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Can you really be addicted to food? Researchers are uncovering convincing similarities to drug addiction

  • Written by Claire Wilcox, Adjunct Faculty in Psychiatry, University of New Mexico
imageResearch has found that high-sugar, ultraprocessed foods can be addictive for some people.Doucefleur/iStock via Getty Images Plus

People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest.

But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be hooked on substances...

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For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
imageThe Syrian Defense Ministry was heavily damaged after airstrikes in Damascus on July 16, 2025. AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed

On Sept. 21, 2025, a senior U.S official boasted that an Israeli-Syrian security agreement to resolve months of conflict was “99% complete” and would be announced within two weeks.

Those two weeks have now passed. And...

Read more: For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks

A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope

  • Written by Sarah Stella, Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imagePeople experiencing homelessness are more likely to end up in the emergency room.Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

On a recent early fall morning, hope was in short supply.

My first patient was a regular. Mr. D was a man in his 50s with diabetes. He had been living on Denver’s streets for most of the past five years, two...

Read more: A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness −...

In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical

  • Written by Matthew Redmond, Lecturer, Université de Lille
imageWere these protesters in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, 2025, inspired by Thomas Paine?Alex Brandon/AP

In one of his stand-up sets, comedian David Cross rejects all political commentary that tries to answer the question, “What would America’s Founding Fathers think if they were alive today?”

For Cross, it is pointless to speculate...

Read more: In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical

Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations

  • Written by Philip Steenstra, Ph.D. Candidate in Toxicology, University of Michigan
imageA Chevron refinery in El Segundo, Calif., burns on Oct. 3, 2025.Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

When fire erupted at the Intercontinental Terminals Co. bulk liquid petroleum storage terminal, large plumes of dark smoke billowed into the clear skies over Deer Park, Texas. Despite the efforts of site staff and local firefighters, m...

Read more: Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations

Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland

  • Written by Dana El Kurd, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
imageAs negotiators meet in Egypt to discuss a Trump-backed peace proposal, displaced Gazans make a daily trek to find drinking water.AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

Tony Blair, the man being tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump to help oversee governance of a postwar Gaza, has ample experience with peace processes.

As British prime minister, Blair helped...

Read more: Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his...

Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner space

  • Written by Stavroula Alina Kampouri, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry, Rice University
imageThree chemists will share the Nobel Prize for their work on metal-organic frameworks. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa and Omar Yaghi on Oct. 8, 2025, for the development of metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, which are tunable crystal structures with extremely...

Read more: Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner...

Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology

  • Written by Eli Levenson-Falk, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Computer Engineering, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageThe quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major discovery.K. Cicak and R. Simmonds/NIST

Quantum mechanics describes the weird behavior of microscopic particles. Using quantum systems to perform computation promises to allow researchers to solve problems in areas from chemistry to cryptography that...

Read more: Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology

For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment

  • Written by Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
imageThe costs – in time and money – may be incredibly significant for those targeted by the Trump administration.wenjin chen/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two criminal charges in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Oct. 8, 2025. The charges allege that Comey lied to...

Read more: For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment

James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians

  • Written by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
imageFormer FBI Director James Comey speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 7, 2018.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 25, 2025 – only the second time in history an FBI director has faced criminal charges.

The indictment came just five days after President...

Read more: James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians

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  1. Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence
  2. Winning a bidding war isn’t always a win, research on 14 million home sales shows
  3. Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood
  4. Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells
  5. Seasonal allergies may increase suicide risk – new research
  6. Federal shutdown deals blow to already hobbled cybersecurity agency
  7. 1 gene, 1 disease no more – acknowledging the full complexity of genetics could improve and personalize medicine
  8. Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks
  9. From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miners, religion and labor rights have long been connected in coal country
  10. Tribal colleges and universities aren’t well known, but are a crucial steppingstone for Native students
  11. The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power
  12. Wings, booze and heartbreak – what my research says about the hidden costs of sports fandom
  13. Why free speech rights got left out of the Constitution – and added in later via the First Amendment
  14. More young adults are living with their parents than previous generations did
  15. Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraints
  16. How does your immune system stay balanced? A Nobel Prize-winning answer
  17. What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth
  18. Watchdog journalism’s future may lie in the work of independent reporters like Pablo Torre
  19. A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students
  20. Conflict at the drugstore: When pharmacists’ and patients’ values collide
  21. How to conduct post-atrocity research – key insights from practitioners in the field
  22. Hamas has run out of options – survival now rests on accepting Trump’s plan and political reform
  23. How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system – and what the battle over ACA subsidies means
  24. Commuters have bemoaned Philly’s public transit for decades − in 1967, a librarian got the city to listen
  25. What past education technology failures can teach us about the future of AI in schools
  26. As an OB-GYN, I see firsthand how misleading statements on acetaminophen leave expectant parents confused, fearful and lacking in options
  27. Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had thought – new research
  28. Virtual particles: How physicists’ clever bookkeeping trick could underlie reality
  29. Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why
  30. History is repeating itself at the FBI as agents resist a director’s political agenda
  31. Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat – a geographer explains how to restore them
  32. Cuba’s leaders see their options dim amid blackouts and a shrinking economy
  33. US economy is already on the edge – a prolonged government shutdown could send it tumbling over
  34. Supreme Court to decide if Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy violates free speech
  35. Supreme Court opens with cases on voting rights, tariffs, gender identity and campaign finance to test the limits of a constitutional revolution
  36. Moral panics intensify social divisions and can lead to political violence
  37. Shutdowns are as American as apple pie − in the UK and elsewhere, they just aren’t baked into the process
  38. Where George Washington would disagree with Pete Hegseth about fitness for command and what makes a warrior
  39. Breastfeeding is ideal for child and parent health but challenging for most families – a pediatrician explains how to find support
  40. Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment
  41. How VR and AI could help the next generation grow kinder and more connected
  42. Venezuela and US edge toward war footing − but domestic concerns, international risks may hold Washington back
  43. Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food
  44. Why Major League Baseball keeps coming back to Japan
  45. Why a quick compromise to the first government shutdown in nearly 7 years seems unlikely
  46. Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human
  47. Many book bans could be judging titles mainly by their covers
  48. Violent acts in houses of worship are rare but deadly – here’s what the data shows
  49. Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water
  50. Conventional anti-corruption tools often fail to address root causes – but loss of US leadership could still spell trouble for efforts abroad