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The Conversation - Entertainment

AI is making reading books feel obsolete – and students have a lot to lose - Naomi S. Baron, American University

2 days ago

Hulk Hogan and the unraveling of worker solidarity -- Brian Jansen, University of Maine

8 days ago

Too many em dashes? Weird words like 'delves'? Spotting text written by ChatGPT is still more art than science -- Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis

2 days ago

'KPop Demon Hunters' is attracting huge audiences worldwide – young Philadelphians told us K-pop culture inspires innocence, joy and belonging -- A. Stefanie Ruiz, Clemson University; Femida Handy, University of Pennsylvania, and Sunwoo Park, Clemson University

8 days ago

Is there any hope for the internet? -- Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College

25 days ago

How bachata rose from Dominican Republic's brothels and shantytowns to become a global sensation -- Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Lehman College, CUNY

19 days ago

What the world can learn from Uruguay as the global housing crisis deepens -- Jennifer Duyne Barenstein, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and Daniela Sanjinés, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

16 days ago

What if universal rental assistance were implemented to deal with the housing crisis? -- Alex Schwartz, The New School and Kirk McClure, University of Kansas

1 month ago

To spur the construction of affordable, resilient homes, the future is concrete -- Pablo Moyano Fernández, Washington University in St. Louis

1 month ago

Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing shortage -- Eran Ben-Joseph, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

1 month ago

From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes -- Susanne Schindler, Harvard Kennedy School

1 month ago

Dismal ticket sales, grumblings from fans and clubs – is FIFA's latest attempt to establish a global club game doomed before it starts? -- Stefan Szymanski, University of Michigan

2 months ago

NCAA will pay its current and former athletes in an agreement that will transform college sports -- Joshua Lens, University of Iowa

2 months ago

Women are reclaiming their place in baseball -- Callie Maddox, Miami University

4 months ago

When algorithms take the field – inside MLB's robo-umping experiment -- Arthur Daemmrich, Arizona State University and Eric S. Hintz, Smithsonian Institution

4 months ago

'Jaws' and the two musical notes that changed Hollywood forever -- Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder

1 month ago

A Palestinian-Israeli film just won an Oscar − so why is it so hard to see? -- Drew Paul, University of Tennessee

5 months ago

What Amazon MGM's creative control over the James Bond film franchise means for the future of 007 -- Colin Burnett, Washington University in St. Louis

5 months ago

How Oscar-nominated screenwriters attempt to craft authentic dialogue, dialects and accents -- Chris C. Palmer, Kennesaw State University and Mitchell Olson, Kennesaw State University

5 months ago

At Cannes, decency and dress codes clash with fashion's red carpet revolution -- Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, University of Southern California

2 months ago

A new book of Edward Gorey's drawings shows what's lost when the artist's sexuality is glossed over -- Elizabeth Wolfson, Washington University in St. Louis

1 month ago

A portrait taken in North Philly in the 1980s reconnects poet with cherished memories of her own beloved father -- Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, Temple University

2 months ago

Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership -- Beth C. Caldwell, Southwestern Law School

4 months ago

Can animals make art? -- Shawn Simpson, University of Pittsburgh

4 months ago

Sly Stone turned isolation into inspiration, forging a path for a generation of music-makers -- Jose Valentino Ruiz, University of Florida

2 months ago

'The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop' sings one last encore from beyond the grave -- Xianda Huang, University of California, Los Angeles

2 months ago

When Elvis and Ella were pressed onto X-rays – the subversive legacy of Soviet 'bone music' -- Richard Gunderman, Indiana University

2 months ago

On stage but out of the spotlight − the quiet struggle of being an opening act -- Jeff Apruzzese, Drexel University

3 months ago

Kendrick Lamar's big Super Bowl moment -- Christina L. Myers, Michigan State University

4 months ago

AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined -- Rizwan Virk, Arizona State University

1 month ago

Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic -- Gregg D. Caruso, Fairfield University

