By Kelly R. MacGregor, Professor of Geology, Macalester College
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.
Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round? – Zayden, age 11, Corona, California
Ever since the ancient Greeks first made observations…
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By Kelly Lambert, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Richmond
Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones
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By Veronika Dolar, Associate Professor of Economics, Pace University
Trump wants to jack up tariffs, deport millions of migrants and slash taxes. All three of these policies could fuel inflation.
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By Don Leonard, Assistant Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning, The Ohio State University
Inflation has slowed down, and real incomes – typical wages adjusted for inflation – have bounced back to levels last seen before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Democrats campaigned in 2024 on the overall strength of the economy. President Joe Biden proclaimed in the days…
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By Ricard Gil, Profesor en el Departamento de Dirección Estratégica, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)
Faced with unmanageable traffic and health-threatening air quality, hundreds of cities across Europe are adopting measures to reduce the number of vehicles clogging their streets, with the aim of lowering air pollution levels and improving the quality of life for people who live and work there. Most are doing this by introducing Low Emission Zones (LEZs) in their city centres.
Prominent schemes include those in Berlin, London, Milan…
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By Amnesty International
Two family members of the victims of the lethal state repression of 2022-2023 protests in Peru will travel to Europe to meet with international leaders to raise their concerns about the lack of justice for one of the gravest episodes of human rights violations in Peru’s recent history. Yovanna Mendoza and Mario Ilaquita, whose family […] The post Peru: Victims of lethal state repression commence international delegation, taking their voices to leaders in Europe appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Sehoon Kim, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Florida
A deep dive into 866 public companies and 1,413 carbon projects reveals some twists in who relies on cheap offsets and who chooses to cut their own emissions instead.
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By Amy Thomson, PhD candidate, Senior Research Assistant, School of Education, The University of Queensland
Katherine McLay, Lecturer in Education, The University of Queensland
Marnee Shay, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow School of Education, The University of Queensland
Research shows Indigenous voices and stories are sorely lacking from Australian classrooms. This is key component of truth telling and reconciliation.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Western Australian Labor premier Roger Cook has asked for advice about the implications of a possible March federal election clashing with the state poll.
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By Andrew Robert Donaldson, Senior Research Associate, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, announced in his October mid-term budget policy statement that cabinet had approved funding for an early retirement programme to reduce the public sector wage bill. R11 billion (about US$627 million) will be allocated over the next two years to pay for the exit costs of 30,000 civil servants while retaining critical skills and promoting the entry…
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