Operational secrecy kept the US from making evacuation plans – and that means Americans in the Mideast could wait days
Canceled flights due to the Iran war have made it difficult for Americans to leave countries in the Middle East.Marcin Golba/NurPh...
Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?
Stars near the north celestial pole circle the North Star, Polaris. Photographed in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, Calif. Vahé ...
Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer
Ukraine is just one of many conflict zones contaminated by land mines.Maksym Kishka/Global Images Ukraine via Getty ImagesAt least...
How Denver’s Northeast Park Hill community reduced youth violence by 75%
The neighborhood had nearly double the youth arrest rate of the other 76 Denver neighborhoods combined.Royalty-free/Getty ImagesNo...
Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID
The parasites that cause river blindness and elephantitis have been afflicting people for centuries. Alexis Huguet/AFP v…
2025 was hotter than it should have been – 5 influences and a dirty surprise offer clues to what’s ahead
The sun rises over New York City as a heat wave arrives in June 2025.Gary Hershorn/Getty ImagesThe past three years have…
Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem gambling − but few seek treatment
Pennsylvania legalized online gambling in 2017.Tatiana Maksimova/Moment Collection via Getty ImagesNearly three times as…
We designed an AI tutor that helps college students reason rather than give them answers
If prompted, an AI tool can be tailored to help students think through their own reasoning rather than just feed them an…
How Australia and NZ rules on plant milks differ from overseas, where cows make the only ‘milk’
Madalyn Cox/UnsplashLast month, the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court determined that plant-based drink maker Oatly c…
GLP-1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people
With GLP-1 drugs becoming more accessible and affordable, they could also be within reach for substance use treatment.Mi…
NZ’s rising house insurance premiums warn of a system under strain
NZDF/Getty ImagesNew Zealand’s Treasury has just launched a review of household insurance affordability – an…
Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again
Black smoke billows from an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut on March 4, 2026.Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Ge…
Even if Australians won an extra week of leave, we’d need to make sure they could take it
Do your holidays always feel too short? Or are you a parent struggling to juggle the demands of school holidays with the…
Labour-National standoff aside, the India-NZ trade deal is a blueprint for real growth
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in New Delhi, 2025Chandradeep Kum…
Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing…
Rubble from a police station damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty ImagesArticle …
When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the…
Keeping up with chores takes a lot of time and is worth money.jubaphoto/E+ via Getty ImagesWhen economists track inequal…
Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short-term solutions
Detroit area homelessness providers worry the federal funding shift could affect thousands of individuals and families a…
Trauma patients recover faster when medical teams know each other well, new study finds
When someone is badly hurt, their potential for survival often depends on what happens in the first minutes after they a…