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  • Group of young friends playing mobile games on smartphoneFamily

    Teens are spending the equivalent of a 40-hour work week on their devices. Here’s how to help them find the right balance

    By David Rosenberg, Natalia Szura, and others
  • LebanonPolitics

    Hezbollah’s reaction to the Israel-Hamas war could finally answer whether the group cares more about Lebanon or being a proxy for Iran

    By Asher Kaufman and The Conversation
  • Kaiser Permanente strikeSuccess

    Historic healthcare workers strike bears fruit with 21% wage hike from Kaiser Permanente—and a $25 minimum wage in California

    By Michael McQuarrie and The Conversation
  • Mohamed Bin SalmanPolitics

    Saudi Arabia wanted to ‘de-risk’ the Middle East. Instead it has to hit pause on normalization with Israel

    By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen and The Conversation
  • Sundar PichaiTech

    After 25 years of growth for the $68 billion SEO industry, here’s how Google and other tech firms could render it extinct with AI

    By Ravi Sen and The Conversation
  • View from above diseased male eating healthy chicken soup to fight the flu sickness, holding digital thermometer in hand, soft focus.Health

    Does chicken soup really help when you’re sick, or is it just a soothing placebo? A dietician explains the science behind the universal comfort food

    By Colby Teeman, assistant professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Dayton and The Conversation
  • Ron DeSantisPolitics

    Ron DeSantis called all Gazans ‘antisemitic,’ but polls suggest they dislike Hamas and feel hopeless about the Israeli blockade

    By Nathan French and The Conversation
  • Gaza hospitalPolitics

    The WHO called Israel’s evacuation of Gaza hospitals a ‘death sentence.’ Palestinian health expert says it was underfunded for a century before Israel’s blockade

    By Yara M. Asi and The Conversation
  • IsraelPolitics

    Deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust shakes the foundations of Israel as a safe homeland, says double MacArthur-winning historian

    By Avner Cohen and The Conversation
  • Senior man in sports clothing working exercise in the park

    Steep physical decline isn’t inevitable. This type of exercise can change the trajectory of aging, one expert says

    By Zachary Gillen and The Conversation
  • Israel's Iron DomePolitics

    Aerospace engineer who studies defense systems explains the simple reason that Israel’s Iron Dome failed against Hamas

    By Iain Boyd and The Conversation
  • Gaza residentsPolitics

    Israel’s blockade of Gaza means that a region the size of Philadelphia faces a real risk of starvation, says Peace Studies scholar

    By Topher L. McDougal and The Conversation
  • Israeli militaryPolitics

    The Modern War Institute’s founding director says the Israeli military was just unprepared for Hamas’ sudden attack

    By Liam Collins and The Conversation
  • Cape Cod, MA – June 30: Mass Audubons science coordinator Mark Faherty examines a horseshoe crab in Pleasant Bay where he has have conducted research on them there for years. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Health

    Horseshoe crab blood is vital to modern medicine. A new lab-made alternative could save the species

    By Kristoffer Whitney, Jolie Crunelle, and others
  • BOWIE, MARYLAND – MARCH 25: Nurses draw vaccine doses from a vial as Maryland residents receive their second dose of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at the Cameron Grove Community Center on March 25, 2021 in Bowie, Maryland. The vaccinations were provided by Prince George’s County’s Mobile Units as vaccinations in Maryland are now over the 20 percent threshold. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)Health

    A trio of vaccines should protect against a 2023 ‘tripledemic,’ experts say—if people get them

    By Libby Richards and The Conversation