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From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history

  • Written by Peter Mullner, Distinguished Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University
imageSteel played a large role in the Industrial Revolution. Monty Rakusen/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Many modern devices – from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines – rely on strong magnets made from a type of minerals called rare earths. As the systems and infrastructure used in daily life have turned digital...

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Philadelphians with mental illness want to work, pray, date and socialize just like everyone else – here’s how creating more inclusive communities is good for public health

  • Written by Mark Salzer, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University
imageAbout 6% of American adults have a serious mental health condition.Dmitrii Marchenko/Moment Collection via Getty Images

Do you remember the COVID-19 shutdowns?

Many Americans could no longer do the activities they enjoyed once businesses, schools, churches, gyms and community organizations shut their doors. Even spending time with friends and family...

Read more: Philadelphians with mental illness want to work, pray, date and socialize just like everyone else...

Speedballing – the deadly mix of stimulants and opioids – requires a new approach to prevention and treatment

  • Written by Andrew Yockey, Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Mississippi
imageSpeedballing kills nearly 35,000 people in the U.S. every year.Cappi Thompson/Moment via Getty Images

Speedballing – the practice of combining a stimulant like cocaine or methamphetamine with an opioid such as heroin or fentanyl – has evolved from a niche subculture to a widespread public health crisis. The practice stems from the early...

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Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts would leave them even more vulnerable

  • Written by Sumit Agarwal, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 7.8 million Americans across the U.S. would lose their coverage through Medicaid – the public program that provides health insurance to low-income families and individuals – under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act making its way through Congress.

That includes 248,000 to 414,000 of my fellow...

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Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts will leave them even more vulnerable

  • Written by Sumit Agarwal, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 7.8 million Americans across the U.S. will lose their coverage through Medicaid – the public program that provides health insurance to low-income families and individuals – under the multitrillion-dollar domestic policy package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025.

Th...

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Parents who oppose sex education in schools often don’t discuss it at home

  • Written by Robin Pickering, Professor and Chair, Public Health, Gonzaga University
imageLawmakers and school boards across the country have established policies that limit what schools can teach about gender, sexuality and reproductive health.Alexmia/iStock via Getty Images

Public battles over what schools can teach about sex, identity and relationships, often framed around “parental rights,” have become more intense in...

Read more: Parents who oppose sex education in schools often don’t discuss it at home

Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters

  • Written by Chris Vagasky, Meteorologist and Research Program Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageMany coastal communities rely on satellite data to understand the risks as hurricanes head their way. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images

About 600 miles off the west coast of Africa, large clusters of thunderstorms begin organizing into tropical storms every hurricane season. They aren’t yet in range of Hurricane Hunter flights, so...

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The Supreme Court upholds free preventive care, but its future now rests in RFK Jr.’s hands

  • Written by Paul Shafer, Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
imageThe Affordable Care Act has survived its fourth Supreme Court challenge. Ted Eytan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

On June 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 ruling that preserves free preventive care under the Affordable Care Act, a popular benefit that helps approximately 150 million Americans stay healthy.

The case, Kennedy v....

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What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why it’s so hard to know

  • Written by Joshua Rovner, Associate Professor of International Relations, American University
imageGen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, describes the U.S. military attack on Iranian nuclear sites, which occurred on June 21, 2025, .AP Photo/Alex Brandon

The U.S. Air Force dropped a dozen ground-penetrating bombs, each weighing 30,000 pounds (13,607 kilograms), in a raid on Iran’s nuclear site at Fordo on June 21, 2025. The...

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  1. The rule of law is key to capitalism − eroding it is bad news for American business
  2. Legal wrangling over estate of Jimmy Buffett turns his widow’s huge inheritance into a cautionary tale
  3. AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined
  4. Despite claims they’d move overseas after the election, most Americans are staying put
  5. Philadelphia’s $2B affordable housing plan relies heavily on municipal bonds, which can come with hidden costs for taxpayers
  6. Humans and animals can both think logically − but testing what kind of logic they’re using is tricky
  7. Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans
  8. Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics
  9. In LGBTQ+ storybook case, Supreme Court handed a win to parental rights, raising tough questions for educators
  10. Pop, soda or coke? The fizzy history behind America’s favorite linguistic debate
  11. The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds of billions of dollars for app and social media companies
  12. Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons
  13. Bill Moyers’ journalism strengthened democracy by connecting Americans to ideas and each other, in a long and extraordinary career
  14. Invasive carp threaten the Great Lakes − and reveal a surprising twist in national politics
  15. 1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
  16. Who’s the most American? Psychological studies show that many people are biased and think it’s a white English speaker
  17. Here’s a way to save lives, curb traffic jams and make commutes faster and easier − ban left turns at intersections
  18. Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market
  19. What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
  20. 1 in 3 Florida third graders have untreated cavities – how parents can protect their children’s teeth
  21. How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
  22. From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality
  23. Universities in every state care for congressional papers that document US political history − federal cuts put their work at risk
  24. Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities
  25. Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites
  26. What the Supreme Court ruling against ‘universal injunctions’ means for court challenges to presidential actions
  27. Michelin Guide scrutiny could boost Philly tourism, but will it stifle chefs’ freedom to experiment and innovate?
  28. What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
  29. How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the country
  30. Cyberattacks shake voters’ trust in elections, regardless of party
  31. Why energy markets fluctuate during an international crisis
  32. Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing
  33. Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas
  34. Supreme Court rules that states may deny people covered by Medicaid the freedom to choose Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
  35. Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer than before in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
  36. Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
  37. Natural hazards don’t disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops – they evolve
  38. Hurricane Helene set up future disasters, from landslides to flooding – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk models
  39. Grilling with lump charcoal: Is US-grown hardwood really in that bag?
  40. Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons
  41. Yelp’s addition of a ‘Black-owned’ tag led to a slight drop in business ratings in Detroit
  42. Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues
  43. Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings
  44. Using TikTok could be making you more politically polarized, new study finds
  45. What if universal rental assistance were implemented to deal with the housing crisis?
  46. I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
  47. Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past
  48. A preservative removed from childhood vaccines 20 years ago is still causing controversy today − a drug safety expert explains
  49. What is reconciliation − the legislative shortcut Republicans are using to push through their ‘Big Beautiful Bill’?
  50. What happens next in US-Iran relations will be informed by the two countries’ shared history