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Gus Walz’s unbridled emotion on the DNC stage opens the door to more understanding of neurodiversity

  • Written by Sneha Kohli Mathur, Faculty Member of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California
imageGus Walz openly wept as he cheered for his father, Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

“That’s my dad. That’s MY DAD!” a visibly emotional Gus Walz exclaimed, with tears in his eyes, at the Democratic National Convention. It...

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5 lessons from ancient civilizations for keeping homes cool in hot, dry climates

  • Written by Adriana Zuniga-Teran, Assistant Professor of Urban Geography, University of Arizona
imageAghazadeh Mansion, a national historic site in Iran, was built with elaborate wind towers and other natural cooling techniques.Amir.salehkhah via Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

Modern buildings tend to take electricity and air conditioning for granted. They often have glass facades and windows that can’t be opened. And when the power goes out for days...

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2 solar probes are helping researchers understand what phenomenon powers the solar wind

  • Written by Yeimy J. Rivera, Researcher in Astrophysics, Smithsonian Institution
imageThis artist's rendition shows NASA's Parker Solar Probe approaching the Sun.Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP

Our Sun drives a constant outward flow of plasma, or ionized gas, called the solar wind, which envelops our solar system. Outside of Earth’s protective magnetosphere, the fastest solar wind rushes by at speeds of over 310...

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The specter of China has edged into US presidential election rhetoric − for Republicans much more than Democrats

  • Written by Fan Yang, Professor of Media and Communication Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageVice presidential candidate Tim Walz has visited China about 30 times.Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Speaking at the Republican National Convention in July 2024, Donald Trump invoked China 14 times. In the course of a 92-minute address, the former president recycled his widely criticized term “China virus” for the COVID-19...

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The specter of China has edged into US election rhetoric − for Republicans much more than Democrats

  • Written by Fan Yang, Professor of Media and Communication Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageVice presidential candidate Tim Walz has visited China about 30 times.Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

Speaking at the Republican National Convention in July 2024, Donald Trump invoked China 14 times. In the course of a 92-minute address, the former president recycled his widely criticized term “China virus” for the COVID-19...

Read more: The specter of China has edged into US election rhetoric − for Republicans much more than Democrats

The Nuremberg Code isn’t just for prosecuting Nazis − its principles have shaped medical ethics to this day

  • Written by George J Annas, Director of the Center for Health Law, Ethics & Human Rights, Boston University
imageThe dock of defendants seated during the Doctors Trial at Nuremberg.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum via Wikimedia Commons

After World War II, Nuremberg, Germany, was the site of trials of Nazi officials charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nuremberg trials were landmarks in the development of international law. But one...

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Retirement doesn’t just raise financial concerns – it can also mean feeling unmoored and irrelevant

  • Written by Marianne Janack, John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, Hamilton College
imageRetirement doesn’t just lead to concerns about money. It also raises questions about one’s usefulness in the world.LaylaBird/E+ via Getty images

Most discussions of retirement focus on the financial aspects of leaving the workforce: “How to save enough for retirement” or “How do you know if you have enough money for...

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Robots are coming to the kitchen − what that could mean for society and culture

  • Written by Patrick Lin, Professor of Philosophy, California Polytechnic State University
imageRobotic kitchens aren't on homemakers' must-have lists yet, but they are starting to gain traction in restaurants.Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images

Automating food is unlike automating anything else. Food is fundamental to life – nourishing body and soul – so how it’s accessed, prepared and consumed can change...

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Mitochondria keep your brain cells alive − helping them run smoothly may protect against Parkinson’s disease

  • Written by Rebecca Zhangqiuzi Fan, Post-doctoral Research Associate in Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University
imageMitochondria actively divide, multiply and move around in your cells.Nanoclustering/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

In 1817, a British physician named James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, describing for the first time cases of a neurodegenerative disorder now known as Parkinson’s disease. Today, Parkinson’s...

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Today’s school children practice running for their lives – but there are better ways to keep students safe from shooters

  • Written by Luke J. Rapa, Associate Professor, Education and Human Development, Clemson University
imageSchool shooting drills may do more harm than good.kali9 via Getty Images

A 6-year-old girl lost one of her white Adidas lace-up sneakers as she and her 21 classmates practiced fleeing for their lives after an imaginary intruder entered their school.

