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Why Trump can’t just decree changes to voting by mail – a former federal judge explains how the president’s executive order is ‘a solution looking for a problem’

  • Written by John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
imageMail-in ballots in their envelopes await processing at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's mail-in ballot processing center in Pomona, Calif., on Oct. 28, 2020.Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images

John Jones knows about voter suppression. Currently the president of Dickinson College, Jones – nominated in 2002 by President George W. Bush...

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How personal finance advice is getting political, thanks to ‘finfluencers’

  • Written by Maximilian Brichta, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia
imageYoung people increasingly get their financial advice from social media -- and it's taking a political turn.Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Once seen as often dry and sometimes intimidating, personal finance advice is a far cry from what it was in your grandparents’ day.

It’s not just the array of new online tools, from banking...

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It’s a sing-off! Myth-busting about birds and sex when it comes to defending the nest

  • Written by Benjamin Freeman, Assistant Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageDon't mess with my territory. Male northern parulas sing and get physically aggressive when intruders invade their space.Pranav Gokhale

Each spring, birds across America are in full voice. Cardinals chatter, sparrows sing and warblers warble. Birdsong lifts the human spirit – “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” after...

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Why the US military is stuck using $1 million missiles against Iran’s $20,000 drones

  • Written by Aaron Brynildson, Law Instructor, University of Mississippi
imageA drone is seen during a suspected drone strike targeting an oil warehouse near Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, on April 1, 2026. Gailan Haji/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

It may sound hard to believe, but the almost trillion-dollar U.S. military is struggling to fight cheap drones in its war with Iran.

Iran has built a...

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Research at Chernobyl and Fukushima shows how radioactive materials move in the environment

  • Written by Eduardo B. Farfán, Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Director of the Center for Nuclear Studies, Kennesaw State University
imageEven decades after the Chernobyl disaster, damage to the containment structures risks radioactivity escaping into the environment.AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

When nuclear accidents happen, many people imagine radiation spreading everywhere and lasting forever. The reality is more complex. Radioactive materials move, change and sometimes disappear...

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Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

  • Written by Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, Assistant Professor of Geographic Information Sciences, Southwestern University
imageSeagrass has made an unexpected return to Mosquito Lagoon.Captain William B. Wolfson, Grassroots Guide Service, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem in decline going back to 2011, when harmful algal blooms led to a severe decline in seagrass, the foundational component of shallow coastal ecosystems.

Seagrass...

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Attending multiple places of worship is the norm for many Americans

  • Written by Katie E. Corcoran, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
imageMany of the Americans who go to more than one congregation do so to experience a different worship style or because friends attend.Rawpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Most U.S. adults who attend religious services attend multiple congregations, at least occasionally, according to our new research.

As sociologistswho research congregational life...

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Agricultural work is dangerous – but good communication can save lives in Colorado

  • Written by Morgan Valley, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado State University
imageIn Colorado, six people died on a dairy farm, prompting other agricultural leaders to improve their safety training.Brent Lewis/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Six people, including one teenager, died at a dairy farm in Keenesburg, Colorado, 35 miles northeast of Denver, on Aug. 20, 2025.

Four of the deceased were from the same extended family. The...

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Signs of economic instability emerge in Oakland County, one of Michigan’s wealthiest

  • Written by Grigoris Argeros, Professor of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University
imageOakland County is known for its affluence, but some of its communities are experiencing changes in socioeconomic status.Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oakland County, home to nearly 1.3 million residents, ranks among Michigan’s wealthiest counties.

But that description does not tell the whole story.

Since 2020, Oak...

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US government ramps up mass surveillance with help of AI tech, data brokers – and your apps and devices

  • Written by Anne Toomey McKenna, Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
imageThe U.S. government is using AI to speed analysis of government and commercial data about you.Anton Petrus/Moment via Getty Images

On a Saturday morning, you head to the hardware store. Your neighbors’ Ring cameras film your walk to the car. Your car’s sensors, cameras and microphones record your speed, how you drive, where you’re...

