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Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood

  • Written by Andres B. Sanchez Alvarado, Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, Rice University
imageNanoparticles on a glass slide amplify the sensitivity of a microscope to detect trace amounts of hazardous pollutants.Brandon Martin/Rice University

Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers are heavily contaminated with hazardous waste produced by human activity. Many of these places, designated as Superfund sites by the...

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Bad Bunny says reggaeton is Puerto Rican, but it was born in Panama

  • Written by Brendan Frizzell, PhD Student in Sociology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imagePuerto Rican reggaeton artist Bad Bunny performs the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif.Bob Kupbens/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Bad Bunny likes to remind the world where he and his music come from.

In “EoO,” a song from his 2025 album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,” he raps,...

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How the Seattle Seahawks’ sale will score a touchdown for charity 8 years after Paul Allen’s death

  • Written by Reid Kress Weisbord, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Norma Shapiro Scholar, Rutgers University - Newark
imagePaul Allen, wearing a gray jacket, salutes the crowd during a celebration of the Seattle Seahawks' Super Bowl victory in 2014.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

When Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen died on Oct. 15, 2018, he left behind an estimated US$26 billion that he wanted to largely leave to charity.

Allen died at 65 of septic shock after a yearslong...

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There aren’t enough geriatricians – here’s how older adults can still get the right care

  • Written by Jerry Gurwitz, Professor of Geriatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
imageGeriatricians are trained to look beyond individual illnesses that older adults may face, and instead to look at the bigger picture of aging.MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

More than 70 million baby boomers – those born between 1946 and 1964 – are alive today. In 2026, the oldest of them are turning 80.

With longer lives...

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Former Harvard president Summers’ soft landing after Epstein revelations is case study of economics’ trouble with misbehaving men

  • Written by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University
imageLarry Summers, center, is surrounded by the media in 2005 amid calls for his resignation.Jodi Hilton/Getty Images

Economist Larry Summers will resign from his tenured job as a professor at Harvard University, the school announced on Feb. 25, 2026, following heightened scrutiny of his ties with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....

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Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?

  • Written by R. Alexander Bentley, Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee
imageTechnological innovation has always relied on experts collaborating across time and geography.EtiAmmos/iStock via Getty Images

In graduate school, my experimental archaeology professor told a student to create a door socket – the hole in a door frame that a bolt slides into – in a slab of sandstone by pecking at it with a rounded stone....

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Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why

  • Written by Kaylin Klie, Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageOverdose is the leading cause of death in postpartum women in Colorado and nationally.Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

In Colorado, from 2016 to 2020, 33 women who were pregnant or had recently given birth died from accidental overdoses. That’s more than died from traditional obstetric complications like infection,...

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The apocrypha, Christianity’s ‘hidden’ texts, may not be in the Bible – but they have shaped tradition for centuries

  • Written by Christy Cobb, Associate Professor of Christianity, University of Denver
imageNot all versions of the Bible contain the same texts.oneclearvision/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Of Jesus’ 12 disciples, Saint Peter is one of the most important. In the Book of Matthew, Jesus declares that Peter is the “rock” on which “I will build my church,” and Catholic tradition considers him the first pope....

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How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy source

  • Written by Promise Longe, Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas
imageA drilling site in northeastern France is part of an effort to measure and collect natural hydrogen.Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP via Getty Images

In the search for more, new and cleaner sources of energy, a largely untapped resource is emerging: natural hydrogen.

Unlike hydrogen produced from industrial processes, natural hydrogen forms through...

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How to prevent elections from being stolen − lessons from around the world for the US

  • Written by Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
imageResearch has found that voter fraud is rare in the United States.AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave

President Donald Trump in his State of the Union address on Feb. 24, 2026, doubled down on his false claims that the U.S. elections system is compromised. He asserted that “the cheating is rampant in our elections. It’s rampant.”

These...

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  1. Minneapolis united when federal immigration operations surged – reflecting a long tradition of mutual aid
  2. It’s never too late to learn a language – adults and kids bring different strengths to the task
  3. AI’s growing appetite for power is putting Pennsylvania’s aging electricity grid to the test
  4. Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion
  5. Why US third parties perform best in the Northeast
  6. The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science
  7. Detroit was once home to 18 Black-led hospitals – here’s how to understand their rise and fall
  8. How protecting wilderness could mean purposefully tending it, not just leaving it alone
  9. From moral authority to risk management: How university presidents stopped speaking their minds
  10. Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
  11. Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s
  12. Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have them suffer harsh social stigma
  13. Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit
  14. Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency
  15. Honoring Colorado’s Black History requires taking the time to tell stories that make us think twice
  16. Artists and writers are often hesitant to disclose they’ve collaborated with AI – and those fears may be justified
  17. 50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation
  18. 1 protein to rule them all – why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model can help scientists streamline biology
  19. ‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you
  20. When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate more
  21. Florida’s proposed cuts to AIDS drug program threaten patient care and public health
  22. Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure
  23. Baptists have helped shape debate about religious freedom for over 400 years – up to today’s 10 Commandments laws
  24. Why standing in solidarity with immigrants is an act of accompaniment in Catholic philosophy
  25. Violent aftermath of Mexico’s ‘El Mencho’ killing follows pattern of other high-profile cartel hits
  26. Crowdfunded generosity isn’t taxable – but IRS regulations haven’t kept up with the growth of mutual aid
  27. Picky eating starts in the womb – a nutritional neuroscientist explains how to expand your child’s palate
  28. What is Bluetooth and how does it work?
  29. How transparent policies can protect Florida school libraries amid efforts to ban books
  30. Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare
  31. Colleges face a choice: Try to shape AI’s impact on learning, or be redefined by it
  32. Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with
  33. How Homeland Security’s subpoenas and databases of protesters threaten the ‘uninhibited, robust, and wide-open’ free speech protected by Supreme Court precedent
  34. Meekness isn’t weakness – once considered positive, it’s one of the ‘undersung virtues’ that deserve defense today
  35. Why Stephen Colbert is right about the ‘equal time’ rule, despite warnings from the FCC
  36. As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?
  37. Supreme Court rules against Trump’s emergency tariffs – but leaves key questions unanswered
  38. Enforcing Prohibition with a massive new federal force of poorly trained agents didn’t go so well in the 1920s
  39. How Dracula became a red-hot lover
  40. After a 32-hour shift in Pittsburgh, I realized EMTs should be napping on the job
  41. Individual donors provide only a small slice of university research funding – but Jeffrey Epstein’s ties with academics show why screening matters
  42. Menstrual pads and tampons can contain toxic substances – here’s what to know about this emerging health issue
  43. Colorado has high levels of radon, which can cause lung cancer – here’s how to lower your risk
  44. Trump administration axed nutrition education program that saved more money than it cost, even as government encourages healthier eating
  45. Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works
  46. I’m a philosopher who tries to see the best in others – but I know there are limits
  47. Last nuclear weapons limits expired – pushing world toward new arms race
  48. ‘Learning to be humble meant taming my need to stand out from the group’ – a humility scholar explains how he became more grounded
  49. Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures
  50. The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself