Articles on Conspiracy theories - The Conversation
5 days ago · Some online conspiracy-spreaders don’t even believe the lies they’re spewing. H. Colleen Sinclair, Louisiana State University. These people share conspiracy theories to promote conflict, cause ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) – News, Research and Analysis – The ...
6 days ago · Tom F.A Watts, Royal Holloway University of London. The original 1984 film’s vision of rogue AI turning on humanity remains hugely influential. Managers may need fewer hard skills and more soft ...
Hundreds of 19th-century skulls collected in the name of medical ...
4 days ago · Marked with numbers, demographic information and provenance – though not name – these skulls tell a story of racist hierarchies but also diversity in the early United States.
3 innovative ways to help countries hit by climate disasters, …
4 days ago · So far, however, the Loss and Damage Fund is tiny compared to the cost of climate-related disasters. As of late September 2024, total pledges to the Loss and Damage Fund were about US$700 million ...
Socioeconomic status explains most of the racial and ethnic …
5 days ago · The achievement gaps continued throughout elementary school. A family’s socioeconomic status – especially household income and parental education – explained between 34% and 64% of the ...
Pupil-free days may be tricky for parents, but they are vital for ...
4 days ago · Pupil-free days provide crucial breathing room for teachers to focus on their professional learning and keep their approaches to teaching current. But they also ensure schools are teaching and ...
How council budget cuts are affecting domestic violence services …
4 days ago · In 2021, Women’s Aid showed that in 2019-20, 59% of councils in England had cut their domestic abuse services budget: by November 2020, there were 24.5% less refuge spaces than there should be ...
Poor teacher training partly to blame for stalled engineering …
4 days ago · The share of Hispanic engineering professors edged up to 3.9% from 3.7%. Women fared slightly better, rising to 18.6% from 13.8%, but as noted, that’s still a pretty poor result from all those ...
Conservation News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation
5 days ago · More than 20% of Earth’s plant species are found only on islands – and time is running out to save them. Julian Schrader, Macquarie University. Islands cover just 5.3% of the world’s land ...
Untreated sewage and fertilizer runoff threaten the Florida …
4 days ago · Manatees along Florida’s coast are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift could pose a new threat to the survival of the beloved species.