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  1. Umbilical cord blood may hold clues for a child’s risk of developing Type 1 diabetes
  2. Despite all the likes, literallys and dropped g’s, English isn’t decaying before our eyes
  3. Data centers don’t have to be a burden on local communities – and can even support them by generating power and repurposing waste heat
  4. NATO’s internal cohesion is being threatened (again) – but in pushing for support on Iran, Trump may risk eroding US influence on the alliance
  5. Placebo effect can work as well as real medicine – but your body may need permission to use it
  6. Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future
  7. We designed the turf for soccer’s biggest World Cup ever – here’s how we created the same playing experience across 3 countries
  8. Intimate partner homicide has clear warning signs – and is often preventable, research shows
  9. Is the science that we do today truth, likely to be a lie, or is it undetermined?
  10. It’s a myth that baby boys are less social than girls – a new look at decades of research shows all babies are born to connect
  11. Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive was written by AI, study finds
  12. Schools are supposed to limit using restraint and seclusion to discipline kids – but parents I spoke with say the practice is wildly misused
  13. ICE’s heavy-handed immigration enforcement was tried once before – by Arizona’s notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio in the early 2000s
  14. 1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members during bitter strike for fair wages and conditions
  15. When oil prices spike, where does the money go?
  16. Hampshire College’s demise is yet another blow to creative, outside-the-box options in higher education
  17. Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support
  18. Trump sidelined Congress’ authority over war on Iran – and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75-year trend
  19. Trump’s coercive tactics in Latin America evoke era of gunboat diplomacy – and the rise of anti-imperialism it helped spur
  20. I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers – here’s what a shot day looks like
  21. About half of young Americans can’t name a single Holocaust site, repeating a pattern of ignorance seen in postwar Germany
  22. Ancient teeth reveal clues to the environment humans’ early ancestors evolved in millions of years ago
  23. How Islamophobic rhetoric leaves an impact on the mental health of Muslim Americans
  24. ‘Right to race’ laws and the battle over America’s local racetracks
  25. Cannabis sales and use are high in Michigan – but federal law means research lags behind
  26. Christian satellite TV has broadcast evangelical faith – and end-times prophecies – into Iran for decades
  27. Seeing women govern encourages support for women in politics – with no apparent backlash among men
  28. Students expect their university will mishandle sexual misconduct, if they ever report it
  29. One-way attack drones: Low-cost, high-tech weapons ‘democratize’ precision warfare
  30. Health information delivered as a video game can bridge the communication gap between patients and providers
  31. Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas not only recorded an anthem for the civil rights era – they fought for fair pay and proudly called themselves divas
  32. As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots?
  33. Washington DC’s 240 million-gallon sewage spill is a symptom of nationwide trouble
  34. How Trump’s repeated efforts to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell harm the economy – and make battling inflation harder
  35. Iran’s military forces combine state-of-the-art drones and hackers with out-of-date conventional weapons
  36. Trump’s clash with the pope reenacts a 1,000-year-old question: What happens when sacred and secular power collide?
  37. Salty drinking water could be increasing your blood pressure – people living in coastal areas are most at risk
  38. Why women in groups face a ‘collaboration penalty’ that solo female stars like Taylor Swift and Coco Gauff escape
  39. Ads for GLP-1 drugs are flooding the internet – here’s how to know if it’s safe to buy them online
  40. Your local fishing hole is getting browner, changing which fish species thrive and which ones struggle
  41. Why Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon prayer services challenge traditional notions of separation of church and state – but might be blessed by the Roberts Supreme Court
  42. Thousands of AI-written, edited or ‘polished’ books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell’s ‘novel-writing machines’
  43. Strait of Hormuz: Why the US and Iran are sailing in very different legal waters
  44. The Islamabad talks were doomed to failure – and Hormuz blockade has thrown another obstacle to any Iran-US deal
  45. AI companions can give constant support – but distort ideas about what a relationship really is
  46. Antibiotics can trigger bacteria to release bubbles of inflammation tinder, making it harder to treat infection
  47. How debate about gender identity could undermine global efforts to protect victims of violence
  48. A justice department opinion arguing the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional could revert the nation to a time when presidents freely burned their papers
  49. What if Texas’ destructive Tax Day flood had centered on inner Houston instead? It’s why cities should plan for the improbable
  50. New federal figures reveal 1 in 3 US households struggle to pay energy bills, but the reality is likely even worse