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Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems

  • Written by Faith Kearns, Scientist and Director of Research Communication for the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, Arizona State University
imageTourists watch smoke from the Dragon Bravo wildfire float through the Grand Canyon.Scott Olson/Getty Images

As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in July 2025, the air turned toxic.

A chlorine gas leak had erupted from the park’s water treatment facility as the building burned, forcing...

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RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges

  • Written by Anna Kirkland, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Michigan
imageThe Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was established in 1986 by an act of Congress. MarsBars/iStock via Getty Images Plus

For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been able to turn to a little-known system called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program – often simply called the vaccine court.

Hea...

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Protestant ideas shaped Americans’ support for birth control – and the Supreme Court ruling protecting a husband and wife’s right to contraception

  • Written by Samira Mehta, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraception. Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, made it illegal for states to outlaw birth control for spouses – a right that would not be extended to single people until 1972.

Griswold granted married couples this right on the grounds of...

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When workers’ lives outside work are more fulfilling, it benefits employers too

  • Written by Louis Tay, Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Purdue University
imageIf you never take a break, the extra hours of effort might not pay off.JGI/Tom Grill/Tetra images via Getty Images

Many employers are demanding more from workers these days, pushing them to log as many hours as possible.

Google, for example, told all its employees that they should expect to spend 60 or more hours in the office every week. Some tech...

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Sanctuary cities in the US were born in the 1980s as Central American refugees fled civil wars

  • Written by Laura Madokoro, Associate Professor of History, Carleton University
imageProtesters outside the federal courthouse in San Antonio, Texas, rally to oppose a Texas 'anti-sanctuary cities' bill on June 26, 2017.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Sanctuary cities in the United States, which limit local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, have drawn the ire of President Donald Trump during both of his administrations.

Border...

Read more: Sanctuary cities in the US were born in the 1980s as Central American refugees fled civil wars

Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief

  • Written by Mitra Naseh, Assistant Professor of Migration, Washington University in St. Louis
imageMembers of the Afghanistan community and their supporters take part in a demonstration calling for an 'open door' policy for Afghanistan refugees on Aug. 28, 2021, in Los Angeles.AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu

Thousands of Afghans living in the United States face an uncertain future after a federal appeals court ruled on July 21, 2025, that the Trump...

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The growing fad of ‘microdosing’ mushrooms is leading to an uptick in poison control center calls and emergency room visits

  • Written by Joshua Kellogg, Assistant Professor of Natural Product Chemistry, Penn State
image_Amanita_ mushrooms are commonly used in mushroom-based products.Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Imagine you purchase a bag of gummies labeled nootropic – a term used to describe substances that claim to enhance mental ability and function, or “smart drugs.” However, within hours of consuming them, your heart...

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Why rural Coloradans feel ignored − a resentment as old as America itself

  • Written by Kayla Gabehart, Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy, Michigan Technological University
imageMany rural Americans feel largely left out of American culture. Helen H. Richardson/Getty Images

Many rural Coloradans, especially in agricultural communities, feel looked down on by their urban counterparts. One cattle rancher I spoke to put it plainly. “It’s an attitude … we are the idiots … we are the dumb farmers...

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‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that

  • Written by James M. Thomas, Professor of Sociology, University of Mississippi
imageScholars interviewed white Southerners to get past the stereotypes people hold of them.Former Mississippi state flag, CGInspiration, iStock/Getty Images Plus

Historian Nell Painter remarked in 2011, “Being white these days isn’t what it used to be.”

For the past decade, wave upon wave of protests against police violence and mass...

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Older Americans are using AI − study shows how and what they think of it

  • Written by Robin Brewer, Associate Professor of Information, University of Michigan
imageMost older adults who use AI use smart speaker assistants.Six_Characters/E+ via Getty Images

Artificial intelligence is a lively topic of conversation in schools and workplaces, which could lead you to believe that only younger people use it. However, older Americans are also using AI. This raises the questions of what they’re doing with the...

Read more: Older Americans are using AI − study shows how and what they think of it

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  2. Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare
  3. The paradox of pluralism: How college shapes students’ views of other religions
  4. Crowdfunded companies are ‘ghosting’ their investors – and getting away with it
  5. Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt
  6. Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
  7. COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance
  8. Mindfulness is gaining traction in American schools – but it isn’t clear what students are learning
  9. Where America’s CO emissions come from – what you need to know, in charts
  10. Don’t write off the Putin-Trump summit just yet – its outcome might confound critics
  11. 4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders
  12. How poisoned data can trick AI − and how to stop it
  13. Spiderweb silks and architectures reveal millions of years of evolutionary ingenuity
  14. Grief feels unbearable, disorienting and chaotic – a grief researcher and widow shares evidence-based ways to face the early days of loss
  15. AI is making reading books feel obsolete – and students have a lot to lose
  16. Labor Day and May Day emerged from the movement for a shorter workday in industrial America
  17. The new NextGen Acela trains promise faster travel and more seats – but arrive as US rail faces an uncertain future
  18. 4 laws that could stymie the Trump EPA’s plan to rescind the endangerment finding that underpins US climate policies
  19. The dark history of forced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples
  20. Getting beyond answers like ‘fine’ and ‘nothing’: 5 simple ways to spark real talk with kids
  21. 4 laws that could stymie the Trump EPA’s plan to rescind the endangerment finding, central to US climate policies
  22. San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets
  23. Women in STEM face challenges and underrepresentation – this course gives them tools to succeed
  24. My research team used 18 years of sea wave records to learn how destructive ‘rogue waves’ form – here’s what we found
  25. US has slashed global vaccine funding – if philanthropy fills the gap, there could be some trade-offs
  26. This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven
  27. Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries – unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditions
  28. Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor – new tech makes it easier to target cooling projects
  29. What is rust? A materials scientist explains metal’s crusty enemy
  30. Inside the search for sustainable aviation fuels, which are on the federal chopping block
  31. For Syrian Druze, latest violence is one more chapter in a centuries-long struggle over autonomy
  32. Schools are looking for chaplains, but the understanding of who – and what – chaplains are varies widely
  33. Trump administration cuts to terrorism prevention departments could leave Americans exposed
  34. 3 reasons Republicans’ redistricting power grab might backfire
  35. Bureau of Labor Statistics tells the US what’s up with the economy – Trump firing its top official may undercut trust in its data
  36. Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek historian, wrote about them
  37. Industrial pollution once ravaged the Adirondacks − decades of history captured in lake mud track their slow recovery
  38. AI is taking hold in K-12 schools – here are some ways it can improve teaching
  39. NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
  40. Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices
  41. Hulk Hogan and the unraveling of worker solidarity
  42. Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen
  43. Vaccines hold tantalizing promise in the fight against dementia
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  47. Understanding key terms swirling around Alligator Alcatraz and immigration enforcement in the US
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  49. A toxicologist’s guide to poison ivy’s itch and bee stings’ burning pain – 2 examples of nature’s chemical warfare
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