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Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

Aron L. Crowell, Smithsonian Institution; Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos, University of Alaska Southeast

Collaborative research by archaeologists, environmental scientists and tribal elders combines science and Indigenous knowledge to tell the story of centuries of life at a glacier’s edge.

Scientists call the region of space influenced by the Sun the heliosphere – but without an interstellar probe, they don’t know much about its shape

Sarah A. Spitzer, University of Michigan

An interstellar probe could help scientists answer fundamental questions about how the Sun influences Earth, space and other planets in the solar system.

AI search answers are the fast food of your information diet – convenient and tasty, but no substitute for good nutrition

Chirag Shah, University of Washington

An information scientist explains that while Google’s AI Overviews and other AI search tools may look enticing, you shouldn’t rely on them to fill all your search needs.

Menopause treatments can help with hot flashes and other symptoms – but many people aren’t aware of the latest advances

Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia; Bridget J. Crawford, Pace University ; Emily Gold Waldman, Pace University

The number of patients prescribed hormonal therapy plummeted after 2002, due to findings experts have since questioned. With better understanding, more and more people are using these treatments.

Beyond Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ – lessons from Michigan’s serial cereal entrepreneurs

Laurel Ofstein, Michigan State University

The Pop-Tart teaches an entrepreneurial lesson: While first movers may have an advantage, a fast follower often wins the game in the long run.

New database features 250 AI tools that can enhance social science research

Megan Stubbs-Richardson, Mississippi State University; Devon Brenner, Mississippi State University; Lauren Etheredge, Mississippi State University; MacKenzie Paul, Baylor University

A new database of AI tools could help social scientists revolutionize the way they do their research, from scanning large datasets to aiding in literature reviews.

Records of Pompeii’s survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives

Steven L. Tuck, Miami University

The story of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is no longer one of annihilation; it also includes the people who managed to escape the city.

Laws meant to keep different races apart still influence dating patterns, decades after being invalidated

Solangel Maldonado, Seton Hall University

Romantic attraction is driven by a complex set of factors, including who people grow up around and what is familiar and comfortable to them. But discriminatory laws also play a role.

5 reasons Supreme Court ethics questions are more common now than in the past

Charles Gardner Geyh, Indiana University

Are concerns about Supreme Court justices’ ethics an old problem, a new one, political gamesmanship, or something more serious? Yes to all of it.

500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures

Sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis

‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory on D-Day

The Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz

Fritz Holznagel, The Conversation

Here’s the first question of this week’s edition:

This iconic image turns 40 years old this week. Whose backside are we looking back at?

1. A. Rocker Bruce Springsteen
2. B. Country star Ricky Skaggs
3. C. President Ronald Reagan
4. D. The cowboy from The Village People

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