theconversation
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Lake Ontario to Lake America – who gets to decide what goes on maps?
A geographer explains the politics and procedures behind renaming American places.
theconversation
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Nepal’s devastating floods: 10 seconds could save lives
Could more lives be saved if people were trained to act immediately when a flood warning arrives? I believe the answer is yes.
theconversation
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Nasa’s new telescope is named after astronomer Nancy Grace Roman – but who was she?
The US astronomer battled discrimination in a male dominated field.
theconversation
33h ago
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Dolly Parton took control of her career by making men the butt of the joke
Whether ad-libbing her way through a duet or joking about her glamorous image, Parton turned sexist assumptions into a source of power.
theconversation
37h ago
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Making the Fed more accountable to Congress and the public may be just what it needs to fend off Trump’s threats to its independence
The Federal Reserve is much more powerful than it was 20 years ago, which has prompted calls for a reset in how it answers to Congress and the public.
theconversation
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Trump’s Lake Ontario bluster: Why treating his sovereignty threats as a joke is dangerous
When a political leader repeatedly tells us what he wants, albeit through absurdity, there is a point at which treating it as a joke becomes its own form of denial.
theconversation
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Nepal floods: China’s strict control of Tibet makes it harder to prepare for Himalayan disasters
Early warnings and shared data will move only as fast as Beijing’s security concerns allow.
theconversation
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Why innovative ‘bio-materials’ are still more sci-fi than fashion revolution
Developing a new material is only the first step. Convincing an industry built around traditional textiles to adopt it is a very different challenge.
theconversation
41h ago
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Brain-reading wearables will soon be ordinary. What will this mean for the new generation of ‘neurotechnological natives’?
My new study poses nine vital questions for children growing up in the ‘brain-as-interface era’.
theconversation
27h ago
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Trump’s ‘renaming’ of Lake Ontario is emblematic of centuries of colonial erasure
While many might view Trump’s renamings as comical or unserious, for Indigenous communities, they are reminiscent of centuries of settler-colonial erasure.