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What Olympic athletes see that viewers don’t: Machine-made snow makes ski racing faster and riskier – and it’s everywhere

  • Written by Keith Musselman, Assistant Professor in Geography, Mountain Hydrology, and Climate Change, University of Colorado Boulder
imageU.S. skier Rosie Brennan leads a group during the women's team sprint classic cross-country skiing competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics. AP Photo/Aaron Favila

When viewers tune in to the 2026 Winter Olympics, they will see pristine, white slopes, groomed tracks and athletes racing over snow-covered landscapes, thanks in part to a storm that...

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Clarence ‘Taffy’ Abel: A pioneering US Olympic hockey star who hid his Indigenous identity to play in the NHL

  • Written by Michael J. Socolow, Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
imageTaffy Abel, of the U.S. ice hockey team that competed in Chamonix, France, in 1924, was the first U.S. flag bearer at a winter Olympics.The Jones Family Collection

On Dec. 26, 1926, 16,000 hockey fans packed Madison Square Garden to witness the birth of a rivalry between the New York Americans and the brand-new New York Rangers. The game would...

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A terrorism label that comes before the facts can turn ‘domestic terrorism’ into a useless designation

  • Written by Brian O'Neill, Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem initially said Alex Pretti committed an ‘act of domestic terrorism’ before saying later that ‘we were using the best information we had at the time.’Al Drago/Getty Image

In separate encounters, federal immigration agents in Minneapolis killed Renée Good and Alex Pretti in...

Read more: A terrorism label that comes before the facts can turn ‘domestic terrorism’ into a useless...

Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors

  • Written by Alessandro Piazza, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Rice University
imagePeople protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement inside a Target store in Minneapolis on Jan. 31, 2026. AP Photo / Julia Demaree Nikhinson

When U.S. Border Patrol agents entered a Target store in Richfield, Minnesota, in early January, detaining two employees, it marked a new chapter in the relationship between corporate America and the...

Read more: Why corporate America is mostly staying quiet as federal immigration agents show up at its doors

You’ve reached your weight loss goal on GLP-1 medications – what now?

  • Written by Amy J. Sheer, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Florida

GLP-1 drugs have ushered in a new era in weight loss.

In just a few years, medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, known by the brand names Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound, have gone from niche diabetes treatments to household names, reshaping how America thinks about weight loss.

A November 2025 Kaiser Family Foundation poll found...

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Overactive immune cells can worsen heart failure – targeting them could offer new treatments

  • Written by Shyam Bansal, Associate Professor of Medicine, Penn State
imageHeart failure affects millions of people around the world.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images

Around 64 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and nearly half die within the first five years of diagnosis due to a lack of effective treatments to stop the disease from getting worse.

Heart failure occurs when the heart’s ability...

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AI-generated text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a no-win ‘arms race’ with AI detectors

  • Written by Bruce Schneier, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
imageGenerative AI is enabling people to swamp all manner of institutions with documents, forms and messages.sekulicn/E+ via Getty Images

In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting new submissions because so many were generated by artificial intelligence. Near as the editors could tell, many submitters pasted the...

Read more: AI-generated text is overwhelming institutions – setting off a no-win ‘arms race’ with AI detectors

How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism

  • Written by Megan Bryson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
image'Blood Pond Hell 'detail depicted in a 1940 Taipei Hell Scroll. The Trustees of the British Museum

In many religions and cultures, women who are menstruating or who just gave birth are not allowed to enter sacred sites, such as temples, or participate in religious rituals. This is because they are often seen as ritually impure.

Early Christians cite...

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Has Little Caesars Arena boosted economic activity in Detroit? We looked at hotel and short-term rental industry data to find out

  • Written by Gidon Jakar, Assistant professor of sport management, University of Florida
imageOwners claimed the local economy would be the real winner when the Detroit Red Wings and Pistons play.Scott Legato/WireImage via Getty Images

Detroit’s population reportedly grew in 2023 for the first time in 60 years, a trend that has continued in recent years. Over the past decade, the city center has experienced substantial private and...

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‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and their health effects

  • Written by Michele Heisler, Professor of Internal Medicine and Health Behavior and Health Equity, University of Michigan
imageA Border Patrol tactical unit agent dispenses pepper spray at a protester attempting to block an immigration officer's vehicle.Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images

Images and videos from Minneapolis, Chicago and other U.S. cities show masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents in military-style gear...

Read more: ‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and...

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  1. ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive
  2. Schools are increasingly telling students they must put their phones away – Ohio’s example shows mixed results following new bans
  3. Women have been mapping the world for centuries – and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps
  4. Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change
  5. Lüften sounds simple – but ‘house-burping’ is more complicated in Pittsburgh
  6. ‘Inoculation’ helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds
  7. Philly theaters unite to stage 3 plays by Pulitzer-winning playwright James Ijames
  8. Trump wants to shutter the Kennedy Center for 2 years – an arts management professor explains what that portends
  9. An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries
  10. Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost-saving measure that could risk denying needed care
  11. Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm
  12. The Supreme Court may soon diminish Black political power, undoing generations of gains
  13. Climate change threatens the Winter Olympics’ future – and even snowmaking has limits for saving the Games
  14. Confused by the new dietary guidelines? Focus on these simple, evidence-based shifts to lower your chronic disease risk
  15. Federal power meets local resistance in Minneapolis – a case study in how federalism staves off authoritarianism
  16. Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
  17. Clergy protests against ICE turned to a classic – and powerful – American playlist
  18. NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing
  19. A human tendency to value expertise, not just sheer power, explains how some social hierarchies form
  20. Certain brain injuries may be linked to violent crime – identifying them could help reveal how people make moral choices
  21. Building with air – how nature’s hole-filled blueprints shape manufacturing
  22. Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is part of long play drawn up by NFL to score with Latin America
  23. Whether it’s Valentine’s Day notes or emails to loved ones, using AI to write leaves people feeling crummy about themselves
  24. Stroke survivors can counterintuitively improve recovery by strengthening their stronger arm – new research
  25. Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
  26. Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it?
  27. Suspending family-based immigrant visas weakens US families and the economy
  28. Is the whole universe just a simulation?
  29. From ski jumping to speedskating, winter sports represent physics in action
  30. Life isn’t all diamonds – money and fame don’t shield the many ‘Real Housewives’ facing criminal charges
  31. 800 years after his death, the legends and legacy of Francis of Assisi endure
  32. US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here’s what the US, and world, will lose
  33. 3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nod for Fed chair
  34. I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles
  35. Short on resources, special educators are using AI – with little knowledge of the effects
  36. Grammys’ AI rules aim to keep music human, but large gray area leaves questions about authenticity and authorship
  37. From Colonial rebels to Minneapolis protesters, technology has long powered American social movements
  38. What Franco’s fascist regime in Spain can teach us about today’s America
  39. Trump’s Greenland threats reveals no-win dilemma at the heart of European security strategy
  40. US military action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global nuclear cascade
  41. How the Supreme Court might protect the Fed’s independence by using employment law in Trump v. Cook
  42. Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities
  43. Over 100 deaths linked to January storms – here’s how to stay safe when cold, snowy weather moves in
  44. Winter storms don’t have to be deadly – here’s how to stay safe before, during and after one hits
  45. Over 100 deaths linked to January storm: Here’s how to stay safe as more cold, stormy weather moves in
  46. Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way
  47. Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses – and a quiet form of deregulation
  48. America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry
  49. EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health
  50. Even when people’s rights are ignored, understanding the law can keep protesters engaged