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A massive dust storm billows across the western desert of Iraq on April 26, 2005. Shannon Arledge/USMC via Getty Images

September 18, 2023

Desert dust storms carry human‑made toxic pollutants, and the health risk extends indoors

Claire Williams Bridgwater, American University and Fatin Samara, American University of Sharjah

Desert dust storms are increasingly picking up materials like sewage, herbicides and other human-made waste and transporting them on tiny particles that are easy to inhale.

Les réseaux sociaux permettent aujourd’hui d’exprimer très facilement un ressenti négatif vis-à-vis d’une marque. Shutterstock

November 1, 2022

Qu’est‑ce qui conduit le consommateur à haïr certaines marques ?

Houcine Akrout, INSEEC Grande École and Mona Mrad, American University of Sharjah

Une étude menée en France, au Royaume-Uni et aux États-Unis montre notamment que les comportements antiéthiques et la rupture de la confiance peuvent déclencher un ressentiment profond.

An artist’s illustration of the aeroshell containing NASA’s Perseverance rover guiding itself towards the surface of Mars. NASA/JPL-Caltech

February 4, 2021

Mars: The Conversation Weekly podcast explores why three missions are about to reach the red planet

Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Plus what protesters in Belarus want to happen next. Episode 1 of The Conversation’s new weekly podcast.

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Desert dust storms carry human‑made toxic pollutants, and the health risk extends indoors

Qu’est‑ce qui conduit le consommateur à haïr certaines marques ?

Mars: The Conversation Weekly podcast explores why three missions are about to reach the red planet

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