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The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist

  • Written by Sunita Sah, Professor of Management and Organizations, Cornell University
imageDefiance need not be aggressive or loud.Sergio Mendoza Hochmann/Moment via Getty Images

You’re in a meeting when your boss suggests changing a number to make the quarterly report look stronger. Heads nod. The slides move on. You feel a knot in your stomach: Do you speak up and risk being branded difficult, or stay silent and become complicit?

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Personal scandals sink CEOs faster than financial fraud, research shows

  • Written by Michael Nalick, Assistant Professor of Management, University of Denver

A CEO’s canoodling with his company’s human resources chief – caught on the “kiss cam” at a Coldplay concert – madeglobalheadlinesthissummer. Beyond the memes and tabloid fodder, personal lives were shattered and a company was left in turmoil after its leader’s sudden exit.

The case, involving the AI firm...

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Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work

  • Written by Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder
imageGoofing off at the office doesn't do you any good.Milan Markovic/E+ via Getty Images

How can you get ahead in your career and still enjoy the ride?

One solution offered in business books, LinkedIn posts and team-building manuals is to use humor. Sharing jokes, sarcastic quips, ironic memes and witty anecdotes, the advice goes, will make you more...

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Banks retreat from climate change commitments – but it’s business more than politics

  • Written by David L Levy, Professor Emeritus of Management, UMass Boston
imageThe oil – and fossil fuel financing – continues to profitably flow.AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian

Another business-led effort to fight climate change is unraveling.

On Aug. 27, 2025, the Net-Zero Banking Alliance suspended its activities after several major U.S. and European banks backed out.

While most observers are blaming the strong...

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Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people

  • Written by Li Li (李黎), Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State
imageRivers are also heating up as global temperatures rise.Darwin Fan/Moment via Getty Images

When you think about heat waves, you might picture sweltering cities, shimmering asphalt and unbearable summer afternoons. These heat waves dominate the headlines because we feel them directly.

Rivers, on the other hand, are often seen as cool refuges, places...

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Why Argentina is looking to the Trump administration for a bailout − and what the US Treasury can do to help

  • Written by Arturo Porzecanski, Research Fellow, Center for Latin American & Latino Studies, American University
imageDone deal? U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Argentine counterpart Javier Milei during a bilateral meeting on Sept. 23, 2025.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Donald Trump vowed to help out his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei on Sept. 23, 2025, a day after the U.S. administration said “all options” were on the table...

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How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not

  • Written by Ray Brescia, Associate Dean for Research and Intellectual Life, Albany Law School
imageDemonstrators protest the suspension of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show on Sept. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like “God Hates the USA/Thank God for...

Read more: How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not

NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations

  • Written by John M. Horack, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University
imageThe International Space Station will be brought down in 2030.NASA via AP

For 24 hours a day, seven days a week since November 2000, NASA and its international partners have sustained a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit, including at least one American – a streak that will soon reach 25 years.

When viewed in the history of...

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Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students

  • Written by Jennifer L. Steele, Professor of Education, American University
imageAmid a complicated federal financial aid system, Pell Grants are the largest source of federal support for university students.iStock/Getty Images Plus

As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students.

But college tuition has risen...

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How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope

  • Written by Charlotte Oliver, Extension Associate Professor, Colorado State University
imageColorado's $3.9 billion wine industry is threatened by a tiny aphid. Courtesy of Charlotte Oliver

Grape phylloxera, or Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphidlike insect that attacks grapevines with devastating effects. In Colorado, where wine is an estimated US$3.9 billion dollar industry, phylloxera poses a significant threat.

In 2015, several...

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  1. 2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from up close and afar
  2. Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – low-income residents are deciding whether to stay or go
  3. Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests
  4. From anime to activism: How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistance
  5. Facing a shutdown, budget negotiations are much harder because Congress has given Trump power to cut spending through ‘rescission’
  6. Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after xAI data center opens in pollution-burdened Memphis neighborhood
  7. What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields
  8. Birding by ear: How to learn the songs of nature’s symphony with some simple techniques
  9. Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why
  10. Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable
  11. Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s
  12. Some new drugs aren’t actually ‘new’ – pharmaceutical companies exploit patents and raise prices for patients, but data transparency can help protect innovation
  13. Mindfulness won’t burn calories, but it might help you stick with your health goals
  14. Trump’s targeting of ‘enemies’ like James Comey echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover
  15. Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover
  16. Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before
  17. A Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger could give Trump even more influence over US media – shaping the news and culture Americans watch and stream
  18. Why can’t we feel the Earth moving?
  19. A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions
  20. How Squishmallow collecting helped me cope with grief, make new enemies and find ‘villains’ worth studying
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s
  24. Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act
  25. 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
  26. Palestinian statehood is winning major new supporters at UN – but symbolic action won’t make it happen
  27. UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
  28. UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
  29. Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US
  30. Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research
  31. Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat
  32. Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students
  33. New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent
  34. The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship
  35. More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines
  36. Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be key
  37. US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
  38. Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas
  39. How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
  40. A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data
  41. Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies
  42. 4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects
  43. Pneumonia vaccines for adults are now recommended starting at age 50 – a geriatrician explains the change
  44. Trump administration is threatening liberal foundations and nonprofits after Kirk’s death – but proving wrongdoing by any of them would be very hard
  45. Why Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates will likely spread to other conservative states
  46. A cold shock to ease the burn − how brief stress can help your brain reframe a tough workout
  47. Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference
  48. For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor
  49. Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring
  50. Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context