(C) The Conversation This story was originally published by The Conversation and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . University of California, San Diego on The Conversation [1] ['Adam Aron', 'Andrew Dewaard', 'Cameron Robert Jones', 'Carlos Góes', 'Chad Hecht', 'Chengsheng Wu', 'David Cheresh', 'James C. Nieh', 'Justin Quiles', 'Jyoti Mishra'] Date: 2023-05-01 09:31:03+00:00 (Shutterstock/Oatawa) May 1, 2023 Bersyukur atau berkumpul? Menilik urgensi serikat dosen di Indonesia Di tengah ketidakjelasan standar gaji hingga praktik-praktik ketenagakerjaan buruk yang kerap menimpa mereka, serikat bisa jadi wadah bagi dosen untuk memperjuangkan kesejahteraannya secara kolektif. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP via Getty Images April 27, 2023 Human activities in Asia have reduced elephant habitat by nearly two-thirds since 1700, dividing what remains into ever-smaller patches A new study looks back into history to assess human impacts on the range of Asian elephants and finds sharp decline starting several centuries ago. Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images April 17, 2023 Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to melt, and the flood danger is rising This year’s Sierra snowpack is looking a lot like 1983’s, and that was a year of flooding and mudslide disasters. A meteorologist explains what’s ahead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Timothy Matwey March 14, 2023 Junos 2023 reminds us how Canadian content regulations and funding supports music across the country Here’s how radio Canadian content policy started, and how Canadian legislation, C-11, could contribute to supporting and growing home-grown music in the digital era. Heather Broccard-Bell March 9, 2023 Unlocking secrets of the honeybee dance language – bees learn and culturally transmit their communication skills Honeybees possess one of the most complex examples of nonhuman communication. New research suggests that it is learned and culturally passed down from older to younger bees. David S. Goodsell and Daniel Klionsky/RCSB PDB-101 February 8, 2023 Cells routinely self-cannibalize to take out their trash, aiding in survival and disease prevention Cells degrade and recycle damaged parts of themselves through a process called autophagy. When this “self-devouring” goes awry, it may promote cancer and neurodegenerative disease. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images January 30, 2023 Brazil’s economic challenges are again Lula’s to tackle – this time around they’re more daunting He faces strong headwinds at home and abroad as his third term as president gets underway. Marcus Yam /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images January 18, 2023 Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows A new neuropsychology study on California wildfire survivors found chronic cognitive problems in addition to anxiety and PTSD. Steve Seung-Young Lee, Univ. of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health via Flickr January 16, 2023 Stopping the cancer cells that thrive on chemotherapy – research into how pancreatic tumors adapt to stress could lead to a new treatment approach Some cancers are notoriously resistant to chemotherapy and not curable with surgery. Stopping tumors from adapting to the harsh microenvironments of the body could be a potential treatment avenue. Erik Jepsen/UCSD December 26, 2022 3 reasons local climate activism is more powerful than people realize When people work together, they can move governments to action. Just ask the suffragettes. Still, few people do it. A psychologist explains why, and how to turn that around. John Moore/Getty Images December 1, 2022 Healthy democracy requires trust – these 3 things could start to restore voters’ declining faith in US elections Despite a midterm election largely free of controversy over its legitimacy, a large percentage of Americans distrust elections. And that’s dangerous for democracy. K. Mulliken/USGS November 30, 2022 Where Mauna Loa’s lava is coming from – and why Hawaii’s volcanoes are different from most A scientist who led one of the first projects to map the Hawaiian Islands’ deep volcanic plumbing explains what’s going on under the surface as Mauna Loa erupts. Lauren Dauphin/NASA Earth Observatory November 29, 2022 Even weak tropical cyclones have grown more intense worldwide – we tracked 30 years of them using currents Research shows storms that might have caused minimal damage a few decades ago are becoming stronger and more destructive as the planet warms. Kerry Key/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory May 5, 2022 Scientists in Antarctica discover a vast, salty groundwater system under the ice sheet – with implications for sea level rise Liquid water below the ice determines how fast an ice stream flows. As the ice sheet gets thinner, more of that salty groundwater could rise. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu April 12, 2022 Soaring energy costs fuel fastest inflation in 40 years: 3 essential reads The consumer price index, which measures everything from the price of peanut butter to gasoline, jumped at an annualized pace of 8.5% in March 2022 as inflation continued to accelerate. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP April 4, 2022 Cyberattacks have yet to play a significant role in Russia’s battlefield operations in Ukraine – cyberwarfare experts explain the likely reasons Cyberattacks can be devastating, just not on the battlefield, according to researchers who looked at 10 years of armed conflicts around the world. John M Lund Photography Inc/Digital Vision via Getty Images March 4, 2022 The sex of your cells matters when it comes to heart disease A one-size-fits-all approach may not be best for treating cardiovascular disease. Taking sex chromosomes into account could make for more effective and equitable care. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Invision - Amy Harris February 21, 2022 Artists’ Spotify criticisms point to larger ways musicians lose with streaming — here’s 3 changes to help in Canada A Spotify boycott wouldn’t fix the working conditions of most musicians. Fostering a more equitable, community-based music culture requires changing how we listen to music and support its production. [END] --- [1] Url: https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-california-san-diego-1314 Published and (C) by The Conversation Content appears here under this condition or license: Creative Commons CC BY-ND 4.0. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/theconversation/