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Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals

  • Written by Zachary W. Schulz, Senior Lecturer of History, Auburn University
imageDeaths from so-called preventable causes often follow familiar policy lines.Tonpor Kasa/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Each year in the U.S., tens of thousands of deaths are categorized as “preventable” — meaning, in theory, they did not need to happen. A missed cancer screening, a fatal asthma attack or a death from untreated...

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US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids

  • Written by Alexandra Killewald, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
imageWomen typically earn less than men per hour that they work.MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Women in the U.S. typically earned 85% as much as men for every hour they spent working in 2024. However, working women are faring much better than their moms and grandmothers did 40 years ago. In the mid-1980s, women were making only 65% as...

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Does anyone go to prison for federal mortgage fraud? Not many, the numbers suggest

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Associate Professor Questrom School of Business, Boston University
imageGo directly to jail? Not quite.Sergey Chayko/Getty Images Plus

Mortgage fraud is back in the news. Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, is being investigated by the Department of Justice for allegedly making false statements when applying for a mortgage. Members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet are accused of similar wrongdoings. Could any of...

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Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation

  • Written by Jason Reed, Associate Teaching Professor of Finance, University of Notre Dame
imageInterest rates are a tricky balancing act, as Fed Chair Jerome Powell knows well. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

The Federal Reserve is in a nearly impossible spot right now.

Markets are expecting a quarter-point interest rate cut to a range of 4% to 4.25% when the Fed policy-setting committee concludes its latest meeting on Sept. 17, 2025. After all, the slo...

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Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war

  • Written by Kerry Whigham, Associate Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Three and a half years after Russia invaded Ukraine, there are few immediate signs of a cessation to the ongoing hostilities. Yet amid the steady toll of front-line fighting and near-daily Russian airstrikes, Ukrainians are already considering how to remember the tens of thousands of lives lost over the course of this conflict.

A spontaneous...

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How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work

  • Written by Delphine Farmer, Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University
imageThe corpse plant's bloom appears huge, but its flowers are actually tiny and found in rows inside its floral chamber.John Eisele/Colorado State University

Sometimes, doing research stinks. Quite literally.

Corpse plants are rare, and seeing one bloom is even rarer. They open once every seven to 10 years, and the blooms last just two nights. But...

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5 ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more − and how their teachers can help

  • Written by Jerrid Kruse, Professor of Science Education, Drake University
imageLearning is more than just memorization. FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images

During my years teaching science in middle school, high school and college, some of my students have resisted teaching that educators call higher-order thinking. This includes analysis, creative and critical thinking, and problem-solving.

For example, when I asked them to draw...

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After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?

  • Written by Lee Bebout, Professor of English, Arizona State University
imageMany people think the U.S. is at an inflection point.StudioM1/iStock via Getty Images

Shortly following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, many politicians and pundits were quick to highlight the importance of civil discourse.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called for an “off-ramp” to political hostilities, while California...

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Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret

  • Written by Caroline Lynn Kamerlin, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageATP synthase is an enzyme that has been using phosphate to generate life’s energy for millions of years.Nanoclustering/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

The questions of how humankind came to be, and whether we are alone in the universe, have captured imaginations for millennia. But to answer these questions, scientists must first...

Read more: Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret

Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job – and caregivers may unknowingly shape kids’ self-identity

  • Written by Remy Dou, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, University of Miami
imageKids seem to get a message that STEM jobs aren't compatible with being a primary caregiver.kali9/E+ via Getty Images

Employers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – commonly called the STEM industries – continue to struggle to attract female applicants. In its 2024 jobs report, the National Science Board found that men...

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  1. Emergency alerts may not reach those who need them most in Colorado
  2. 2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us
  3. The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
  4. Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
  5. Xi’s show of unity with Putin and Kim could complicate China’s delicate diplomatic balance
  6. Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
  7. Transgender policies struggle to balance fairness with inclusion in women’s college sports
  8. What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire
  9. Solving the world’s microplastics problem: 4 solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed
  10. Charlie Kirk talked with young people at universities for a reason – he wanted American education to return to traditional values
  11. How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media ban
  12. How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind
  13. Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence
  14. Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source
  15. Parasitic worms bury themselves in the brains of moose and elk – a new test can help diagnose these animals to prevent disease spread
  16. ‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
  17. Beauty sleep isn’t a myth – a sleep medicine expert explains how rest keeps your skin healthy and youthful
  18. Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades
  19. Social scientists have long found women tend to be more religious than men – but Gen Z may show a shift
  20. Fewer international students are coming to the US, costing universities and communities that benefit from these visitors
  21. Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab
  22. ‘This will not end here’: A scholar explains why Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence
  23. Detroit is the most challenging place in the country for people with asthma − here’s how to help kids in the Motor City breathe easier
  24. Who was Charlie Kirk? The activist who turned campus politics into national influence
  25. Federal subpoenas for transgender care records raise medical privacy concerns and put providers in a legal bind – a health law expert explains what’s at stake
  26. A federal program helps older people get jobs, but the Trump administration wants to get rid of it
  27. A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like
  28. A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
  29. How Giorgio Armani mastered the art of outfitting Hollywood stars to sell clothes to the masses
  30. How ‘South Park’ could help Democrats win back the young voters the party lost to Trump
  31. Drugged driving – including under the influence of cannabis and prescription drugs – is quietly becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards
  32. Poland responds to Russian drones incursion by invoking Article 4 of the NATO treaty − what happens next?
  33. Israeli strike in Doha crosses a new line from which relations with Gulf may not recover
  34. The discovery of a gravitational wave 10 years ago shook astrophysics – these ripples in spacetime continue to reveal dark objects in the cosmos
  35. Where does your glass come from?
  36. Sacred texts and ‘little bells’: The building blocks of Arvo Pärt’s musical masterpieces
  37. 40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see
  38. Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system
  39. Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and why that matters for democracy
  40. Bail reforms across the US have shown that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety
  41. How does AI affect how we learn? A cognitive psychologist explains why you learn when the work is hard
  42. Israel’s attack in Doha underscores a stark reality for Gulf states looking for stability and growth: They remain hostage to events
  43. New report ranks Philadelphia and Allentown among toughest cities in America for people with asthma
  44. What causes muscle cramps during exercise? Athletes and coaches may want to look at the playing surface
  45. We tracked every overseas trip by world leaders since the end of the Cold War – here’s what we found
  46. The surprising recovery of once-rare birds
  47. Techno-utopians like Musk are treading old ground: The futurism of early 20th-century Europe
  48. Trump reversed policies supporting electric vehicles − it will affect the road to clean electricity, too
  49. Brazil’s Bolsonaro may soon join ranks of failed coup plotters held to account − hampering the chance of any political comeback
  50. How Trump’s dismissal of a Fed governor could redefine presidential power – if courts agree that he alone can interpret vague laws