers – yet it’s been deteriorating in many places, with serious consequences
  45. Spanish speakers in Philadelphia break traditional rules of formal and informal speech in signs around town
  46. Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison
  47. Trump is using the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
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  50. Washington Post’s turnaround on its opinion pages is returning journalism to its partisan roots − but without the principles