2 months ago

AI isn't replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it -- Jeanne Beatrix Law, Kennesaw State University

3 months ago

RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there's a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers -- Bradley J. Irish, Arizona State University

3 months ago

AI isn't what we should be worried about – it's the humans controlling it -- Billy J. Stratton, University of Denver

4 months ago

Like today's selfie-takers, Walt Whitman used photography to curate his image – but ended up more lost than found -- Trevin Corsiglia, Washington University in St. Louis

2 months ago

How does a person become famous when they're just a kid? -- Matthew Pittman, University of Tennessee

2 months ago

Trump targets NPR and PBS as public and nonprofit media account for a growing share of local news coverage -- Matthew Powers, University of Washington

3 months ago

The woman who turned the Met Gala into the biggest party of the year -- Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén, University of Southern California

3 months ago

Pope Leo XIV's link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migration -- Chelsea Stieber, Tulane University

3 months ago

With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars -- Jennifer Tucker, Wesleyan University

4 months ago

200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history's greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations -- Marlene L. Daut, Yale University

3 months ago

Trump's vision for Air Force One will turn it from the 'Flying White House' to a 'palace in the sky' -- Janet Bednarek, University of Dayton

2 months ago

The problem with Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center isn't the possibility of 'Cats' -- Joanna Dee Das, Washington University in St. Louis

4 months ago

As Mexico's LGBTQ+ community battles for inclusion, two drag performers have become internet stars – with more than 2 million TikTok followers -- Francisco Tijerina, Washington University in St. Louis

22 days ago

With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there -- Dawn Szymanski, University of Tennessee

4 months ago

Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law -- Sarah Barringer, University of Iowa

5 months ago

A federal policy expert weighs in on Trump's efforts to stifle gender-affirming care for Americans under 19 -- Elana Redfield, University of California, Los Angeles

6 months ago

Trump administration aims to slash funds that preserve the nation's rich architectural and cultural history -- Michael R. Allen, West Virginia University

1 month ago

Could a bold anti-poverty experiment from the 1960s inspire a new era in housing justice? -- Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Michigan State University

2 months ago

Jimmy Swaggart's rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism -- Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

29 days ago

In pardoning reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, Trump taps into a sense of persecution felt by his conservative Christian base -- Diane Winston, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

2 months ago

Is a 'friend-apist' what we really want from therapy? -- David E. Tolchinsky, Indiana University

3 months ago

The child boss in 'Severance' reveals a devastating truth about work and child-rearing in the 21st century -- Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut

5 months ago

Why 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' almost didn't air − and why it endures -- Stephen Lind, University of Southern California

8 months ago

Why do so many American workers feel guilty about taking the vacation they've earned? -- Karen Tan, Middle Tennessee State University

1 month ago

Is AI sparking a cognitive revolution that will lead to mediocrity and conformity? -- Wolfgang Messner, University of South Carolina

2 months ago

Why you should think twice before using shorthand like 'thx' and 'k' in your texts -- David Fang, Stanford University

4 months ago

Filipino sailors dock in Mexico ... and help invent tequila? -- Stephen Acabado, University of California, Los Angeles

24 days ago

3 basic ingredients, a million possibilities: How small pizzerias succeed with uniqueness in an age of chain restaurants -- Paula de la Cruz-Fernández, University of Florida and Avi Ackerman, University of Florida

1 month ago

Pop, soda or coke? The fizzy history behind America's favorite linguistic debate -- Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno

1 month ago

Michelin Guide scrutiny could boost Philly tourism, but will it stifle chefs' freedom to experiment and innovate? -- Jonathan Deutsch, Drexel University

3 days ago

I'm an MLK scholar – and I'll never be able to view King in the same light -- Jason Miller, North Carolina State University

2 months ago

The civil rights activist so close to Martin Luther King Jr. she was thought of as his 'other wife' -- Jason Miller, North Carolina State University

25 days ago