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EnvironmentBat deaths over the last two decades have cost American taxpayers in lost crops, higher taxes, and pricier bonds
By The ConversationMay 14, 2026

Arts & EntertainmentThe ‘King of Comics’ finally gets his due as New York names a Lower East Side street after Jack Kirby
By Miriam Eve Mora and The ConversationMay 12, 2026

EnvironmentMeet ‘Coalie,’ the anime-style anthropomorphic lump designed to sell you the idea that pollution can be clean
By Annie Persons and The ConversationMay 12, 2026

North AmericaWhy Americans are paying $2 billion to cancel wind projects amid an energy crisis: Trump’s green problems
By Christopher Niezrecki, Ben Link, Zoe Getman-Pickering and The ConversationMay 12, 2026

EnvironmentThe AI boom is built on the backs of the world’s poorest, most exploited people, UN researchers find
By Abraham Nunbogu, Kaveh Madani and The ConversationApril 29, 2026

PoliticsIran has Trump caught on the same math that Ukraine is using against Putin: $1 million missiles, $20,000 drones
By Aaron Brynildson and The ConversationApril 22, 2026

By Joëlle Rollo-Koster and The ConversationApril 15, 2026

EnergyIran and the U.S. live in 2 different worlds, law of the sea expert says—and both of those are different from most maritime law
By Elizabeth Mendenhall and The ConversationApril 15, 2026

EnergyA global food emergency: Why the closed Strait of Hormuz puts half the world’s calories at risk
By Aya S. Chacar and The ConversationApril 9, 2026

By Yuanyuan (Gina) Cui, Patrick Van Esch and The ConversationApril 9, 2026

EnvironmentNewt Gingrich wants to drop a nuke on the Strait of Hormuz. America actually looked at the same thing in 1977 in Latin America
By The Conversation and Christine KeinerApril 3, 2026

HealthCancer’s grim calculus for the young: their insurance status can determine how long they survive
By Rhonda Winegar, Tara Martin, Zhaoli Liu and The ConversationApril 1, 2026

By Emily A. Margolis and The ConversationMarch 31, 2026

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