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Why Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates will likely spread to other conservative states

  • Written by Anindya Kundu, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Florida International University
imageFlorida has been a leader for other conservative states on education reform. iStock/Getty Images Plus

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan in early September 2025 that he intends to make Florida the first state to end vaccine mandates across all schools and in other state-run institutions such as nursing homes.

His proposal would dismantle Flo...

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A cold shock to ease the burn − how brief stress can help your brain reframe a tough workout

  • Written by Marcelo Bigliassi, Assistant Professor, Florida International University

When you lift weights, walk up a steep hill or ride a bike, your body is continuously sending sensory signals to your brain. These signals paint a picture of the physical sensation of what you’re doing. Your brain then takes these signals and filters them through your past experience, goals, expectations and current emotional state.

It turns...

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Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference

  • Written by Rafael R. Ioris, Professor of Modern Latin America History, University of Denver
imageBrazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes delivered the verdict. Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images)

Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not do.

In many cases, the military has...

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For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor

  • Written by Joan Strassmann, Professor of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
imageSanderlings run in groups as they hunt for food in the sand on Long Beach Island, N.J.Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Moment via Getty Images

As I walked along Bolivar Flats, just across from Galveston Island in Texas, I watched flocks of sanderlings forage along the frothy wavefront as it surged and retreated. Nearby, Caspian terns, Am...

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Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring

  • Written by Ryan Herzog, Associate Professor of Economics, Gonzaga University
imageThe Fed's job can seem like a balancing act.Dimitri Otis/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The Federal Reserve on Sept. 17, 2025, cut its target interest rate as it shifts focus from fighting inflation to supporting the choppy labor market.

As financial markets expected, the Fed lowered rates a quarter point to a range of 4% to 4.25%, its first cut...

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Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context

  • Written by Matt Motta, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
imageGovernment approval of COVID-19 vaccines determines their availability to populations vulnerable to infection, such as children.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Trump officials intend to link 25 child deaths to COVID-19 vaccines, according to reporting from The Washington Post. These findings will reportedly be discussed during the Sept. 18-19, 2025,...

Read more: Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and...

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows

  • Written by Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
imagePresident Donald Trump is targeting left-wing organizations he incorrectly says promote political violence.Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups foment political violence in the U.S., and “they...

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Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out

  • Written by Bernard Loesi, PhD Candidate in International Studies, University of Washington
imageAlleged members of Jemaah Islamiyah behind bars at the South Jakarta court detention house on April 7, 2009.Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images

Terrorism remains a persistent threat to nations around the world.

Indeed, the Global Terrorism Index, an annual chronicle of terrorism trends, found in its latest report that the number of countries that...

Read more: Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out

Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life

  • Written by Ari Koeppel, Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Scientist and Adjunct Associate, Dartmouth College
imageScientists absorb data on monitors in mission control for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.NASA/Bill Ingalls, CC BY-NC-ND

NASA’s search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover’s investigation of a distinctive rock...

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Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led storytelling is trying to change that narrative

  • Written by Tazeen M. Ali, Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis
imageHulu’s comedy-drama series 'Ramy,' created by actor-comedian Ramy Youssef, follows a young Egyptian-American Muslim navigating life’s challenges. Youssef, center, appears at a press conference in 2019.Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

For over a century, Hollywood has tended to portray Muslim men through a remarkably narrow lens: as...

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  2. Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas
  3. Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?
  4. Harvard, like all Americans, can’t be punished by the government for speaking freely – and a federal court decision upholds decades of precedents saying so
  5. Your immune system attacks drugs like it does viruses – paradoxically offering a way to improve cancer treatment
  6. Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals
  7. US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
  8. Does anyone go to prison for federal mortgage fraud? Not many, the numbers suggest
  9. Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation
  10. Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war
  11. How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work
  12. 5 ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more − and how their teachers can help
  13. After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?
  14. Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret
  15. Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job – and caregivers may unknowingly shape kids’ self-identity
  16. Emergency alerts may not reach those who need them most in Colorado
  17. 2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us
  18. The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
  19. Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
  20. Xi’s show of unity with Putin and Kim could complicate China’s delicate diplomatic balance
  21. Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
  22. Transgender policies struggle to balance fairness with inclusion in women’s college sports
  23. What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire
  24. Solving the world’s microplastics problem: 4 solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed
  25. Charlie Kirk talked with young people at universities for a reason – he wanted American education to return to traditional values
  26. How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media ban
  27. How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind
  28. Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence
  29. Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source
  30. Parasitic worms bury themselves in the brains of moose and elk – a new test can help diagnose these animals to prevent disease spread
  31. ‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
  32. Beauty sleep isn’t a myth – a sleep medicine expert explains how rest keeps your skin healthy and youthful
  33. Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades
  34. Social scientists have long found women tend to be more religious than men – but Gen Z may show a shift
  35. Fewer international students are coming to the US, costing universities and communities that benefit from these visitors
  36. Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab
  37. ‘This will not end here’: A scholar explains why Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence
  38. Detroit is the most challenging place in the country for people with asthma − here’s how to help kids in the Motor City breathe easier
  39. Who was Charlie Kirk? The activist who turned campus politics into national influence
  40. Federal subpoenas for transgender care records raise medical privacy concerns and put providers in a legal bind – a health law expert explains what’s at stake
  41. A federal program helps older people get jobs, but the Trump administration wants to get rid of it
  42. A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like
  43. A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
  44. How Giorgio Armani mastered the art of outfitting Hollywood stars to sell clothes to the masses
  45. How ‘South Park’ could help Democrats win back the young voters the party lost to Trump
  46. Drugged driving – including under the influence of cannabis and prescription drugs – is quietly becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards
  47. Poland responds to Russian drones incursion by invoking Article 4 of the NATO treaty − what happens next?
  48. Israeli strike in Doha crosses a new line from which relations with Gulf may not recover
  49. The discovery of a gravitational wave 10 years ago shook astrophysics – these ripples in spacetime continue to reveal dark objects in the cosmos
  50. Where does your glass come from?