FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 13 - Caught on Camera

The oil market that sets today’s gas prices was invented in western Pennsylvania

The fall of 2026 is a moment of energy centrality, when geopolitics unfolding far away shows up in Americans’ everyday lives.

The Conversation · Oct 9

Why faculty diversity at universities still lags far behind the changing demographics of college students

U.S. colleges and universities have long struggled to increase the racial diversity of their faculty.

The Conversation · Oct 9

Students from military families are often misunderstood in US public schools – a retired military officer and behavioral health expert explains what schools can do

Over 1.4 million children had a parent or caregiver who served in the U.S. armed forces in 2024.

The Conversation · Oct 9

England made organ donation the default, so why are fewer families saying yes?

England changed its organ donation law in 2020. All eligible adults are now presumed willing to donate their organs after death unless they opt out. The change was intended to increase the supply of donated organs, but 8,746 people in the UK are still waiting for a transplant, and just…

The Conversation · Oct 9

Zack Polanski loses his byelection bid – and the Green party’s Zionism motion has outraged its closest allies in Europe

It has been a rollercoaster year for the Green Party of England and Wales. It’s little more than 12 months since the election of the charismatic Zack Polanski as party leader. And months later, the equally charismatic Hannah Spencer became the Greens’ fifth MP. But Polanski couldn’t repeat this win…

The Conversation · Oct 9

‘Tenzing biopic made me wonder what he would think if he could return to the mountain today’ – glaciologist and mountaineer

Seventy three years ago Tenzing Norgay stood on top of Everest, known as Chomolungma in Tibetan, which roughly translates as “Goddess Mother of the World”.

The Conversation · Oct 9

How military exercises help the UK and its allies prepare for a future war

The past few weeks have seen aerial duels being fought over the North Sea and a naval vessel being sunk off Scotland’s west coast. Fortunately this was not a case of hostile combat – these episodes took place during two major multinational military exercises: Exercise Atlantic Thunder and Exercise Cobra…

The Conversation · Oct 9

American military bases in the UK – controversial, but seen as vital

The recent incidents concerning RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire have highlighted that fact that the US military does have quite a significant presence on UK soil. What this presence fully amounts to, though, is unclear.

The Conversation · Oct 9

Women are more emotionally intelligent than men, and that’s a problem – landmark study

Who comes to mind when you think of someone emotionally intelligent? Someone who can read a room, defuse an argument, and who knows exactly what to say when a friend is struggling? For many people, that person is a woman. It’s such a widely held belief that popular psychology treats…

The Conversation · Oct 9

Some climate tipping points are being studied far more than others – new research

Parts of the Earth’s climate system can change abruptly once warming pushes them beyond critical thresholds. The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the Amazon rainforest, coral reefs and major ocean currents are all among the systems containing potential climate tipping points.

The Conversation · Oct 9