Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" and Lee Chang-dong's "Burning" are among the nine films that are being considered for a foreign language Oscar nomination
A North Carolina school bus overturned after it was hit by a car, sending 13 middle school students to the hospital
Portions of the FBI interview notes at the center of the false statements case against Michael Flynn have been released
A 26-year-old Missouri woman who intentionally drove her vehicle into the Kansas River in Lawrence has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder
Conservation groups sued Monday to block an oil-drilling project in federal Arctic waters
President Donald Trump has authorized a second and final round of $11 billion in trade mitigation payments to farmers hard hit by tariffs
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matthias Scheutz, Tufts University(THE CONVERSATION) Should you always do what other people tell you to do? Clearly not. Everyone knows that. So should future robots always obey our commands? At first glance, you might think they should, simply because they are machines and that’s what they are designed to do. But then think of all the times you would not mindlessly carry out
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sarah Myers, Saint Francis University and G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University(THE CONVERSATION) Seventy-five years ago, Norman Rockwell’s painting of Rosie the Riveter appeared on the cover of a May 1943 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. Many might have been already aware of the fictional Rosie from the radio. A year earlier, she made her first appearance in a nationally
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kelly Sutherland, University of Oregon(THE CONVERSATION) All animals must eat to survive. If you’ve heard the term “grazer” before, it may bring to mind familiar farm animals, such as cows or sheep munching on pastureland. But the ocean has its own suite of grazers, with very different — even bizarre — body forms and feeding techniques. Instead of teeth, one group of these
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Marsha Bryant, University of Florida(THE CONVERSATION) When “American Horror Story,” the Museum of Modern Art and “Napoleon Dynamite” pay homage to an invention, you know it’s made a cultural impact in a big way.Tupperware has a staying power that most plastic products don’t. So far, it has evaded the anti-plastics movement, and it seems to survive most kitchen clean-outs. Its
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jalees Rehman, University of Illinois at Chicago(THE CONVERSATION) In a survey of over 1,500 scientists, more than 70 percent of them reported having been unable to reproduce other scientists’ findings at least once. Roughly half of the surveyed scientists ran into problems trying to reproduce their own results. No wonder people are talking about a “reproducibility crisis” in
The Justice Department is challenging a Maryland federal judge's decision allowing a case accusing President Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency to go forward
A floating device deployed three months ago to corral a swirling island of trash between California and Hawaii hasn't swept up any plastic waste
In-season NHL coaching changes since salary cap era began in 2005
CBS denies former CEO Les Moonves $120 million severance citing failure to cooperate with misconduct investigation.
Gambling revenues have tumbled at Massachusetts' casinos for another month.
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam says he's giving 'serious consideration' to possible Senate bid after Sen. Lamar Alexander announces he won't seek re-election
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A service dog trained by West Virginia prison inmates has received an honorary diploma for accompanying his owner through class and field work as she earned a master's degree in occupational therapy
Country band Alabama to mark 50 years together with a new tour in 2019, more than a year after founding member Jeff Cook announced that he has Parkinson's disease
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