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Using high-powered lasers to illuminate aerosol droplets ejected from a toilet, researchers aim to reduce exposure to disease-causing pathogens in public restrooms. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä expert John Crimaldi shares on The Conversation.
Synchrony is ubiquitous throughout the universe. But physicists’ equations predicted there could also be erratic exceptions marching to their own beat—now they’ve been spotted in firefly swarms. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä expert Raphael Sarfati shares on The Conversation.
The turmoil at Twitter has many people turning to an alternative, Mastodon. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä expert Brian Keegan explains how the platform works and why it won't be the new Twitter. Read on The Conversation.
GOP candidates Kari Lake, Herschel Walker and Dr. Mehmet Oz have caught people’s attention for outlandish stunts and false statements that are increasingly accepted in politics. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä experts Donna Goldstein and Kristen Drybread discuss on The Conversation.
The communities that call Twitter home might decide to pack their bags. If they do, they are unlikely to be able to completely reconstitute themselves elsewhere. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä expert Casey Fiesler shares on The Conversation.
What will it take for Ukraine to defend against the ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and explosive drones raining down on the country? The question is not so much what as how many. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä expert Iain Boyd explains on The Conversation.
Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä expert Sam Boyd shares on The Conversation.
Westminster Abbey has witnessed nearly a millennium of British history—but many rituals, like those at royal funerals, are by no means ancient. How has the ornate church and its significance to the monarchy changed over centuries? ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä historian Paul Hammer shares on The Conversation.
A heat wave that pushed California’s power grid to the limit and the water system failure in Mississippi are just two examples of how a growing maintenance backlog and increasing climate change are creating a golden age of infrastructure failure. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä expert Paul Chinowsky shares on The Conversation.
Concrete is strong, durable, affordable and accessible. But the global concrete industry is responsible for more than 8% of greenhouse gas emissions—more than three times the emissions associated with aviation—and demand is rising. ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä expert Wil Srubar shares on The Conversation: four innovative ways to clean up this notoriously hard to decarbonize industry.