Why Australia’s trade deal with Europe hinges on a forgotten promise - and a handshake
Pixabay, Canva, The Conversation, CC BY-NCAustralian Trade Minister Don Farrell is in Brussels this week, trying to close a trade ...
Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research
Astronauts explore the inner cosmos of the human brain in this illustration. Gong, ChenGoing to space is harsh on the human body, ...
The rise of ‘Merzoni’: How an alliance between Germany’s and Italy’s leaders is reshaping Europe
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at an intergovernmental summit in Rome.Massimo Di Vita...
Green or not, US energy future depends on Native nations
Leaders of Native nations and representatives of the United States have signed many treaties over the centuries, including the 185...
Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased…
The National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at the President's House site in Philadelphia on Jan. 22, 2026. …
‘Proportional representation’ could reduce polarization in Congress and help more people feel like their voices are being heard
There is growing support for electoral reform in the U.S.PeterSnow/Getty ImagesIn the face of widespread pessimism about…
Distrust and disempowerment, not apathy, keep employees from supporting marginalized colleagues
What might hold you back from standing up for a colleague who's treated unfairly?AnVr/E+ via Getty ImagesWhat really hol…
What is and isn’t new about US bishops’ criticism of Trump’s foreign policy
Cardinals Robert McElroy, Joseph Tobin and Blase Cupich issued a statement on U.S. foreign policy on Jan. 19, 2026.Grego…
Why is US health care still the most expensive in the world after decades of cost-cutting initiatives?
Two-thirds of Americans are very worried about being able to pay for their health care. Morsa Images/DigitalVision via G…
Reading to young kids improves their social skills − and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop…
A father reads a bedtime story to his daughter in 1955. Lambert/Getty ImagesIn 2024, 51% of families read aloud to their…
If you live in public housing, what rights do you have to stay in your home?
Around 544,000 people live in public housing in Australia. And there’s huge demand for more: 169,000 households ar…
What exactly is inflation, and are interest rates the only option for dealing with it?
Alexander Spatari/Getty ImagesJust when we thought it was safe to return to the supermarket aisle, it seems inflation ha…
Historically Black colleges and universities do more than offer Black youths a pathway to opportunity and success – I teach…
Jackson State University students attend an event in Mississippi in October 2025. Aron Smith/Jackson State University v…
How a 22-year-old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pennsylvania wilderness
A young George Washington was thrust into the dense, contested wilderness of the Ohio River Valley as a land surveyor fo…
Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable
Local officials get to participate in events such as ribbon cuttings, celebrating projects they may have helped make hap…
RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and…
There is still a great deal unknown about RNA and its modifications.Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty …
Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones
Miami University students in the author's advanced GIS course collect headstone data.Robbyn Abbitt, CC BY-SAIf you told …
‘Which Side Are You On?’: American protest songs have emboldened social movements for generations, from coal country to Minneapolis
Bruce Springsteen and Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine perform on Jan. 30, 2026, in a concert in Minneapolis in p…