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Do children ever hit you with questions that leave you somewhat struggling? Well, help is at hand. Conversation editors around the world run a series called Curious Kids. And the answers can prove fascinating for adults. I felt well briefed after reading these two that went live this week, following questions from children in India and Australia.
How are galaxies formed?
How do birds make their nests?
Perhaps you have a class of curious kids? You can check out the full back catalogue here. Kids with questions can route them to the relevant editor via the regional staff pages. The series also runs in French, as The Conversation Junior.
Of course, from across The Conversation network this week, we bring you the usual diet of thoughtul analysis from the finest research minds on news, culture and discoveries. We carry this assessment of the apparent disappearance (and managed reappearance) of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. And we look at the long-awaited Peter Jackson series documenting the build up to The Beatles’ legendary final live performance. Scroll down or click through for lots more.
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Stephen Khan
Executive Editor, The Conversation International
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Forced into the darkness?
Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
Yan Bennett, Princeton University; John Garrick, Charles Darwin University
What happens when a Chinese #MeToo moment meets authoritarian legality?
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Waiting for SCOTUS: pro-choice activists outside the US Supreme Court on November 1.
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Daniel Merino, The Conversation
Plus, a forensic scientist explains how he uncovered the mysteries behind deadly lightning strikes. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.
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Hulu’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 4 envisions escapes to Canada that draw on 19th century abolitionist narratives, yet the show doesn’t acknowledge race.
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Miranda Green-Barteet, Western University; Alyssa MacLean, Western University
Myths of Canada’s moral superiority in contrast to the United States can be a barrier to acknowledging and addressing racism in Canada.
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Keith Pilbeam, City, University of London
To understand the euro’s weakness, you have to look at the US as well as Europe.
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Iolanda-Veronica Ganea, Babes Bolyai University ; Badarau Alexandru Sabin, Babes Bolyai University
Mahmudia became a wasteland under dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s communist agricultural policy. But villagers fought to resurrect their home and reconnect with the wilderness.
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Richard Elton Walton, Newcastle University
These 47,000 aspen trees are genetically identical clones with shared roots.
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Jesse Lastunen, United Nations University; Pia Rattenhuber, United Nations University; Rodrigo Carvalho Oliveira, United Nations University
Study shows that agriculture, one of the most important sectors, did not decline in 2020 compared to its historical trend. Service sectors were hit hard in each of the five countries.
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Photo courtesy of Apple Corps Ltd
David McCooey, Deakin University
An extraordinary technological feat, Get Back looks and sounds astonishingly good.
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They call her The Wife of Willesden.
Marc Brenner
Natalie Hanna, University of Liverpool
Zadie Smith’s first play delivers on what women want.
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AAP Image/Peter Hince
Leigh Carriage, Southern Cross University
He fearlessly pushed at artistic boundaries, and believed in the spontaneity of live performance; Freddie Mercury’s legend continues.
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The Conversation in Spanish and French
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Mercadillo de ropa de segunda mano en El Raval (Barcelona).
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Carmen Valor Martínez, Universidad Pontificia Comillas
No se trata solo de apostar por el reciclaje de las fibras, sino también de utilizar las prendas más tiempo y fomentar el mercado de segunda mano.
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Joséphine Baker, Jo Bouillon et leurs enfants, Les Milandes, 1959.
Herbert Behrens / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Yves Denéchère, Université d'Angers
De tous les engagements de Joséphine Baker celui qui concerne la cause des enfants n’est pas le plus rappelé en ce moment. Il a pourtant contribué à populariser l’adoption internationale.
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