The hive is no haven from climate change

Brazil’s gun ownership boom and why it’s making a lot of people nervous

Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Daniel Merino, The Conversation

Jair Bolsonaro put gun ownership at the centre of his political platform and relaxed gun regulations. What does that mean for Brazll? Listent to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare

Joel Best, University of Delaware

Like clockwork, September crime news is often cast as an ominous sign of what could happen on Halloween.

Jan. 6 Committee’s fact-finding and bipartisanship will lead to an impact in coming decades, if not tomorrow

Claire Leavitt, Smith College

A lot of facts have come forward through the efforts of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol. What will its efforts mean to the US?

It’s taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections – and even longer for Black and Hispanic voters

Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University

A 2014 US Presidential Commission set a guideline that voters should not have to wait more than 30 minutes to cast their ballots. In some voting districts, it’s taking longer than an hour.

It’s time to take Kim Jong Un and his nuclear threats seriously

Sung-Yoon Lee, Tufts University

A recent barrage of nuclear-capable missile tests and a change in law setting out the conditions for a nuclear strike show that North Korea’s leader is intent on reunification on his terms.

Simchat Torah: A Jewish holiday of reading, renewal and resilience

Samuel L. Boyd, University of Colorado Boulder

Simchat Torah is about more than beginning to read the Torah all over again. It’s about the need to reexamine what we think we know, over and over again.

‘Animism’ recognizes how animals, places and plants have power over humans – and it’s finding renewed interest around the world

Justine Buck Quijada, Wesleyan University

Animism describes religions in which humans are connected to the landscape around them but do not dominate it.

COVID-19 rapid tests can breed confusion – here’s how to make sense of the results and what to do, according to 3 testing experts

Nathaniel Hafer, UMass Chan Medical School; Apurv Soni, UMass Chan Medical School; Yukari Manabe, Johns Hopkins University

Rapid tests can be an incredibly useful tool for early detection of COVID-19. Unfortunately, they sometimes leave people with more questions than answers.

Russia is enlisting hundreds of thousands of men to fight against Ukraine, but public support for Putin is falling

Bandits are losing interest in robbing banks, as some crimes no longer pay

Headcovers have always been political in Iran – for women on all sides