4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects

Back in 1985, Schroedel wrote that she had three goals for “Alone in a Crowd”: to let women doing nontraditional work know ...

We tracked every overseas trip by world leaders since the end of the Cold War – here’s what we found

A pivotal characteristic of contemporary global leader travel is its predominantly intraregional nature. Leaders overwhelmingly prioritize visits to countries within their own geographic areas: ...

Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies

Technology has supercharged age-old fraud. AI makes deception virtually indistinguishable from reality, crypto enables anonymous theft, and the remote-work era expands opportunities to trick people.

Poor climate crisis warnings put countries around globe at increasing risk of acute hunger

Exclusive: National early-warning systems are expected to play an ever more important role as the climate crisis intensifies ...

5 ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more − and how their teachers can help

Other than the growth mindset, I argue that five other beliefs are particularly important to promote in classrooms to help students become better learners and more prepared for the modern world. Some ...

Trump administration is threatening liberal foundations and nonprofits after Kirk’s death – but proving wrongdoing by any of them would be very hard

(THE CONVERSATION) Following the Sept. 10, 2025, death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, the Trump administration signaled that it intends to expand investigations into “ leftist groups ” ...

Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation

The labor market has seen continued deterioration, most notably with the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ revisions to nonfarm ...

How wind and solar power help keep America’s farms alive

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic ... energy is a significant economic driver in rural America. In Iowa, for example, over 60% of ...

Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret

Today, biological organisms are able to make use of phosphates through proteins – molecular machines that regulate all aspects of life. By binding to proteins, phosphates regulate metabolism and ...

How is paint made?

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic ... The paint colors used on large, traditional Indian paintings called “pichwai,” for example, ...