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Cultivating obedience: Using the Justice Department to attack former officials consolidates power and deters dissent

  • Written by Joe Wright, Professor of Political Science, Penn State
imageMiles Taylor, center, a Homeland Security official during the first Trump administration, wrote an op-ed in September 2018 that criticized Trump.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

During President Donald Trump’s first three months in office, his administration has targeted dozens of former officials who criticized him or opposed his agenda.

In April 2025,...

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New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the country from its self-imposed shackles

  • Written by Mark I. Vail, Worrell Chair of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
imageGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz has had an uncertain start to his tenure.John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images

Friedrich Merz received a rude shock on the morning of May 6, 2025, as he prepared to lose the “in-waiting” qualifier from his title as German chancellor.

After weeks of negotiations following February’s federal election,...

Read more: New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the...

Trump’s vision for Air Force One will turn it from the ‘Flying White House’ to a ‘palace in the sky’

  • Written by Janet Bednarek, Professor of History, University of Dayton
imageFormer first lady Jacqueline Kennedy helped design Air Force One's color scheme, which has been used since her husband's presidency.Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images

Since President Donald Trump excitedly announced that he would be accepting a US$400 million plane from the Qatari government to serve as the next Air Force One, even members of his own...

Read more: Trump’s vision for Air Force One will turn it from the ‘Flying White House’ to a ‘palace in the sky’

‘Manu jumping’: The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool

  • Written by Pankaj Rohilla, Postdoctoral Fellow in Fluid Dynamics, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageMaybe you've unknowingly tried to do a manu jump.Isabel Pavia/Moment via Getty Images

Whether diving off docks, cannonballing into lakes or leaping off the high board, there’s nothing quite like the joy of jumping into water.

Olympic divers turned this natural act into a sophisticated science, with the goal of making a splash as small as...

Read more: ‘Manu jumping’: The physics behind making humongous splashes in the pool

Trump’s battle with elite universities overlooks where most students actually go to college

  • Written by Amy Li, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Florida International University
imageThere are nearly 20 million undergraduate college students in the United States.Anadolu/Getty Images

Headlines often mention the ongoing power struggle between President Donald Trump’s administration and private colleges such as Columbia University and Harvard University.

But such elite universities educate only a small portion of...

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Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

  • Written by Richard Forno, Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Assistant Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageSignal is the poster child for strong encryption apps.AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato

Reports that prominent American national security officials used a freely available encrypted messaging app, coupled with the rise of authoritarian policies around the world, have led to a surge in interest in encrypted apps like Signal and WhatsApp. These apps prevent...

Read more: Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

Placenta bandages have far more health benefits than risky placenta pills − a bioengineer explains

  • Written by Marley Dewey, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageWith some bioengineering, placentas can be recycled for various medical treatments.mikroman6/Moment via Getty Images

Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, but using it as a bandage might.

The placenta is an organ created during pregnancy that provides nutrients to a growing fetus through an...

Read more: Placenta bandages have far more health benefits than risky placenta pills − a bioengineer explains

Birthright citizenship case at Supreme Court reveals deeper questions about judicial authority to halt unlawful policies

  • Written by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
imageThe U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether a single federal judge should have the power to temporarily halt presidential policies across the entire country.Rudy Sulgan, The Image Bank/Getty Images

When one judge blocks a president’s policies nationwide, alarm bells ring. Should a single judge wield this much power? Can they halt policies...

Read more: Birthright citizenship case at Supreme Court reveals deeper questions about judicial authority to...

Disarming Hezbollah is key to Lebanon’s recovery − but task is complicated by regional shifts, ceasefire violations

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Francophone and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Dickinson College
imageSlain Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah looms large in Lebanon.Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images

Within a span of two weeks from late April to early May 2025, Israel launched two aerial attacks ostensibly targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon: The first, on April 27, struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs; the second, an assault in...

Read more: Disarming Hezbollah is key to Lebanon’s recovery − but task is complicated by regional shifts,...

