What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhere
U.S. skier Rosie Brennan leads a group during the women's team sprint classic cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter ...
A terrorism label that comes before the facts can turn ‘domestic terrorism’ into a useless designation
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem initially said Alex Pretti committed an ‘act of domestic terrorism’ before say...
Clarence ‘Taffy’ Abel: A pioneering US Olympic hockey star who hid his Indigenous identity to play in the NHL
Taffy Abel, of the U.S. ice hockey team that competed in Chamonix, France, in 1924, was the first U.S. flag bearer at a winter Oly...
AI-generated text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a no-win ‘arms race’ with AI detectors
Generative AI is enabling people to swamp all manner of institutions with documents, forms and messages.sekulicn/E+ via Getty Imag...
You’ve reached your weight loss goal on GLP-1 medications – what now?
GLP-1 drugs have ushered in a new era in weight loss.In just a few years, medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatid…
Overactive immune cells can worsen heart failure – targeting them could offer new treatments
Heart failure affects millions of people around the world.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty ImagesAround 64 million people…
Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors
People protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement inside a Target store in Minneapolis on Jan. 31, 2026. AP Photo…
Has Little Caesars Arena boosted economic activity in Detroit? We looked at hotel and short-term rental industry data to find…
Owners claimed the local economy would be the real winner when the Detroit Red Wings and Pistons play.Scott Legato/WireI…
How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism
'Blood Pond Hell 'detail depicted in a 1940 Taipei Hell Scroll. The Trustees of the British MuseumIn many religions and …
News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?
When the World Wide Web went live in the early 1990s, its founders hoped it would be a space for anyone to share informa…
‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and their health effects
A Border Patrol tactical unit agent dispenses pepper spray at a protester attempting to block an immigration officer's v…
Why cheaper power alone isn’t enough to end energy poverty in summer
Declan Young/UnsplashAustralia is an energy superpower. We have abundant natural resources, high average incomes and one…
ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing…
ICE officers and federal agents clash with protesters in south Minneapolis after Alex Pretti was fatally shot by federal…
Schools are increasingly telling students they must put their phones away – Ohio’s example shows mixed results following new bans
Schools with phone bans are often giving students the option of placing their devices in a locked case or a box.Hill Str…
Women have been mapping the world for centuries – and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of…
Gladys West, right, developed the mathematical models behind GPS.U.S. Navy/Wikimedia CommonsAlthough women have always b…
Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change
President Donald Trump and Congress agreed to separate funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a larger spe…
Lüften sounds simple – but ‘house-burping’ is more complicated in Pittsburgh
Lüften refers to the German practice of opening windows and sometimes doors to rapidly fill a house with outdoor ai…
‘Inoculation’ helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds
Can figurative inoculations ward off the scourge of political deepfakes?Canonmark/iStock via Getty ImagesInforming peopl…