The girl’s teacher told her to keep moving without her shoe, then grabbed it herself and gave...

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  2. Conservative opponents of DEI may not be as colorblind as they claim
  3. Democratic men are stepping up for a woman president by stepping back, at last
  4. How the 14th Amendment prevents state legislatures from subverting popular presidential elections
  5. Signs, props and light-up wristbands − the 2024 political conventions find a home in the Smithsonian collections
  6. Cómo la comercialización a lo largo de los siglos transformó el Día de los Muertos
  7. Estate planning lessons from the $600M fight over Michael Jackson’s music catalog
  8. Drinking alcohol before conceiving a child could accelerate their aging – new research in mice
  9. Creative arts therapy programs can help health care workers dance, write and draw their way through burnout and on-the-job stress
  10. Avian flu has infected dairy cows in more than a dozen states – a microbiologist explains how the virus is spreading
  11. Black voters, Latino voters and other voters of color show solidarity at the ballot box
  12. Policy, shmolicy: Election Day weather and football victories could decide the election
  13. I documented dozens of shrines to people who’ve died in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma
  14. Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows
  15. Job supervisors with disabilities can boost productivity, new research shows
  16. When Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability
  17. What is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s smaller cousin could affect hurricane season
  18. How a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality
  19. Why people stay after local economies collapse − a story of home among the ghosts of shuttered steel mills
  20. Each Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding − and so does the celebration of their life together
  21. An unseen problem with the Electoral College – it tells bad guys where to target their efforts
  22. In a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests
  23. Ancient viral genomes preserved in glaciers reveal the history of Earth’s climate – and how viruses adapt to climate change
  24. How US military planning has shifted away from fighting terrorism to readying for tensions and conflict with China and Russia
  25. What is mental imagery? Brain researchers explain the pictures in your mind and why they’re useful
  26. A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that
  27. All politicians change their minds – and have been flip-flopping on positions for hundreds of years
  28. From Kursk to Kursk: Putin’s attempt to project an image as Russia’s ‘protector’ has been punctured throughout his 25 years in power
  29. Urban wildfires disrupt streams and their tiny inhabitants − losing these insects is a warning of bigger water problems
  30. In domestic violence cases, police are more likely to make arrests when pets are abused, too
  31. People with physical and mobility disabilities need to work out, but there are a lot of obstacles in their way
  32. South Sudan’s long-delayed election will be a landmark moment − but economic decline and political strife put vote at risk
  33. Kamala’s kicks, Tim’s lids, and the red ties that bind Trump and Vance – what’s behind the fashion choices of each candidate
  34. ‘Coconut farmers for Harris,’ influencers and vertical signs – Smithsonian curators’ encounters at the Democratic National Convention
  35. Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for a commercial space program
  36. 4 ways Wissahickon Valley Park makes Philly more resilient against climate change
  37. The Polaris Dawn mission to Earth’s orbit will test SpaceX’s capabilities for a commercial space program
  38. No, the world isn’t heading toward a new Cold War – it’s closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s
  39. How organized labor shames its traitors − the story of the ‘scab’
  40. US is unlikely to stop giving military aid to Israel − because it benefits from it
  41. What links aging and disease? A growing body of research says it’s a faulty metabolism
  42. Gift card scams generate billions for fraudsters and industry as regulators fail to protect consumers − and how one 83-year-old fell into the ‘fear bubble’
  43. Why gift cards fall into a gap in the 2-tier banking regulation system − and a brief history of why that gap exists
  44. From thoughts to words: How AI deciphers neural signals to help a man with ALS speak
  45. ‘Time poverty’ can keep college students from graduating − especially if they have jobs or children to care for
  46. Italian teenager Carlo Acutis’ upcoming canonization reflects the Vatican’s desire to appeal to a new generation of Catholics
  47. Can a political party get any attention when its rival holds a national convention? Yes, but it’s not easy
  48. How debt and taxes conspired to rob Nairobi’s slum-dwelling youth of the promise of a better life
  49. Treating Nord Stream blasts as a whodunit misses the point – and plays into Russia’s plan to distract and divide
  50. Want to fight gender inequality? A review of data from 118 counties shows that development aid works