In the early days of the second Trump administration, a directive to pause all public communication[1] from the Department of Health and Human Services created uncertainty and anxiety among biomedical researchers in the U.S. This directive halted key operations[2] of numerous federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health, including...

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Uncommon Courses[1] is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Title of course:Engineering Systems for the Common GoodWhat prompted the idea for the course?As a control systems researcher[2], I have long felt that control systems – and systems science in general – have much to
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Water that comes straight from natural sources, dubbed “raw water,” is gaining popularity[1]. Raw water advocates reject public water supplies, including tap water, because they don’t enjoy the taste or believe it’s unsafe and depleted of vital minerals.

On the surface, raw water might seem alluring – the natural surroundings may look...

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The idea of a humanlike artificial intelligence assistant that you can speak with has been alive in many people’s imaginations since the release of “Her,” Spike Jonze’s 2013 film about a man who falls in love with a Siri-like AI named Samantha. Over the course of the film, the protagonist grapples with the ways in which Samantha,...

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