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HIV rates are highest in the American South, despite effective treatments – a clash between culture and public health

  • Written by Brandon Nabors, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Public Health, University of Mississippi
imageInformation about PrEP in the clinic can go only so far without community support.Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for more than half of new HIV diagnoses nationwide in 2023. This is despite growing availability of a highly effective HIV prevention medication...

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Zombies, jiangshi, draugrs, revenants − monster lore is filled with metaphors for public health

  • Written by Tom Duszynski, Clinical Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Indiana University
imageKey elements of a zombie apocalypse echo the stages of an infectious disease outbreak.GoToVan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Imagine a city street at dusk, silent save for the rising sound of a collective guttural moan. Suddenly, a horde of ragged, bloodied creatures appear, their feet shuffling along the pavement, their hollow eyes locked on fleeing...

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FEMA buyouts vs. risky real estate: New maps reveal post-flood migration patterns across the US

  • Written by James R. Elliott, Professor of Sociology, Rice University
imageFEMA's buyout program helped homeowners in Houston after Hurricane Harvey's widespread flooding in 2017.AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Dangerous flooding has damaged neighborhoods in almost every state in 2025, leaving homes a muddy mess. In several hard-hit areas, it wasn’t the first time homeowners found themselves tearing out wet wallboard and...

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When government websites become campaign tools: Blaming the shutdown on Democrats has legal and political risks

  • Written by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
imageScreenshot of the Department of Health and Human Services homepage on Oct. 14, 2025.HHS website

For decades, federal shutdowns have mostly been budget fights. The 2025 one has become bigger than that: It’s turned into a messaging war.

Official government communications, including website banners, out-of-office email replies and autogenerated...

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Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever

  • Written by Christine Keiner, Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageA scene on the Erie Canal painted in 1842, two decades after the canal opened.Bettmann/Getty Images

If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns and forests, a place where hikers, cyclists, kayakers, bird-watchers and other visitors seek to enjoy nature and escape the pressures...

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Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength

  • Written by Randy Stein, Associate Professor of Marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
imageFor some symbolic thinkers, an independent mind is paramount.Axel Bueckert/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved? It’s one thing to believe false information, but another to actively stick with something that’s obviously wrong.

Our new research, published in the Journal of Social...

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Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be enough to stimulate long-term investments in US forestry

  • Written by Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
imageCanadian lumber waits for shipment in a sawmill's yard.Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images

Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs and broader economic activity in the building sector. The U.S. imports about 40% of the softwood lumber the nation...

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Detroit parents face fines if their children break curfew − research shows the policy could do more harm than good

  • Written by Caitlin Cavanagh, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
imageFining parents when their kids break curfew does little to deter juvenile crime. Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Detroit is seeing declines in violent crime, but 33% more young people were victims of gun violence in the city so far in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to local police.

Mayor Mike Duggan and the Detroit...

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Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed

  • Written by Uwe Bergmann, Professor of Ultrafast X-Ray Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageThe Stanford linear accelerator creates super short X-ray pulses.Steve Jurvetson/Flickr, CC BY

X-ray beams aren’t used just by doctors to see inside your body and tell whether you have a broken bone. More powerful beams made up of very short flashes of X-rays can help scientists peer into the structure of individual atoms and molecules and...

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Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases

  • Written by Richard J. Price, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
imageFocused ultrasound directs powerful beams of energy to specific disease targets in the body.Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

Sound waves at frequencies above the threshold for human hearing are routinely used in medical care. Also known as ultrasound, these sound waves can help clinicians diagnose and monitor disease, and can also provide...

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  2. Yes, ADHD diagnoses are rising, but that doesn’t mean it’s overdiagnosed
  3. Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Reassessing the Haitian revolutionary leader’s legacy
  4. Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good
  5. Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience
  6. What the First Amendment doesn’t protect when it comes to professors speaking out on politics
  7. The limits of free speech protections in American broadcasting
  8. Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment
  9. Starbucks wants you to stay awhile – but shuttering its mobile-only pickup locations could be a risky move
  10. In defense of ‘surveillance pricing’: Why personalized prices could be an unexpected force for equity
  11. New student loan limits could change who gets to become a professor, doctor or lawyer
  12. Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington
  13. ‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study
  14. Far fewer Americans support political violence than recent polls suggest
  15. Why are elements like radium dangerous? A chemist explains radioactivity and its health effects
  16. 3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild
  17. Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism
  18. What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism
  19. How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays
  20. Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain
  21. María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons
  22. From artificial atoms to quantum information machines: Inside the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics
  23. Government shutdown hasn’t left consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least
  24. Government shutdown hasn’t left US consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least
  25. A white poet and a Sioux doctor fell in love after Wounded Knee – racism and sexism would drive them apart
  26. The new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will inherit a global faith far more diverse than many realize
  27. New president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inherits a global faith far more diverse than many realize
  28. Political violence: What can happen when First Amendment free speech meets Second Amendment gun rights
  29. Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations – here’s what to know
  30. Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning ‘metal-organic frameworks’
  31. How pollution and the microbiome interact with Tregs, the immune system regulators whose discovery was honored with the Nobel Prize
  32. Friendships aren’t just about keeping score – new psychology research looks at why we help our friends when they need it
  33. Flu season has arrived – and so have updated flu vaccines
  34. Can you really be addicted to food? Researchers are uncovering convincing similarities to drug addiction
  35. For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks
  36. A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope
  37. In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical
  38. Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations
  39. Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland
  40. Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner space
  41. Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology
  42. For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment
  43. James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians
  44. Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence
  45. Winning a bidding war isn’t always a win, research on 14 million home sales shows
  46. Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood
  47. Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells
  48. Seasonal allergies may increase suicide risk – new research
  49. Federal shutdown deals blow to already hobbled cybersecurity agency
  50. 1 gene, 1 disease no more – acknowledging the full complexity of genetics could improve and personalize medicine