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Gazing into the mind’s eye with mice – how neuroscientists are seeing human vision more clearly

  • Written by Bilal Haider, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageMice have complex visual systems that can clarify how vision works in people.Westend61/Getty Images

Despite the nursery rhyme about three blind mice, mouse eyesight is surprisingly sensitive. Studying how mice see has helped researchers discover unprecedented details about how individual brain cells communicate and work together to create a mental...

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If tried by court-martial, senator accused of ‘seditious behavior’ would be deprived of several constitutional rights

  • Written by Joshua Kastenberg, Professor of Law, University of New Mexico
imageU.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., speaks to reporters in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 4, 2025.AP Photo/Kevin Wolf

The Department of Defense in late November 2025 announced that it would investigate U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and NASA astronaut, for what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has called seditious behavior. The threat of...

Read more: If tried by court-martial, senator accused of ‘seditious behavior’ would be deprived of several...

My prescription costs what?! Pharmacists offer tips that could reduce your out-of-pocket drug costs

  • Written by Sujith Ramachandran, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Administration, University of Mississippi
imageOut-of-pocket costs to fill prescriptions can vary widely. Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty Images

Even when Americans have health insurance, they can have a hard time affording the drugs they’ve been prescribed.

About 1 in 5 U.S. adults skip filling a prescription due to its cost at least once a year, according to KFF, a health research...

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Chile elects most right-wing leader since Pinochet – in line with regional drift, domestic tendency to punish incumbents

  • Written by Andra B. Chastain, Associate Professor of History, Washington State University
imageA supporter holds a portrait of José Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the opposition Republican Party, after results show him leading in the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile. AP Photo / Matias Delacroix

Chileans have elected the most right-wing presidential candidate since the end of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship...

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Epstein’s victims deserve more attention than his ‘client list’

  • Written by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
imageSurvivors, including Anouska De Georgiou, center, during a news conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Jeffrey Epstein story has slipped in and out of the headlines for years, but in a very particular way. Most news articles ask a specific question – which...

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The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process

  • Written by Niral Shah, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences & Human Development, University of Washington
imageYes, AI tutors can provide individualized feedback, but learning is inherently social. Maskot via Getty Images

In the Star Trek universe, the audience occasionally gets a glimpse inside schools on the planet Vulcan. Young children stand alone in pods surrounded by 360-degree digital screens. Adults wander among the pods but do not talk to the...

Read more: The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows:...

Christmas trees are more expensive than ever in Colorado — what gives?

  • Written by Ali Besharat, Professor of Marketing, University of Denver
imageAll festive products are getting more expensive. d3sign/GettyImages

The holiday season sparks a significant increase in consumer spending. This year, Black Friday alone saw consumers shell out a record US$11.8 billion. It’s the time of year when many Americans make purchases to decorate for the holidays — lights, ornaments and Christmas...

Read more: Christmas trees are more expensive than ever in Colorado — what gives?

Pardons are political, with modern presidents expanding their use

  • Written by Stewart Ulrich, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Sam Houston State University
imagePresident Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, center, who is the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner. The senior Kusher now serves as U.S. ambassador to France.Marko Georgiev/AP

President Donald Trump is making full use of his pardon power. This year, Trump has issued roughly 1,800 pardons, or nearly six times the number he issued during the four...

Read more: Pardons are political, with modern presidents expanding their use

How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth

  • Written by Fred D. Ledley, Director, Center for Integration of Science and Industry, Bentley University
imageNIH researchers conducted some of the earliest experiments for developing chemotherapy to treat cancer, circa 1950.National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

As a young medical student in 1975, I walked into a basement lab at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, to interview for a summer job.

It turned out to be the...

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Getting peace right: Why justice needs to be baked into ceasefire agreements – including Ukraine’s

  • Written by Valerie Morkevicius, Associate Professor, Political Science, Colgate University
imageFrom left, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Britain Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz leave a meeting on Dec. 8, 2025, at 10 Downing Street in London.AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Efforts to end the war in Ukraine have grabbed global attention, fueled by debates over U.S. President...

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  6. 2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
  7. Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers
  8. What’s at stake in Trump’s executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulation
  9. The Bible says little about Jesus’ childhood – but that didn’t stop medieval Christians from enjoying tales of him as holy ‘rascal’
  10. Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever
  11. Sleep problems and depression can be a vicious cycle, especially during pregnancy − here’s why it’s important to get help
  12. Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?
  13. Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way
  14. How a niche Catholic approach to infertility treatment became a new talking point for MAHA conservatives
  15. Donor-advised funds have more money than ever – and direct more of it to politically active charities
  16. How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age
  17. Sharks and rays get a major win with new international trade limits for 70+ species
  18. Trump administration replaces America 250 quarters honoring abolition and women’s suffrage with Mayflower and Gettysburg designs
  19. A Colorado guaranteed income program could help families, but the costs are high
  20. West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests
  21. Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much-needed revenue
  22. As a former federal judge, I’m concerned by a year of challenges to the US justice system
  23. Songbirds swap colorful plumage genes across species lines among their evolutionary neighbors
  24. The Ivies can weather the Trump administration’s research cuts – it’s the nation’s public universities that have the most to lose
  25. Polytechnic universities focus on practical, career-oriented skills, offering an alternative to traditional universities
  26. AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving
  27. AI’s errors may be impossible to eliminate – what that means for its use in health care
  28. How one Florida program reduced preterm births – and how it could serve as a model for other communities
  29. Even with Trump’s support, coal power remains expensive – and dangerous
  30. The dystopian Pottersville in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is starting to feel less like fiction
  31. Tariffs 101: What they are, who pays them, and why they matter now
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  36. 2026’s abortion battles will be fought more in courthouses and FDA offices than at the voting booth
  37. Trump administration’s immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges
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  40. Germany’s plan to deport Syrian refugees echoes 1980s effort to repatriate Turkish guest workers
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