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Gunboat diplomacy: How classic naval coercion has evolved into hybrid warfare on the water

  • Written by Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
imageThe USS Sampson docks at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City on Sept. 2, 2025.Daniel Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images

Over the summer, the United States deployed warships to the Caribbean – ostensibly to menace drug traffickers but also as a none-too-subtle warning to Venezuela. Earlier in the year, a U.S. Navy destroyer b...

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How AI can improve storm surge forecasts to help save lives

  • Written by Navid Tahvildari, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University
imageA hurricane's storm surge can quickly inundate coastal areas.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Hurricanes are America’s most destructive natural hazards, causing more deaths and property damage than any other type of disaster. Since 1980, these powerful tropical storms have done more than US$1.5 trillion in damage and killed more than 7,000...

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OpenAI slipped shopping into 800 million ChatGPT users’ chats − here’s why that matters

  • Written by Yuanyuan (Gina) Cui, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Coastal Carolina University
imageAI could soon be buying things for you – maybe without even asking.Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

Your phone buzzes at 6 a.m. It’s ChatGPT: “I see you’re traveling to New York this week. Based on your preferences, I’ve found three restaurants near your hotel. Would you like me to make a reservation?”

Yo...

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10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest

  • Written by Shelley Inglis, Senior Visiting Scholar with the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University
imageA crowd gathered for a "No Kings" protest on October 18, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. Hasan Akbas/Anadolu via Getty Images

What happens now?

That may well be the question being asked by “No Kings” protesters, who marched, rallied and danced all over the nation on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025.

Pro-democracy groups had aimed to encourage large...

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Pennsylvania’s budget crisis drags on as fed shutdown adds to residents’ hardships — a political scientist explains

  • Written by Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
imagePennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's first budget, in 2023, was not fully passed until mid-December.AP Photo/Daniel Shanken

While Americans across the country deal with the consequences of the federal government shutdown, residents of Pennsylvania are being hit with a double blow.

Pennsylvania has been without a state budget for over 100 days –...

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Pennsylvania’s budget crisis drags on as fed shutdown adds to residents’ hardships

  • Written by Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
imagePennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's first budget, in 2023, was not fully passed until mid-December.AP Photo/Daniel Shanken

While Americans across the country deal with the consequences of the federal government shutdown, residents of Pennsylvania are being hit with a double blow.

Pennsylvania has been without a state budget for over 100 days –...

Read more: Pennsylvania’s budget crisis drags on as fed shutdown adds to residents’ hardships

How new foreign worker visa fees might worsen doctor shortages in rural America

  • Written by Patrick Aguilar, Managing Director of Health, Washington University in St. Louis
imageMany physicians who aren't U.S. citizens come to the U.S. to do medical residency programs.SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

There are almost 1.1 million licensed physicians in the United States. That may sound like a lot, but the country has struggled for decades to train enough physicians to meet its needs – and, in particular, to provide...

Read more: How new foreign worker visa fees might worsen doctor shortages in rural America

Protein powders and shakes contain high amounts of lead, new report says – a pharmacologist explains the data

  • Written by C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
imageIf consumed in high doses, lead and other heavy metals have serious, well-documented health risks.whitebalance.space/E+ via Getty Images

Powder and ready-to-drink protein sales have exploded, reaching over US$32 billion globally from 2024 to 2025. Increasingly, consumers are using these protein sources daily.

A new study by Consumer Reports,...

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Baseball returns to a Japanese American detention camp after a historic ball field was restored

  • Written by Susan H. Kamei, Adjunct Professor of History and Affiliated Faculty, USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Cultures, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageIn a 2024 exhibition game at Manzanar, players – many of them descendants of internment camp detainees – donned custom 1940s-style uniforms.Aaron Rapoport, CC BY-SA

In the spring of 1942, 15-year-old Momo Nagano needed a way to fill her time.

She was imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center along with approximately 10,000 other...

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Antioxidants help stave off a host of health problems – but figuring out how much you’re getting can be tricky

  • Written by Nathaniel Johnson, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of North Dakota
imageMany fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants.istetiana/Moment via Getty Images

When it comes to describing what an antioxidant is, it’s all in the name: Antioxidants counter oxidants.

And that’s a good thing. Oxidants can damage the structure and function of the chemicals in your body critical to life – like the proteins and...

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  1. AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking
  2. Trump administration’s layoffs would gut department overseeing special education, eliminating parents’ last resort
  3. New Pentagon policy is an unprecedented attempt to undermine press freedom
  4. Madagascar’s military power grab shows Africa’s coup problem isn’t restricted to the Sahel region
  5. Why and how does personality emerge? Studying the evolution of individuality using thousands of fruit flies
  6. Why countries struggle to quit fossil fuels, despite higher costs and 30 years of climate talks and treaties
  7. Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
  8. Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built
  9. The real reason conservatives are furious about Bad Bunny’s forthcoming Super Bowl performance
  10. Stethoscope, meet AI – helping doctors hear hidden sounds to better diagnose disease
  11. HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health
  12. Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health
  13. FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US
  14. When government websites become campaign tools: Blaming the shutdown on Democrats has legal and political risks
  15. Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever
  16. Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength
  17. Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be enough to stimulate long-term investments in US forestry
  18. Detroit parents face fines if their children break curfew − research shows the policy could do more harm than good
  19. Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed
  20. Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases
  21. Concerns about AI-written police reports spur states to regulate the emerging practice
  22. Yes, ADHD diagnoses are rising, but that doesn’t mean it’s overdiagnosed
  23. Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Reassessing the Haitian revolutionary leader’s legacy
  24. Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good
  25. Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience
  26. What the First Amendment doesn’t protect when it comes to professors speaking out on politics
  27. The limits of free speech protections in American broadcasting
  28. Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment
  29. Starbucks wants you to stay awhile – but shuttering its mobile-only pickup locations could be a risky move
  30. In defense of ‘surveillance pricing’: Why personalized prices could be an unexpected force for equity
  31. New student loan limits could change who gets to become a professor, doctor or lawyer
  32. Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington
  33. ‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study
  34. Far fewer Americans support political violence than recent polls suggest
  35. Why are elements like radium dangerous? A chemist explains radioactivity and its health effects
  36. 3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild
  37. Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism
  38. What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism
  39. How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays
  40. Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain
  41. María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons
  42. From artificial atoms to quantum information machines: Inside the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics
  43. Government shutdown hasn’t left consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least
  44. Government shutdown hasn’t left US consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least
  45. A white poet and a Sioux doctor fell in love after Wounded Knee – racism and sexism would drive them apart
  46. The new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will inherit a global faith far more diverse than many realize
  47. New president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inherits a global faith far more diverse than many realize
  48. Political violence: What can happen when First Amendment free speech meets Second Amendment gun rights
  49. Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations – here’s what to know
  50. Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning ‘metal-organic frameworks’