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In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical

  • Written by Matthew Redmond, Lecturer, Université de Lille
imageWere these protesters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, 2025, inspired by Thomas Paine?Alex Brandon/AP

In one of his stand-up sets, comedian David Cross rejects all political commentary that tries to answer the question, “What would America’s Founding Fathers think if they were alive today?”

For Cross, it is pointless to speculate...

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Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations

  • Written by Philip Steenstra, Ph.D. Candidate in Toxicology, University of Michigan
imageA Chevron refinery in El Segundo, Calif., burns on Oct. 3, 2025.Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

When fire erupted at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. bulk liquid petroleum storage terminal, large plumes of dark smoke billowed into the clear skies over Deer Park, Texas. Despite the efforts of site staff and local firefighters, m...

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Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland

  • Written by Dana El Kurd, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
imageAs negotiators meet in Egypt to discuss a Trump-backed peace proposal, displaced Gazans make a daily trek to find drinking water.AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

Tony Blair, the man being tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump to help oversee governance of a postwar Gaza, has ample experience with peace processes.

As British prime minister, Blair helped...

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Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner space

  • Written by Stavroula Alina Kampouri, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry, Rice University
imageThree chemists will share the Nobel Prize for their work on metal-organic frameworks. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi on Oct. 8, 2025, for the development of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are tunable crystal structures with extremely...

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Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology

  • Written by Eli Levenson-Falk, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageThe quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major discovery.K. Cicak and R. Simmonds/NIST

Quantum mechanics describes the weird behavior of microscopic particles. Using quantum systems to perform computation promises to allow researchers to solve problems in areas from chemistry to cryptography that...

Read more: Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology

For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment

  • Written by Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
imageThe costs – in time and money – may be incredibly significant for those targeted by the Trump administration.wenjin chen/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Oct. 8, 2025. The charges allege that Comey lied to...

Read more: For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment

James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians

  • Written by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
imageFormer FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 7, 2018.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 25, 2025 – only the second time in history an FBI director has faced criminal charges.

The indictment came just five days after President...

Read more: James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians

Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence

  • Written by Chris Wegemer, Postdoctoral researcher, University of California, Los Angeles
imageA new AI research center opening in North Carolina: Colleges and universities are embracing AI technology, often through corporate partnerships. North Carolina Central University via Getty Images

Artificial intelligence technology has begun to transform higher education, raising a new set of profound questions about the role of universities in...

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Winning a bidding war isn’t always a win, research on 14 million home sales shows

  • Written by Soon Hyeok Choi, Assistant Professor of Real Estate Finance, Rochester Institute of Technology

In today’s hot housing market, winning a bidding war can feel like a triumph. But my research shows it often comes with a catch: Homebuyers who win bidding wars tend to experience a “winner’s curse,” systematically overpaying for their new homes.

I’m a real estate economist, and my colleagues and I analyzed nearly 14...

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Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood

  • Written by Kathy M. Newman, Associate Professor of English, Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon University
imageMovie stars, led by Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart, protest hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1947.Bettmann/Getty Images

Jane Fonda is joining forces with more than 500 celebrities and Hollywood heavyweights to defend free speech.

The membership roll already includes scores of famous actors like Jamie Lee Curtis, Viola...

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  5. Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks
  6. From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miners, religion and labor rights have long been connected in coal country
  7. Tribal colleges and universities aren’t well known, but are a crucial steppingstone for Native students
  8. The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power
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  10. Why free speech rights got left out of the Constitution – and added in later via the First Amendment
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  12. Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraints
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  15. Watchdog journalism’s future may lie in the work of independent reporters like Pablo Torre
  16. A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students
  17. Conflict at the drugstore: When pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide
  18. How to conduct post-atrocity research – key insights from practitioners in the field
  19. Hamas has run out of options – survival now rests on accepting Trump’s plan and political reform
  20. How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system – and what the battle over ACA subsidies means
  21. Commuters have bemoaned Philly’s public transit for decades − in 1967, a librarian got the city to listen
  22. What past education technology failures can teach us about the future of AI in schools
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  24. Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had thought – new research
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  30. US economy is already on the edge – a prolonged government shutdown could send it tumbling over
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