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Both countries seem tired of the costs of war and ongoing risks, but successful negotiations will have to overcome deep distrust by both sides. theconversation.com/us-ceasefire-w…

What Brazil got right on vaccines: strong public trust, local outreach and business leaders getting behind public health when it was under political attack. Lessons the US could use: theconversation.com/from-a-vaccine…

Michigan schools are split on phones: about half ban them all day, the rest allow them outside class. Now, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a statewide ban, the question everybody's asking is: What actually works best for learning? theconversation.com/we-collected-d…

US presidents haven’t usually sought to impress their own architectural tastes – much less their names while in office – on national monuments. theconversation.com/in-his-efforts…

Donald Trump’s false claims about the Iran War, Epstein files, tariffs and inflation have left some supporters who have traditionally believed all he says feeling duped and abandoned. Why now? theconversation.com/as-a-philosoph…

A newly identified meteor shower reveals that intense heat is fragmenting a previously unknown asteroid as it passes too close to the Sun. theconversation.com/i-found-a-new-…

An increasing number of laws aim to roll back LGBTQ+ people’s ability to access health care, leading to cascading effects on their well-being. theconversation.com/doctors-can-re…

As childhood vaccination rates in Allegheny County decline, The Conversation asked experts why parents are opting out and how to protect vaccination policy. theconversation.com/what-declining…

A few US towns have banned cigarette sales to anyone born after a specific date, and several states are considering this path. A psychologist explains why such measures often face stiff resistance. theconversation.com/tobacco-is-sti…

Three questions can help patients get a better handle on drug and health care options. But many Americans still hold back from asking providers for information. theconversation.com/health-care-st…

To turn a ceasefire into a peace agreement would mean overcoming a decade of shifting regional alliances, growing rivalries and continuous conflict. It’s a narrow path for diplomacy. theconversation.com/after-ceasefir…

A new approach could dramatically improve ultrasound screening for breast cancer. Combining ultrasound with near-infrared light can help patients avoid the anxiety and cost of a biopsy from an inconclusive result. An engineer explains: theconversation.com/about-80-of-br…

A decade of shifting regional alliances, continuous conflict and outside interventions have narrowed the path for diplomacy. theconversation.com/after-ceasefir…

Topics such as sexual assault have been difficult for survivors and historians to write about, even decades after the war. theconversation.com/80-years-later…

The accusations you might have heard about nonnative honey bees aren’t backed up by evidence. In fact, there are plenty of ways bees make the world a better place. theconversation.com/its-ok-to-love…

A new law in Michigan requires school districts to make some choices about how to restrict cellphones. theconversation.com/we-collected-d…

Psilocybin falls into a regulatory gray zone, with strict limitations around how it can be studied. As a result, very little is known about its health risks, despite its surging popularity. theconversation.com/psilocybin-mus…

Researchers have found that even people with limited experience in biology can use AI to help them create a dangerous pathogen. theconversation.com/ai-can-design-…

In 2012, the Chinese Communist Party introduced new rules on officials’ spending – and the local restaurant trade suffered. theconversation.com/what-a-chinese…

It may seem like a paradox, but it takes good friends for someone to really understand themselves – and grow in virtue, as Aristotle argued. theconversation.com/the-good-life-…