How do natural disasters affect people's decisions to reside in a particular area? In "The Conversation," Matthew Kahn and his colleagues share findings from a database they created that shows how weather-related disasters affect U.S. migration patterns.
As the Harry Potter series celebrates its 20th anniversary, Trisha Tucker revisits the burning of these books by fundamentalist Christians to ask a question: Why do people take drastic measures to keep some books out of the reach of young readers?
While most Americans aspire to higher education, college is not a reality for many. But why is the gap between hopes and reality larger for some? And how can we strive for equity?
In The Conversation, Jeffrey Fields, who once held top secret clearance, explains how levels of classification work and where handling sensitive information gets tricky.
An aggressive neighbor to the north, a sputtering economy at home – in The Conversation, Marco Milani and a colleague look at the thorny issues facing the country’s new leader.
The next president of South Korea will have a daunting to-do list. In The Conversation, Marco Milani and a colleague look at the two front runners for the position, which will be decided May 9.
Nicholas Radburn and colleagues introduce an online database that explores the nearly 36,000 slave voyages that occurred between 1514 and 1866.
In The Conversation, Rand Wilcox of psychology explains that though there are better ways for scientists to analyze data, modern techniques haven’t made great inroads with the research community.
Henrike Moll explains how a revolution in the tools and techniques developmental psychologists use to investigate kids’ knowledge and capabilities is rewriting what we know about how and when children understand their world.
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