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On Thursday, the U.S. national cricket team pulled off a shocking upset by defeating Pakistan at the T20 World Cup.
The success of Team USA couldn’t have come at a better time for American promoters of the game. The biennial tournament, which features national teams playing a shorter version of cricket, is being held in the U.S. and the West Indies for the first time.
Pakistan, meanwhile, has had only a couple of days to regroup before its big match tomorrow against its longtime rival, India.
For cricket fans among North America’s South Asian diaspora, it’s the sporting event of the year, and ticket prices have been going for as high as $50,000. A group of scholars of culture, communication and sports explore the roots of this historic rivalry, which transcend the pitch and tell a story of colonization, religion and politics.
This week we also liked articles about how Alaska’s Yakutat people are coping with seal scarcity, partisanship in school board elections, and what to look for in prenatal supplements.
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Virat Kohli of India celebrates after the final run is scored during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match between India and Pakistan in October 2022.
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Umer Hussain, Wilkes University; M. Fahad Humayun, University of Evansville; Simran Kaur Sethi, University of Oklahoma; Steve Bien-Aime, University of Kansas
Tickets are going for as high as $40,000 on the secondary market.
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Ancestral seal hunting happened at the edge of the Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier.
Emily Kearney-Williams © Smithsonian Institution
Aron L. Crowell, Smithsonian Institution; Judith Dax̱ootsú Ramos, University of Alaska Southeast
Collaborative research by archaeologists, environmental scientists and tribal elders combines science and Indigenous knowledge to tell the story of centuries of life at a glacier’s edge.
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Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in New York on May 30, 2024, after being found guilty on 34 felony counts.
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Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University
Donald Trump’s reaction to his conviction provides a textbook case of demagoguery – which erodes democratic institutions and can prime an audience for violence. His followers went right along.
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Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Miami University
A tradition of nonpartisanship on locally elected school boards is changing, following a national shift toward divisive political partisanship.
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Mary Scourboutakos, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Many prenatal supplements don’t have enough folate, choline and omega-3 fatty acids.
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Sarah A. Spitzer, University of Michigan
An interstellar probe could help scientists answer fundamental questions about how the Sun influences Earth, space and other planets in the solar system.
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The Conversation News Quiz 🧠
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Fritz Holznagel, The Conversation
Here’s the first question of this week’s edition:
This iconic image turns 40 years old this week. Whose backside are we looking back at?
- A. Rocker Bruce Springsteen
- B. Country star Ricky Skaggs
- C. President Ronald Reagan
- D. The cowboy from The Village People
Test your knowledge
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