The Conversation Daily — June 24, 2026
6 stories · June 24, 2026
In this issue
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The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’ – an outbreak quickly followed
theconversation.com · Katrine L. Wallace, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago
A military training base provides a prime environment for the influenza virus to spread. Photographer and Illustrator/iStock via Getty Images Plus Amid a worsening flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force…
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¿Cómo las ranitas coquí jóvenes equilibran las demandas de crecimiento y de combatir enfermedades?
theconversation.com · Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, Posdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology, University of Florida · Ana V. Longo, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Florida · Miguel A. Acevedo, Associate Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Population Ecology, University of Florida · Nich W. Martin, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Los coquíes jóvenes, invasores en Florida y Hawái, se enfrentan a un hongo patógeno que afecta a más de 500 especies de anfibios. Alberto López/flickr Read in English. El coquí común es una rana…
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War-induced fertilizer shortage may be reducing US soil and water pollution
theconversation.com · Kimberly Van Meter, Associate Professor of Geography, Penn State · Nandita Basu, Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair of Global Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology, University of Waterloo
A farmer in Michigan spreads liquid fertilizer on a field. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images American farmers are expected to plant several million fewer acres of corn in 2026 than…
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How young coquí frogs balance the competing demands of growth and fighting disease
theconversation.com · Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, Posdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology, University of Florida · Ana V. Longo, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Florida · Miguel A. Acevedo, Associate Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Population Ecology, University of Florida · Nich W. Martin, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Coquí frogs, invasive in Florida and Hawaii, face a fungal pathogen that affects more than 500 species of amphibians. Alberto López/flickr Leer en español. The common coquí frog is a small but iconic…
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30 years after ‘Reasonable Doubt,’ Jay-Z’s career embodies hip-hop’s biggest contradictions
theconversation.com · Jabari M. Evans, Assistant Professor of Race and Media, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
Rapper Jay-Z poses behind his desk in the New York offices of Roc-A-Fella Records in April 1996. Nitro/Getty Images “ Reasonable Doubt ” was not the first rap album I ever owned. But Jay-Z’s debut was…
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Beyond car seats and childproof pill bottles: A child psychologist explains how to empower kids to make safer choices
theconversation.com · David C. Schwebel, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa
Many accidents are not inevitable – teaching, modeling and encouraging safe behaviors can help prevent them. DragonImages/iStock via Getty Images Plus Unintentional injuries kill more than 7,000…