(C) The Conversation This story was originally published by The Conversation and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . University at Albany, State University of New York on The Conversation [1] ['Brendan Gaesser', 'Brian Nussbaum', 'David A. Banks', 'David R. Holtgrave', 'Julie Novkov', 'Lucy Sorensen', 'Mariya Zheleva', 'Mitchel Y. Abolafia', 'Nolan Fahrenkopf', 'Paul Roundy'] Date: 2024-02-08 13:40:00+00:00 Drew Angerer/Getty Images September 22, 2023 War in Ukraine is contributing to the erosion of global consensus over the spread of dangerous weapons Post-9/11 international cooperation on weapons proliferation is giving way to a fractured regime dominated by ideology. NRAO/AUI/NSF March 3, 2023 Radio interference from satellites is threatening astronomy – a proposed zone for testing new technologies could head off the problem Many telescopes use the radio spectrum to learn about the cosmos. Just as human development leads to more light pollution, increasing numbers of satellites are leading to more radio interference. Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company February 7, 2023 On the first-ever India Giving Day, the highest-earning ethnic group in the US gets a chance to step up and help their homeland Indian American donors will have an opportunity to collectively fund improvements in education, health care and gender equality in India on March 2, 2023. (Shutterstock) February 2, 2023 Influencers are being hired by smaller cities to attract new residents and generate revenue – podcast During the global COVID-19 pandemic, people started moving into smaller cities, drawn by the possibility of more affordable and pleasant quality of life. chinahbzyg via Shutterstock December 8, 2022 China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis. Podcast Why countries need to shift what their citizens eat, and what the optimum diet for our planet might be. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast. Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images September 22, 2021 Taliban, Islamic State arm themselves with weapons US left behind Despite efforts to prevent militant groups from getting weapons, they often get their hands on U.S. equipment and use it to attack American troops. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) April 15, 2021 As Asian Canadian scholars, we must #StopAsianHate by fighting all forms of racism Fifteen Asian academics discuss the roots of anti-Asian racism and limits of multiculturalism in Canada while charting a path forward. FatCamera via Getty Images March 19, 2021 4 steps to reaching Biden’s goal of a July 4th with much greater freedom from COVID-19 The president wants Americans to be able to celebrate Independence Day with small gatherings. What will it take to get the virus under control by then? Three public health school deans explain. Brent Stirton/Getty Images December 22, 2020 The morality of feeling equal empathy for strangers and family alike Feelings of empathy for others may be plentiful in a year of suffering. But is feeling more empathy to loved ones than strangers morally right? A research team sought to find out. AP Photo/Alex Brandon July 15, 2020 The Fed’s independence helped it save the US economy in 2008 – the CDC needs the same authority today The Trump administration has revised CDC health guidelines and undermined its own experts, making it harder for science to prevail over politics in US’s coronavirus strategy. John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images June 16, 2020 Supreme Court expands workplace equality to LGBTQ employees, but questions remain Federal law now protects lesbians, gay men and transgender people from being fired or otherwise discriminated against at work. But there are more questions and court cases to come about their rights. Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com January 15, 2020 Who is born a US citizen? If upheld, a federal court ruling would solidify birthright citizenship as the law of the land, and overturn more than a century of federal refusal to grant American Samoans citizenship status. Jamey Stillings December 15, 2019 Pour une énergie 100 % renouvelable compétitive, il faut stocker et… surproduire Le solaire et le vent ne produisent pas l’énergie sur demande. Surdimensionner les capacités éoliennes et solaires pourrait être une solution pour satisfaire la demande. christiaancolen/flickr November 11, 2019 Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data A recent leakware attack targeting Johannesburg was the second of its kind ever recorded. Hackers demanded A$52,663 worth of bitcoins, in return for not releasing senstivie civilian information. Cat Act Art/Shutterstock.com July 31, 2019 School spankings are banned just about everywhere around the world except in US While more and more countries have moved to ban corporal punishment in schools, certain types of nations have been slower than others to outlaw the practice. A recent analysis seeks to explain why. meyer_solutions/Shutterstock.com June 25, 2019 Detecting deepfakes by looking closely reveals a way to protect against them Research has found ways to detect deepfakes through flaws that can’t be fixed easily by the fakers. Jamey Stillings May 29, 2019 A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind than needed Solar and wind can’t deliver power on demand. But overbuilding solar and wind, and simply dumping unneeded energy, would go a long way to smoothing out those bumps, study finds. April 1, 2019 7 unexpected things that libraries offer besides books With advancements in technology, libraries are offering much more than something to read. A library researcher offers a sampling of some unexpected items that library patrons can check out these days. [END] --- [1] Url: https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-at-albany-state-university-of-new-york-1978 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/