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How Squishmallow collecting helped me cope with grief, make new enemies and find ‘villains’ worth studying

  • Written by Danielle Hass, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Marketing, West Virginia University

I was one of the millions of people who lost someone to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the nonstop news about the “new normal,” my grief felt invisible. I took shallow solace in my phone and turned to social media to numb me from the reality that I now lived in: a world without my dad.

One day, while mindlessly scrolling, I came across...

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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

  • Written by Kelley Cotter, Assistant Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State
imageTikTok appears to be changing hands, but what that means for users is up in the air.Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 19, 2025, a preliminary agreement for the sale of a majority stake in TikTok from Chinese tech giant ByteDance to a group of U.S. investors following Trump’s negotiation with...

Read more: TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You...

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

  • Written by Lauren MacIvor Thompson, Assistant Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kennesaw State University
imageVaccination rates in Florida schools have dipped below the threshold for immunity to certain preventable diseases.Suzi Media Production/iStock via Getty Images Plus

On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens, including those for children to attend school.

Current Florida law...

Read more: Vaccine mandates misinformation: 2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the...

How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s

  • Written by Edward Avery-Natale, Professor of Sociology, Mercer County Community College
imageA scene from R.A.M.B.O.'s last-ever show in Philadelphia (before a reunion in 2024) at Starlight Ballroom on May 27, 2007.Joseph A. Gervasi/LOUD! FAST! PHILLY!

While New York City is commonly considered the birthplace of American punk rock, just 100 miles south of the famous CBGB club where the Ramones and other early punk bands got their start is P...

Read more: How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s

Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act

  • Written by Seth Warner, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
imageDemonstrators march in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 6, 2025, to protest President Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in the nation's capital.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Protests are becoming a routine part of public life in the United States. Since 2017, the number of nonviolent demonstrations has almost tripled,...

Read more: Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act

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

  • Written by Wayne Unger, Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
imageA crowd protests in Hollywood, Calif., on Sept. 18, 2025, after the suspension of the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' taping earlier in the day. David Pashaee / Middle East Images via AFP, Getty Images

The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has sparked a wave of political commentary.

There were the respectful and sincere comments condemning...

Read more: Why Jimmy Kimmel’s First Amendment rights weren’t violated – but ABC’s would be protected if it...

Palestinian statehood is winning major new supporters at UN – but symbolic action won’t make it happen

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
imagePro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23. 2025, when world leaders will gather for the annual general assembly.

Of the 193 existing U.N member states, some 147 already...

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UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
imagePro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, 2025, when world leaders will gather for the annual general assembly.

Of the 193 existing U.N member states, some 150 now recogni...

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UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
imagePro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, 2025, when world leaders will gather for the annual general assembly.

Of the 193 existing U.N member states, some 152 now recogni...

Read more: UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but...

Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US

  • Written by David Higgins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageAbout 80% of parents currently choose to follow CDC guidelines to vaccinate their babies for hepatitis B at birth.timnewman/iStock via Getty Images PlusimageThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their...

Read more: Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US

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  1. Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research
  2. Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat
  3. Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students
  4. New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent
  5. The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship
  6. More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines
  7. Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be key
  8. US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
  9. Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas
  10. How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
  11. A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data
  12. Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies
  13. 4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects
  14. Pneumonia vaccines for adults are now recommended starting at age 50 – a geriatrician explains the change
  15. Trump administration is threatening liberal foundations and nonprofits after Kirk’s death – but proving wrongdoing by any of them would be very hard
  16. Why Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates will likely spread to other conservative states
  17. A cold shock to ease the burn − how brief stress can help your brain reframe a tough workout
  18. Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference
  19. For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor
  20. Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring
  21. Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context
  22. Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
  23. Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out
  24. 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
  25. Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led storytelling is trying to change that narrative
  26. Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it’s been a tasty tradition for thousands of years
  27. Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas
  28. Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?
  29. 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
  30. Your immune system attacks drugs like it does viruses – paradoxically offering a way to improve cancer treatment
  31. Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals
  32. US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
  33. Does anyone go to prison for federal mortgage fraud? Not many, the numbers suggest
  34. Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation
  35. Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war
  36. How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work
  37. 5 ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more − and how their teachers can help
  38. After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?
  39. Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret
  40. Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job – and caregivers may unknowingly shape kids’ self-identity
  41. Emergency alerts may not reach those who need them most in Colorado
  42. 2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us
  43. The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
  44. Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
  45. Xi’s show of unity with Putin and Kim could complicate China’s delicate diplomatic balance
  46. Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
  47. Transgender policies struggle to balance fairness with inclusion in women’s college sports
  48. What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire
  49. Solving the world’s microplastics problem: 4 solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed
  50. Charlie Kirk talked with young people at universities for a reason – he wanted American education to return to traditional values