The Conversation - Averting future banking crises

If 1% of COVID-19 cases result in death, does that mean you have a 1% chance of dying if you catch it? A mathematician explains the difference between a population statistic and your personal risk

Joseph Stover, Gonzaga University

It’s not entirely accurate to say that you’re more likely to die in a car accident than in a plane crash. Chances are, you’re not the average person.

Sudan crisis explained: What’s behind the latest fighting and how it fits nation’s troubled past

Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington

Violence in Sudan threatens to throw the troubled nation into chaos. A scholar of the region explains what is going on and what’s at stake.

The presidential campaign of Convict 9653

Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University

Can you run for president from a prison cell? One man did in the 1920 election and got almost a million votes.

El Niño is coming, and ocean temps are already at record highs – that can spell disaster for fish and corals

Dillon Amaya, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

El Niño can trigger intense and widespread periods of extreme ocean warming known as marine heat waves. They can devastate marine life.

Donald Trump and the dying art of the courtroom sketch

Anita Lam, York University, Canada

Whereas ‘the camera sees everything, but captures nothing,’ courtroom artists can channel the emotional highs and lows of a trial through a single image.

How hip-hop has enhanced American education over the past 50 years, from rec rooms to classrooms

Toby Jenkins, University of South Carolina

Once considered a novelty in school, hip-hop has spawned an array of educational programs and initiatives that are reshaping the way educators teach and how students learn.

Sudan conflict: Hemedti – the warlord who built a paramilitary force more powerful than the state

How plants can change your state of mind

Africans in World War 1: artist William Kentridge’s epic theatre production restores forgotten histories