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Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health

  • Written by Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
imageResearch shows that the brain can be exercised, much like our muscles.RapidEye/E+ via Getty Images

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger.

Of course, muscles only grow when the challenge increases over time. Continually lifting the same weight the...

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Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure – but researchers are homing in on preventing it

  • Written by Kevin Deane, Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageGentle massaging can help ease the joint pain and swelling from rheumatoid arthritis.Toa55/iStock via Getty Images Plus

More than 18 million people worldwide suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, including nearly 1.5 million Americans.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune, inflammatory form of arthritis, meaning a person’s immune system attacks...

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Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone

  • Written by Patrick Barry, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Digital Academic Initiatives, University of Michigan
imageMany workers feel helpless – and anticipate widespread economic displacement – as companies scramble to incorporate AI into their business models.imagedepotpro/iStock via Getty Images

Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show “This American Life,” is not a computer scientist. He doesn’t work at Google, Apple or...

Read more: Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone

Is being virtuous good for you – or just people around you? A study suggests traits like compassion may support your own well-being

  • Written by Michael Prinzing, Research and Assessment Scholar, Wake Forest University
imageOpportunities to show compassion often feel difficult, but exercising virtue seems to help people cope.FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images

Virtues such as compassion, patience and self-control may be beneficial not only for others but also for oneself, according to new research my team and I published in the Journal of Personality in December 2025.

Philosop...

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Doing things alone is on the rise, and businesses should pay more attention to that – even on Valentine’s Day

  • Written by Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder

Every February, Valentine’s Day amplifies what single people already know – that public life is built for two. Restaurants roll out prix fixe menus for couples. Hotels promote “romantic getaway” packages designed for double occupancy. A table for one still invites the question, “Just you?”

Yet there’s irony...

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Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here’s how psychology says you can shift the dynamic

  • Written by Jessica A. Stern, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pomona College
imageA heated exchange may stem from something deeper than the issue at hand.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

Relationships can feel like both a blessing and the bane of your existence, a source of joy and a source of frustration or resentment. At some point, each of us is faced with a clingy child, a dramatic friend, a partner who recoils at the first...

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The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?

  • Written by Eric Lob, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
imageReza Pahlavi, Iranian opposition leader and son of the last shah of Iran.Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

During the protests that ripped through Iran in January, one person who gained attention was Reza Pahlavi. Pahlavi, who lives in a suburb of Washington, D.C., is the son of the late shah of Iran, who ruthlessly ruled the country before being...

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AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening

  • Written by Ahmed Elgammal, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
imageWhen generative AI was left to its own devices, its outputs landed on a set of generic images – what researchers called 'visual elevator music.'Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images

Generative AI was trained on centuries of art and writing produced by humans.

But scientistsand critics have wondered what would happen once AI became widely adopted and...

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‘Expertise’ shouldn’t be a bad word – expert consensus guides science and society

  • Written by Micah Altman, Research Scientist, MIT Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
imageTraining and experience are the foundation for a group of experts to provide solid guidance.Tashi-Delek/E+ via Getty Images

A growing distrust of expertise is reshaping the terrain of science in the United States.

Since the pandemic, the partisan divide over science has widened dramatically. While 77% of Americans have at least a fair amount of...

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Trump’s insistence on personal loyalty from ambassadors could crimp US foreign policy

  • Written by David Lindsey, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College, CUNY
imagePresident Trump's mass firing of career ambassadors was unprecedented.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Just before Christmas, President Donald Trump fired more than two dozen career ambassadors. The action was unprecedented, providing a clear signal that when it comes to diplomacy, Trump values loyalty above all else.

All ambassadors face a persistent tension...

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  1. Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon
  2. Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes – raising troubling international law questions
  3. Companies are already using agentic AI to make decisions, but governance is lagging behind
  4. US turns its back on global efforts for women and children terrorized by violence and conflict
  5. A government can choose to investigate the killing of a protester − or choose to blame the victim and pin it all on ‘domestic terrorism’
  6. When it comes to developing policies on AI in K-12, schools are largely on their own
  7. Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation
  8. From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace
  9. Antibiotic resistance could undo a century of medical progress – but four advances are changing the story
  10. Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking – here’s how to minimize the risk
  11. Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance
  12. America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it
  13. Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet
  14. Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed – here’s what to try instead
  15. America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it
  16. The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization
  17. Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland are wrong – but the tactics fit with the plan to limit China’s economic interests
  18. The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means
  19. AI cannot automate science – a philosopher explains the uniquely human aspects of doing research
  20. What ‘hope’ has represented in Christian history – and what it might mean now
  21. Some hard-earned lessons from Detroit on how to protect the safety net for community partners in research
  22. Iran’s universities have long been a battleground, where protests happen and students fight for the future
  23. Why Philly has so many sinkholes
  24. What air pollution does to the human body
  25. What triumphalist narratives about Brazil’s high court and Bolsonaro imprisonment leave out
  26. What a bear attack in a remote valley in Nepal tells us about the problem of aging rural communities
  27. Opera is not dying – but it needs a second act for the streaming era
  28. Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
  29. Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms
  30. An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator − but a hidden leak fooled researchers for over a decade
  31. For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House seats in midterm elections, a pattern that makes the 2026 congressional outlook clear
  32. Chavismo has adapted before – but can Venezuela’s leftist ideology become US friendly and survive?
  33. Supreme Court is set to rule on constitutionality of Trump tariffs – but not their wisdom
  34. 12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year
  35. Thecla, the beast fighter: The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts
  36. American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backing
  37. Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill
  38. Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink
  39. New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada
  40. International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better
  41. Colorado ranchers and consumers can team up to make beef supply chains more sustainable
  42. Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
  43. Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s her point
  44. The Insurrection Act is one of at least 26 legal loopholes in the law banning the use of the US military domestically
  45. Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy
  46. China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
  47. Refugee families are more likely to become self-reliant if provided with support outside of camp settings
  48. The hidden power of grief rituals
  49. Science is best communicated through identity and culture – how researchers are ensuring STEM serves their communities
  50. How is China viewing US actions in Venezuela – an affront, an opportunity or a blueprint?