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‘Swarm of one’ robot is a single machine made up of independent modules

  • Written by Yu Gu, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University
imageThis robot mimics simple life forms.Trevor Smith, CC BY-ND

My colleagues and I have built a robot composed of many building blocks like the cells of a multicellular organism. Without a “brain” or a central controller in the system, our robot, dubbed Loopy, relies on the collective behavior of all of its cells to interact with the world....

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NRA loses New York corruption trial over squandered funds – retired longtime leader Wayne LaPierre must repay millions of dollars

  • Written by Sarah Webber, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
imageFormer NRA leader Wayne LaPierre addresses the group's members in 2022.AP Photo/Michael Wyke

A New York jury found on Feb. 23, 2024, that the National Rifle Association and three of its current and former officials had broken the state’s laws by misusing charitable assets. It also determined that two of the officials should repay the gun...

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The South Carolina primary is likely to reveal the eventual Republican presidential nominee - 3 points to understand

  • Written by Kendra Stewart, Professor of political science and public administration, College of Charleston
imageSupporters listen to Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley speak at a campaign event in Beaufort, S.C., on Feb. 21, 2024.Julia Nikhinson /AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump is set to face off against former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in her home state in the Republican primary on Feb. 24, 2024.

While Trump...

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Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results − a problem for science the pandemic worsened but didn’t create

  • Written by Dennis M. Gorman, Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Texas A&M University
imageThe pandemic spurred an increase in COVID-19 research, much of it with methodological holes.Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers flooded journals with studies about the then-novel coronavirus. Many publications streamlined the peer-review process for COVID-19 papers while keeping acceptance rates...

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Making the moral of the story stick − a media psychologist explains the research behind ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Arthur’ and other children’s TV

  • Written by Drew Cingel, Associate Professor of Communication, University of California, Davis
imageChildren's TV shows are typically designed to improve their viewers' cognitive, social and moral development.U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Saldukas/Released via Flickr

To adult viewers, educational media content for children, such as “Sesame Street” or “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” may seem rather...

Read more: Making the moral of the story stick − a media psychologist explains the research behind ‘Sesame...

The Russia-Ukraine War has caused a staggering amount of cultural destruction – both seen and unseen

  • Written by Ian Kuijt, Professor of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame
imageThe ruins of a church in Bohorodychne, Donetsk district, Ukraine, on Jan. 27, 2024.Ignacio Marin/Anadolu via Getty Images

War doesn’t just destroy lives. It also tears at the fabric of culture.

And in the case of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, now about to enter its third year, the remarkable destruction of Ukrainian history...

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Louisiana governor makes it easier for companies to receive lucrative tax breaks that take money away from cash-strapped schools

  • Written by Christine Wen, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
imageExxonMobil has been granted nearly $580 million in tax abatements in Louisiana since 2000.Barry Lewis/Getty Images

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Feb. 21, 2024, removing school boards’ veto power over corporate property tax breaks that take money away from schools. It also did away with a requirement that projects...

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How governments handle data matters for inclusion

  • Written by Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Professor of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University - Newark
imageDo you feel included in how government handles and uses data?AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Governments increasingly rely on large amounts of data to provide services ranging from mobility and air quality to child welfare and policing programs. While governments have always relied on data, their increasing use of algorithms and artificial intelligence ha...

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War in Ukraine at 2 years: Destruction seen from space – via radar

  • Written by Sylvain Barbot, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageSatellite radar data shows the complete destruction of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.Xu et al. (2024), CC BY-NC-ND

As soldiers and citizens provide information from the front lines and affected areas of the war in Ukraine – two years old as of Feb. 24, 2024 – in quasi-real time, an active open-source intelligence community has formed to...

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Arsenic in landfills is still leaching into groundwater − 20 years after colleagues and I learned how the ‘king of poisons’ could escape trash dumps

  • Written by Gumersindo Feijoo Costa, Catedrático de Ingeniería Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
imageA person takes a sample of water for testing.Irina Kozorog / Shutterstock

Arsenic has long been considered “the king of poisons.” Films such as “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Frank Capra and “The Name of the Rose” by Jean-Jacques Annaud illustrate the deadly effect that a high dose has on people.

But when someone...

