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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Nourse, University of Richmond(THE CONVERSATION) In the devastation that followed the earthquake and resulting tsunami in the Indonesian city of Palu in Central Sulawesi, many Muslim religious sites were destroyed. Two mosques, however, survived, with little to no damage to their structure. In a province where 85 percent of the 3 million residents are Muslims, the survival

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) David Prologo, Emory University(THE CONVERSATION) “Exercise isn’t really important for weight loss” has become a popular sentiment in the weight loss community. “It’s all about diet,” many say. “Don’t worry about exercise so much.” This idea crept out amid infinite theories about dieting and weight loss, and it quickly gained popularity, with one article alone citing 60 studies to

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Fred Wright, North Carolina State University(THE CONVERSATION) The election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency surprised almost everyone, including apparently Trump himself. On the morning after the 2016 election, my teenage son made snarky comments about the state of polling and statistical science. As a trained statistician, I took offense. However, I had no background in

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Nicholas Fitzkee, Mississippi State University(THE CONVERSATION) The surfaces people interact with every day may seem rather mundane, but at the molecular scale, there is more activity than meets the eye. Every surface we touch has its own unique chemical properties. It’s because of these properties that some materials stick to surfaces, while others slide off. For a person, a

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Russell E. Lucas, Michigan State University(THE CONVERSATION) President Donald Trump’s reaction to the disappearance and death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul reveals important details about the declining influence of U.S. in the Middle East.As a scholar who follows the links between international and domestic politics in the Middle East, it is not hard to see that

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Arend Hintze, Michigan State University(THE CONVERSATION) Artificial intelligence research has a lot to learn from nature. My work links biology with computation every day, but recently the rest of the world was reminded of the connection: The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to Frances Arnold together with George Smith and Gregory Winter for developing major breakthroughs that

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University(THE CONVERSATION) With AI becoming incorporated into more aspects of our daily lives, from writing to driving, it’s only natural that artists would also start to experiment with artificial intelligence.In fact, Christie’s will be selling its first piece of AI art later this month – a blurred face titled “Portrait of Edmond Belamy.”The piece being

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