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Donald Trump has been found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in relation to payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. So, why do so many Americans still support Trump and remain ready to vote for him again in this November’s presidential election? Eugene Y Chan and Ali Gohary report.
Snake bites kill tens of thousands of people around the world each year. However, we still use techniques invented in the late 19th century to make antivenom, and each bite needs to be treated with antivenom for that specific type of snake.
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear from two scientists whose recent breakthroughs – and failures – could save many more lives and help achieve the holy grail: a universal antivenom.
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Former President Donald Trump comments as he leaves a New York courthouse after a jury found him guilty of all 34 felony counts.
(Justin Lane/Pool Photo via AP)
Eugene Y. Chan, Toronto Metropolitan University; Ali Gohary, La Trobe University
Donald Trump has been found guilty for falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments made prior to the 2016 U.S. election. He’s now a convicted felon. Does that matter to his followers?
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Gabriel J. Chin, University of California, Davis
The New York conviction of Trump is unlikely to end the legal saga, which could quickly be appealed and possibly rise to the level of the US Supreme Court.
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation
Snake venom experts Stuart Ainsworth and Christoffer Sørensen talk to The Conversation Weekly podcast about the search for an antivenom that could neutralise toxins from multiple different snakes.
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Yuxin Zhou, University of California, Santa Barbara; Jerry McManus, Columbia University
If the ocean circulation, known as AMOC, shuts down, it would be a climate disaster, particularly for Europe and North America. New research shows why that might not happen as soon as some fear.
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Laura Bertola, Leiden University
Giraffes show remarkable genetic differences between populations.
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Paul Taucher, Murdoch University; Dean Aszkielowicz, Murdoch University
No court alone has the power to adequately protect civilians during times of war.
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Dan Denis, University of York
We now have the technology and knowledge to carry out real-time dream experiments with sleeping participants.
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M J C Warren, University of Sheffield
Discovered in Egypt in 1952, this 1700-year-old book stands as a key example of the birth of Christian literature and culture – including the rise of antisemitism.
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Matthew Wynn Sivils, Iowa State University
Few copies remain of the earliest known board game produced in the US.
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Amy C. Chambers, Manchester Metropolitan University
The future is teased in the tenth film of the Apes franchise.
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