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  1. Trump is no Navalny, and prosecution in a democracy is a lot different than persecution in Putin’s Russia
  2. How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia
  3. With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it
  4. Donors gave $58 billion to higher ed in the 2023 academic year, with mega gifts up despite overall decline
  5. Colleges are using AI to prepare hospitality workers of the future
  6. EPA has tightened its target for deadly particle pollution − states need more tools to reach it
  7. Philly mayor might consider these lessons from NYC before expanding stop-and-frisk
  8. Mothers’ dieting habits and self-talk have profound impact on daughters − 2 psychologists explain how to cultivate healthy behaviors and body image
  9. Bacteria can develop resistance to drugs they haven’t encountered before − scientists figured this out decades ago in a classic experiment
  10. Wealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news – while roughly half of US counties have only one outlet or less
  11. Young people are lukewarm about Biden – and giving them more information doesn’t move the needle much
  12. Are our fears of saying ‘no’ overblown?
  13. Your heart changes in size and shape with exercise – this can lead to heart problems for some athletes and gym rats
  14. Marriage is not as effective an anti-poverty strategy as you’ve been led to believe
  15. Making it personal: Considering an issue’s relevance to your own life could help reduce political polarization
  16. Potato plant radiation sensors could one day monitor radiation in areas surrounding power plants
  17. I’ve been studying astronaut psychology since Apollo − a long voyage to Mars in a confined space could raise stress levels and make the journey more challenging
  18. What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality
  19. 3D printing promises more efficient ways to make custom explosives and rocket propellants
  20. Carbon offsets bring new investment to Appalachia’s coal fields, but most Appalachians aren’t benefiting
  21. Murderous mice attack and kill nesting albatrosses on Midway Atoll − scientists struggle to stop this gruesome new behavior
  22. Separate water fountains for Black people still stand in the South – thinly veiled monuments to the long, strange, dehumanizing history of segregation
  23. How politicians can draw fairer election districts − the same way parents make kids fairly split a piece of cake
  24. Nikki Haley insists she can lose South Carolina and still get the nomination – but that would defy history
  25. How Lula’s big-tent pragmatism won over Brazil again – with a little help from a backlash to Bolsonaro
  26. Nearly 2 million Americans are using kratom yearly, but it is banned in multiple states: A pharmacologist explains the controversy
  27. FAFSA website meltdown: How to avoid additional frustration with financial aid applications
  28. Why does a leap year have 366 days?
  29. Is Russia looking to put nukes in space? Doing so would undermine global stability and ignite an anti-satellite arms race
  30. Navalny dies in prison − but his blueprint for anti-Putin activism will live on
  31. How tax breaks strangle American schools − billions of dollars that could help students vanish from budgets, especially hurting districts that serve poor students
  32. Cult of the drone: At the two-year mark, UAVs have changed the face of war in Ukraine – but not outcomes
  33. What’s behind the astonishing rise in LGBTQ+ romance literature?
  34. Forest Service warns of budget cuts ahead of a risky wildfire season – what that means for safety
  35. Mexico is suing US gun-makers for arming its gangs − and a US court could award billions in damages
  36. As a rabbi, philosopher and physician, Maimonides wrestled with religion and reason – the book he wrote to reconcile them, ‘Guide to the Perplexed,’ has sparked debate ever since
  37. Candidates’ aging brains are factors in the presidential race − 4 essential reads
  38. A Bronx school district offers lessons in boosting student mental health
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  40. Children are expensive – not just for parents, but the environment – so how many is too many?
  41. Israeli siege has placed Gazans at risk of starvation − prewar policies made them vulnerable in the first place
  42. Stock indexes are breaking records and crossing milestones – making many investors feel wealthier
  43. Students lose out as cities and states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses − draining school budgets and especially hurting the poorest students
  44. Bacteria in your gut can improve your mood − new research in mice tries to zero in on the crucial strains
  45. Why the United States needs NATO – 3 things to know
  46. Turkey will stop sending imams to German mosques – here’s why this matters
  47. For graffiti artists, abandoned skyscrapers in Miami and Los Angeles become a canvas for regular people to be seen and heard
  48. ‘It is hijacking my brain’ – a team of experts found ways to help young people addicted to social media to cut the craving
  49. Nitazenes are a powerful class of street drugs emerging across the US
  50. Gold, silver and lithium mining on federal land doesn’t bring in any royalties to the US Treasury – because of an 1872 law