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Welcome to Sunday and the best of The Conversation.
I raised a son who went through a lava-loving phase, but I just learned that volcanoes “breathe.”
The eruption of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, in Hawaii last week led to one of our readers’ picks. Gabi Laske, a geophysicist at UC San Diego, describes a variety of methods scientists use to measure and observe volcanoes and predict when they are likely to erupt. “Breathing” is measured by a tiltmeter, which tracks very subtle changes on a volcano slope, Laske explains. She also tells us where that molten rock comes from.
In editors’ picks, Deion Scott Hawkins, a professor of argumentation and advocacy at Emerson College, explains why the Black community staged a mock funeral for Black Twitter after Elon Musk took over the social media giant – and why the idea of losing this online community concerns him.
And Robert Kunzman of Indiana University explains why he teaches a class on failure, centered on people from different professions sharing their shortcomings.
This week we’ll bring you articles about Ulysses S. Grant’s pending military promotion, the dynamics of gridlock in a divided government and the uncertain future of snow days.
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