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- The media tends to render Asian Americans as either a 鈥減erpetual foreigner鈥 or 鈥渕odel minority鈥濃攂oth stereotypes that have been levied in tandem against immigrants from Asia since the 1830s. Associate Professor Angie Chuang shares on The Conversation.
- Jewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will, like the celebration itself, reflect on dark times while holding out for better to come. Assistant Professor Samuel L. Boyd shares on The Conversation.
- Despite the disruption and challenges of COVID-19, standardized tests for America's students are expected to proceed this spring or fall. But what will the tests really show? Three 色视频下载 experts share on The Conversation.
- Contrary to popular belief, falling natural gas prices didn鈥檛 significantly accelerate coal power plant retirements. Here鈥檚 what did. Leeds School of Business professors David Drake and Jeff York share on The Conversation.
- In this week鈥檚 episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast,聽postdoctoral fellow Benjamin Brubaker discusses a new way to speed up the search for one of the universe鈥檚 most elusive enigmas: dark matter.
- Researchers have found a way to speed up the search for dark matter using technology from quantum computing. Postdoctoral fellow Benjamin Brubaker shares on The Conversation.
- The聽term 鈥減olar vortex鈥 is often used聽loosely to refer to unusually cold, snowy storms. The stratospheric polar vortex itself won鈥檛 appear in your backyard, but it does influence winter weather. Researchers聽Zachary Lawrence and Amy Butler share on The Conversation.
- The U.S. backing of the Paris Agreement has an influence on food security, health and safety, and the future warming of the planet. National Snow and Ice Data Center researcher Walt Meier and fellow scholars share on The Conversation.聽
- From the oath-taking on the Bible during the presidential swearing-in ceremony, to the 鈥渁we鈥澛燼nd 鈥渞estraint鈥 of the early Christian world, the meaning of 鈥渞eligion鈥澛爃as gone through a long journey. Assistant Professor Sam Boyd shares on The Conversation.
- U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has resigned. Sharing on The Conversation, 色视频下载 Professor Kevin Welner and four other experts comment on the impact DeVos has had on education.