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What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields

  • Written by Debra Lam, Founding Director of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageA researcher works in a cotton field in Jenkins County, Georgia, as part of a project on AI and pesticide use.Dorothy Seybold

Precision agriculture uses tools and technologies such as GPS and sensors to monitor, measure and respond to changes within a farm field in real time. This includes using artificial intelligence technologies for tasks such...

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Birding by ear: How to learn the songs of nature’s symphony with some simple techniques

  • Written by Chris Lituma, Assistant Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, West Virginia University
imageA western meadowlark sings its mating songDanita Delimont/Gallo Images Roots RF collection via Getty Images

Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds – one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies – is a joy like no other. It is not surprising that bird-watching has become an increasingly popular hobby.

A simple way to start...

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Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why

  • Written by Tammi Walker, Associate Professor of Law and Psychology, University of Arizona
imageStudents, parents and others gather outside the White House to press the Biden administration to release updated Title IX rules on Dec. 5, 2023. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for National Women's Law Center

Most Americans assume that schools are legally required to protect students from sexual harassment and assault under Title IX – the federal...

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Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable

  • Written by Scott Saleska, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
imageBiosphere 2 is a research facility located near Tucson, Ariz.Katja Schulz/Flickr, CC BY

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of glass and bright white structures. Despite being just outside Tucson, Arizona, it looks almost like a colony on another planet.

When one of...

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Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s

  • Written by Kristina Mani, Professor of Politics, Oberlin College and Conservatory
imageU.S. Marines guard the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 22, 2025.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

In his second term as president, Donald Trump has deployed U.S. military forces in rarely used roles in domestic law enforcement.

Besides sending military troops to Los Angeles to counter protests over immigration raids, Trump sent the National...

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Some new drugs aren’t actually ‘new’ – pharmaceutical companies exploit patents and raise prices for patients, but data transparency can help protect innovation

  • Written by Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst
imageWhen companies file hundreds of patents for a single drug, affordable versions can remain out of reach for years.pilli/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Pharmaceutical innovation saves lives. But not every “new” drug is truly new.

Patents are designed to reward breakthrough inventions by granting the inventors temporary monopoly rights to...

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Mindfulness won’t burn calories, but it might help you stick with your health goals

  • Written by Masha Remskar, Psychologist and Postdoctoral Researcher in Behavioral Science, Arizona State University
imageMeditation exists on a spectrum, from mindful moments and bursts of mindfulness to building up to a formal meditative practice.d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

Most people know roughly what kind of lifestyle they should be living to stay healthy.

Think regular exercise, a balanced diet and sufficient sleep. Yet, despite all the hacks, trackers and...

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Trump’s targeting of ‘enemies’ like James Comey echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover

  • Written by Betty Medsger, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, San Francisco State University
imageThe building in Media, Penn. where burglars in 1971 found evidence of decades of FBI abuses against citizens.Betty Medsger

As a candidate last year, Donald Trump promised retribution against his perceived enemies. As president, he is doing that.

At the Department of Justice, a “Weaponization Working Group” has a long list of...

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Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover

  • Written by Betty Medsger, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, San Francisco State University
imageThe building in Media, Penn. where burglars in 1971 found evidence of decades of FBI abuses against citizens.Betty Medsger

As a candidate last year, Donald Trump promised retribution against his perceived enemies. As president, he is doing that.

At the Department of Justice, a “Weaponization Working Group” has a long list of...

Read more: Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty...

Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before

  • Written by Sage Meredith Goodwin, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for American Political History and Technology, Purdue University
imageABC briefly suspended 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' after the host made controversial remarks about the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Turner

“Is there any way we can screw him?” asked President Richard M. Nixon.

“We’ve been trying to,” an aide replied, alluding to the White...

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  1. A Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger could give Trump even more influence over US media – shaping the news and culture Americans watch and stream
  2. Why can’t we feel the Earth moving?
  3. A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions
  4. How Squishmallow collecting helped me cope with grief, make new enemies and find ‘villains’ worth studying
  5. TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store
  6. Vaccine mandates misinformation: 2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy – and the growing threat ignorance poses today
  7. How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s
  8. Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act
  9. Why Jimmy Kimmel’s First Amendment rights weren’t violated – but ABC’s would be protected if it stood up to the FCC and Trump
  10. Palestinian statehood is winning major new supporters at UN – but symbolic action won’t make it happen
  11. UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
  12. UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
  13. Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US
  14. Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research
  15. Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat
  16. Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students
  17. New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent
  18. The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship
  19. More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines
  20. Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be key
  21. US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
  22. Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas
  23. How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
  24. A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data
  25. Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies
  26. 4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects
  27. Pneumonia vaccines for adults are now recommended starting at age 50 – a geriatrician explains the change
  28. Trump administration is threatening liberal foundations and nonprofits after Kirk’s death – but proving wrongdoing by any of them would be very hard
  29. Why Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates will likely spread to other conservative states
  30. A cold shock to ease the burn − how brief stress can help your brain reframe a tough workout
  31. Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference
  32. For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor
  33. Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring
  34. Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context
  35. Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
  36. Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out
  37. 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
  38. Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led storytelling is trying to change that narrative
  39. Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it’s been a tasty tradition for thousands of years
  40. Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas
  41. Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?
  42. 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
  43. Your immune system attacks drugs like it does viruses – paradoxically offering a way to improve cancer treatment
  44. Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals
  45. US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
  46. Does anyone go to prison for federal mortgage fraud? Not many, the numbers suggest
  47. Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation
  48. Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war
  49. How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work
  50. 5 ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more − and how their teachers can help