Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI
Are concerns about AI a bridge across the polarization divide?ZargonDesign/iStock via Getty ImagesIn the run-up to the vote in the...
When grief involves trauma − a social worker explains how to support survivors of the recent floods and other devastating losses
Rain falls over a makeshift memorial for flood victims along the Guadalupe River on July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.AP Photo/Er...
Children living near oil and gas wells face higher risk of rare leukemia, studies show
The U.S. has nearly 1 million oil and natural gas wells. Some, like the one here in Commerce City, Colo., are within a few thousan...
Supreme Court news coverage has talked a lot more about politics ever since the 2016 death of Scalia and GOP blocking of Obama’s proposed nominee
Reporters used to treat the Supreme Court as a nonpolitical institution, but not anymore.Tetra Images/GettyThe U.S. Supreme Court ...
Research replication can determine how well science is working – but how do scientists replicate studies?
Some research teams work on replicating prior studies to assess the value of a body of work. AzmanL/E+ via Getty ImagesB…
Philly’s City Council turned down a new rental inspection program − studies show that might harm tenants’ health
Tenants who complain to landlords about housing conditions can risk eviction.Photo Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC …
Data can show if government programs work or not, but the Trump administration is suppressing the necessary information
Do government programs work? It's impossible to find out with no data.Andranik Hakobyan/iStock via Getty Images PlusThe …
College ‘general education’ requirements help prepare students for citizenship − but critics say it’s learning time taken away from useful…
Students learn about the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and mathematics in general education.Olga Pan…
Catholic clergy are speaking out on immigration − more than any other political issue except abortion
Catholic bishops invited by Mark Seitz, center, the bishop of El Paso, Texas, lead a march in solidarity with migrants o…
Why drones and AI can’t quickly find missing flood victims, yet
The landscape in the aftermath of a flood makes it challenging to spot victims.AP Photo/Gerald HerbertFor search and res…
The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi
Golden oyster mushrooms can be cultivated, but they can also escape into the wild.DDukang/iStock/Getty Images PlusGolden…
University students feel ‘anxious, confused and distrustful’ about AI in the classroom and among their peers
Artificial intelligence has taken off on campus, changing relationships between students and professors and among studen…
What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
Reviewer 1: “This manuscript is a timely and important contribution to the field, with clear methodology and compe…
Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials
White button mushrooms are one of the types studied to inform stronger materials. DigiPub/Moment via Getty ImagesPick up…
What makes ‘great powers’ great? And how will they adapt to a multipolar world?
When greats clash! In this case, in the 1974 film 'Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla.'FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via …
Angels, witches, crystals and black cats: How supernatural beliefs vary across different groups in the US
Education, income and demographics shape our views of the unseen world, a survey found.karetoria/Collection Moment via G…
California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
This dairy farm in California's Central Valley has installed solar panels on a portion of its land.George Rose/Getty Ima…
China’s insertion into India-Pakistan waters dispute adds a further ripple in South Asia
Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol near the line of control in Kashmir.Nitin Kanotra/Hindustan Times via Getty…