RARE PHOTOS: 14 - The Real Truth

Decades of male-focused medical research could bias healthcare AI

Many people will learn CPR using a flat-chested manikin. A 2024 study of 20 models of CPR manikins sold worldwide found that three quarters were described as male or had no sex specified. Of the 20, only one offered a breast overlay.

The Conversation · Sep 17

Brown is beautiful: what Namibia’s capital Windhoek can teach African cities as they get hotter and drier

Many African cities have started drawing up climate plans. These promise cooler streets, urban forests and green roofs on buildings. This urban climate adaptation has become an urgent priority.

The Conversation · Sep 17

Kofi Agawu: the scholar who showed the world that African music isn’t just about rhythm

Kofi Agawu is regarded as one of the world’s foremost authorities on African music. The Ghanaian scholar, teacher and researcher has changed how the world hears and studies it.

The Conversation · Sep 17

The story of Little Italy’s Feast of San Gennaro is the story of how Italian immigrants became American

For two weeks in September, everyone wants to be Italian – at least judging by the crowds at the annual Feast of San Gennaro in New York City’s Little Italy.

The Conversation · Sep 17

Your robotic vacuum is a witness: What home robots mean for evidence, privacy and the law

A husband in Taiwan suspected his wife of having an affair. In September 2023, he found a used toothbrush at their holiday home, and garage video showed an unfamiliar man driving his wife there. Three months later, he opened their robot vacuum’s app to speak with her and saw an…

The Conversation · Sep 17

At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollution

Across Appalachia and the Rust Belt region, including throughout the city of Pittsburgh, former industrial sites are being transformed into new neighborhoods, research centers and technology hubs.

The Conversation · Sep 17

The US sells more to Brazil than it buys – but Trump is slapping steep tariffs on its exports anyway

President Donald Trump has generally tried to justify his tariffs by asserting that they can help narrow the trade deficits the U.S. runs with most of the world. That argument is based on the fact that nearly all countries sell Americans more than they buy from the United States.

The Conversation · Sep 17

Separating the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine could decrease access for Colorado parents

Some parents in Colorado are uncertain about the safety and necessity of vaccines given to their children. They also question how the vaccines are timed.

The Conversation · Sep 17

What Wendell Berry meant to Christian farmers going green

In the late evening of Aug. 31, 2026, I missed a call from Jennifer, a seventh-generation cattle rancher in Georgia. She was one of more than 70 family farmers and ranchers across the rural U.S. South and Midwest whom I’d gotten to know through my research over the past five…

The Conversation · Sep 17

Why Hispanic Americans are losing faith in the American Dream

President Donald Trump won 43% of the Hispanic vote in 2024, up from 35% in 2020 – a big gain for Republicans. Now, as the midterms approach, Hispanic Americans across party lines are losing faith in the American Dream, and his administration’s immigration crackdown appears to be part of the…

The Conversation · Sep 17