Disarming Hezbollah is key to Lebanon’s recovery − but the task is complicated by regional shifts, ceasefire violations

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Francophone and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Dickinson College
imageSlain Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah looms large in Lebanon.Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images

Within a span of two weeks from late April to early May 2025, Israel launched two aerial attacks ostensibly targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon: The first, on April 27, struck a building in Beirut’s southern suburbs; the second, an assault in...

Read more: Disarming Hezbollah is key to Lebanon’s recovery − but the task is complicated by regional shifts,...

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  4. Congress began losing power decades ago − and now it’s giving away what remains to Trump
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  6. US safety net helps protect children from abuse and neglect, and some of those programs are threatened by proposed budget cuts
  7. Pope Francis drew inspiration from Latin American church and its martyrs – leaving a legacy for Pope Leo
  8. Challenges to high-performance computing threaten US innovation
  9. Pacific voyagers’ remarkable environmental knowledge allowed for long-distance navigation without Western technology
  10. Pope Leo XIV’s link to Haiti is part of a broader American story of race, citizenship and migration
  11. How does the EPA know a pesticide is safe to use in my yard?
  12. Lady Gaga bomb plot: Thwarted plan lifts veil on the gamification of hate and gendered nature of online radicalization
  13. How your genes interact with your environment changes your disease risk − new research counts the ways
  14. Trump is making it easier to fire federal workers, but they have some legal protections - 3 essential reads
  15. Detroit’s next mayor can do these 3 things to support neighborhoods beyond downtown
  16. Taking intermittent quizzes reduces achievement gaps and enhances online learning, even in highly distracting environments
  17. How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act’s ability to protect vital habitat
  18. ‘The pope is Peruvian!’ How 2 decades in South America shaped the vision of Pope Leo XIV
  19. What or where is the Indo-Pacific? How a foreign policy pivot redefined the global map
  20. Why protecting wildland is crucial to American freedom and identity
  21. Trump moves to gut low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise
  22. AI can scan vast numbers of social media posts during disasters to guide first responders
  23. Why collect asteroid samples? 4 essential reads on what these tiny bits of space rock can tell scientists
  24. Researchers uncovered hundreds of genes linked to OCD, providing clues about how it changes the brain − new research
  25. Why do cuts to Medicaid matter for Americans over 65? 2 experts on aging explain why lives are at stake
  26. Where tomorrow’s scientists prefer to live − and where they’d rather not
  27. How Asian American became a racial grouping – and why many with Asian roots don’t identify with the term these days
  28. Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court
  29. Trump heads to the Gulf aiming to bolster trade ties – but side talks on Tehran, Gaza could drive a wedge between US and Israel
  30. From defenders to skeptics: The sharp decline in young Americans’ support for free speech
  31. If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try boosting innovation in rural manufacturing
  32. Smartwatches promise all kinds of quality-of-life improvements − here are 5 things users should keep in mind
  33. Calorie counts on menus and food labels may not help consumers choose healthier foods, new research shows
  34. Space law doesn’t protect historical sites, mining operations and bases on the Moon – a space lawyer describes a framework that could
  35. In death penalty cases, the quest for justice is not America’s highest value
  36. When does a kid become an adult?
  37. As US doubles down on fossil fuels, communities will have to adapt to the consequences − yet climate adaptation funding is on the chopping block
  38. As US ramps up fossil fuels, communities will have to adapt to the consequences − yet climate adaptation funding is on the chopping block
  39. India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South Asia, making future de-escalation much harder
  40. From pulpit to pitch: Pope Francis used sport to get his message to a wider world − that could continue with baseball-loving Leo XIV
  41. Science requires ethical oversight – without federal dollars, society’s health and safety are at risk
  42. I’m a business professor who asked dozens of former students how they define success. Here are their lessons for today’s grads
  43. I watched the Kremlin’s new Putin documentary (so you don’t have to) − here’s what it says about how the Russian leader views himself
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