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Over 100 deaths linked to January storm: Here’s how to stay safe as more cold, stormy weather moves in

  • Written by Brett Robertson, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Hazards Vulnerability and Resilience Institute, University of South Carolina

A powerful winter storm that left hundreds of thousands of people across the U.S. without power for days in freezing temperatures in late January 2026 has been linked to more than 100 deaths, and the cold weather is forecast to continue into February. Several East Coast states are also facing a new winter storm, forecast to bring several inches of...

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Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way

  • Written by Roxana Shafiee, Environmental Fellow, Center for the Environment, Harvard University; Harvard Kennedy School
imageWorkers install an air-source heat pump at a home in Charlotte, Vt.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions associated with heating buildings, and many states have set aggressive targets to increase their use in the coming decades. But while heat pumps are often cheaperchoices for new buildings, getting homeowners to...

Read more: Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way

Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses – and a quiet form of deregulation

  • Written by Sloan Speck, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder

In December 2025, the Trump administration accelerated the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act – a shift that would reduce restrictions and penalties associated with the drug.

Under the move, medical and recreational marijuana would still remain illegal at the federal level....

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America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry

  • Written by Hengrui Liu, Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics and Public Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageTrucks and SUVs dominate U.S. auto sales and set the tone for the Detroit Auto Show in January 2026, while overseas EV sales are booming.Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

At the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, the spotlight quietly shifted. Electric vehicles, once framed as the inevitable future of the industry, were no longer the centerpiece. Instead, automakers...

Read more: America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry

EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health

  • Written by Janet McCabe, Visiting Professor, Indiana University McKinney School of Law and O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
imageTwo coal-fired power plants near Cheshire, Ohio, are known for their air pollution.Halbergman/E+ via Getty Images

When I worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2010s as an Obama administration appointee, I helped write and review dozens of regulations under the Clean Air Act. They included some groundbreaking rules, such as setting...

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Even when people’s rights are ignored, understanding the law can keep protesters engaged

  • Written by Heidi Reynolds-Stenson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology, Colorado State University Pueblo
imageA group of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters march in downtown Minneapolis on Jan. 27, 2026. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

There’s been a rise of know-your-rightstraining sessions in response to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics. This has included local public officials and...

Read more: Even when people’s rights are ignored, understanding the law can keep protesters engaged

Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge

  • Written by Christopher Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago
imageAn aerial lidar survey can 'see' beneath the forest canopy.Photodisc via Getty Images

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including the ground beneath the canopy, in fine detail within a matter of...

Read more: Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and...

A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses’ daily challenges of patients and their families rolling their eyes, yelling and striking

  • Written by Carolyn Dickens, Nurse practitioner and Associate Dean, University of Illinois Chicago
imageA 2024 report found that 4 out of 5 nurses experienced at least one episode of such behaviors in the previous year.Ivan-balvan/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, comment that you don’t know what you’re doing – or even spit at you.

Unimaginable, right? But that’s what...

Read more: A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses’ daily challenges of patients and their...

Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement

  • Written by Mehr Mumtaz, PhD Candidate in Sociology, The Ohio State University
imageAfghan refugees hold placards during a protest in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Feb. 26, 2023.AP Photo/Rahmat Gul

In January 2025, Seema received an email from the International Organization for Migration saying that her flight from Pakistan to the United States, which she and her family were booked on after months of extensive interviewing and...

Read more: Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement

Colorado has emergency domestic violence shelters in only half its counties, leaving survivors without safe housing options

  • Written by Kaitlyn M. Sims, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Denver
imagePeople fleeing domestic violence often face housing obstacles. iStock/Getty Images

Only 33 of Colorado’s 64 counties have an emergency shelter program specifically for survivors of domestic violence. In the greater Denver area, which includes Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties, there are only five shelter...

Read more: Colorado has emergency domestic violence shelters in only half its counties, leaving survivors...

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  1. ICE not only looks and acts like a paramilitary force – it is one, and that makes it harder to curb
  2. Not all mindfulness is the same – here’s why it matters for health and happiness
  3. Should medical marijuana be less stringently regulated? A drug policy expert explains what’s at stake
  4. It’s easy making green: Muppets continue to make a profit 50 years into their run
  5. Innovations in asthma care can improve the health of Detroiters living with this chronic disease
  6. Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding
  7. Russia’s drone pipeline: How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet
  8. The end of ‘Pax Americana’ and start of a ‘post-American’ era doesn’t necessarily mean the world will be less safe
  9. PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there
  10. There are long-lasting, negative effects for children like Liam Ramos who are detained, or watch their parents be deported
  11. How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win
  12. Greenland’s Inuit have spent decades fighting for self-determination
  13. The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he’s now a candidate for sainthood
  14. Gifts of gym memberships and Botox treatments can lead to hurt feelings – and bad reviews for the businesses
  15. White men held less than half the board seats on the top 50 Fortune list for the third straight year — but their numbers are rising
  16. Colorado ski resorts got some welcome snowfall from Winter Storm Fern, but not enough to turn a dry and warm winter around
  17. How fire, people and history shaped the South’s iconic longleaf pine forests
  18. Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsibly
  19. Can shoes alter your mind? What neuroscience says about foot sensation and focus
  20. All foods can fit in a balanced diet – a dietitian explains how flexibility can be healthier than dieting
  21. NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China’s closed program
  22. Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge
  23. Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment
  24. Groundhogs are lousy forecasters but valuable animal engineers – and an important food source
  25. A more complete Latin American history, including centuries of US influence, helps students understand the complexities surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s arrest
  26. Ending tax refunds by check will speed payments, but risks sidelining people who don’t have bank accounts
  27. US hospitality and tourism professors don’t mirror the demographics of the industry they serve
  28. Where do seashells come from?
  29. Malaria researchers are getting closer to outsmarting the world’s deadliest parasite
  30. How Trump’s Greenland threats amount to an implicit rejection of the legal principles of Nuremberg
  31. Artificial metacognition: Giving an AI the ability to ‘think’ about its ‘thinking’
  32. Political polarization in Pittsburgh communities is rooted in economic neglect − not extremism
  33. What we get wrong about forgiveness – a counseling professor unpacks the difference between letting go and making up
  34. Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policy
  35. Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water
  36. Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic
  37. How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm
  38. How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter storm
  39. ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north
  40. ‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge
  41. Dogs can need more than kibble, walks and love − consider the escalating expenses of their medical care before you adopt
  42. Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health
  43. Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure – but researchers are homing in on preventing it
  44. Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone
  45. Is being virtuous good for you – or just people around you? A study suggests traits like compassion may support your own well-being
  46. Doing things alone is on the rise, and businesses should pay more attention to that – even on Valentine’s Day
  47. Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here’s how psychology says you can shift the dynamic
  48. The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?
  49. AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening
  50. ‘Expertise’ shouldn’t be a bad word – expert consensus guides science and society