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Are We Getting Tired of Superheroes? The Evidence Might Surprise You

Superheroes are having a bumpy ride. Marvel, which gave the world Spider-Man and Captain America, is reeling from a string of disappointing film releases...

The ConversationMay 27, 2026

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More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores – 13% of shooters are motivated by racial hatred, criminologists find

An apparently racially motivated attack at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, resulted in 10 deaths on May 14, 2022, with the teenage suspect...

The ConversationMay 17, 2022

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FIFA & EA Sports are splitting: a look at 30 years of game innovation, & what fans can expect next

EA Sports and FIFA will part ways after almost 30 years of collaboration. This is surprising for a number of reasons, not least because...

The ConversationMay 13, 2022

Egyptian God Khonshu in the new Marvel series Moon Knight

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Moon Knight – an Egyptologist on how the series gets the gods right

Marvel’s Moon Knight follows Steven Grant who, despite living quietly as a museum gift shop employee, finds himself drawn into the strange world of...

The ConversationMay 13, 2022

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Working in the metaverse: What virtual office life could look like

In the context of work, the digital divide has become less about access to devices and connectivity and more about skills and mindset. Many...

The ConversationMay 9, 2022

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Can you truly own anything in the metaverse? A law professor explains how blockchains and NFTs don’t protect virtual property

In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about US$4 million. Normally this would not make headlines, but in this...

The ConversationMay 2, 2022

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Time travel could be possible, but only with parallel timelines

Have you ever made a mistake that you wish you could undo? Correcting past mistakes is one of the reasons we find the concept...

The ConversationApril 29, 2022

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The Cleveland Indians changed their team name – what’s holding back the Atlanta Braves?

In October 1995, as the Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves prepared to face off in the World Series, a group of Native Americans rallied...

The ConversationApril 26, 2022

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Heading to the FIFA World Cup impacts Canadian identity — and helps us play on a bigger political field

On March 27, the Canadian men’s national soccer team defeated Jamaica on a below-freezing afternoon in Toronto. That win guaranteed the team’s qualification for...

The ConversationApril 1, 2022