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How states are placing guardrails around AI in the absence of strong federal regulation

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
imageThe California State Capitol has been the scene of numerous efforts to regulate AI.AP Photo/Juliana Yamada

U.S. state legislatures are where the action is for placing guardrails around artificial intelligence technologies, given the lack of meaningful federal regulation. The resounding defeat in Congress of a proposed moratorium on state-level AI...

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History shows why FEMA is essential in disasters, and how losing independent agency status hurt its ability to function

  • Written by Susan L. Cutter, Distinguished Professor of Geography and Director of the Hazards Vulnerability & Resilience Institute, University of South Carolina
imageFEMA workers help residents who lost homes in the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires apply for aid.Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic...

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Iron nanoparticles can help treat contaminated water – our team of scientists created them out of expired supplements

  • Written by Ahmed Ibrahim Yunus, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageScientists used pharmaceutical waste to create a new material with interesting properties. Mitrija/iStock via Getty Images

Today, approximately 1,800,000 acres of land in the United States is used for landfill waste disposal. In terms of volume, the U.S alone generated over 290 million tons of solid waste in 2018, an amount equivalent to about...

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Youth athletes, not just professionals, may face mental health risks from repeated traumatic brain injuries

  • Written by David B. Sarwer, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Temple University
imageLimiting the amount of physical contact in training can reduce young players' head injury risks, research shows.Mint Images RF via Getty Images

On July 28, 2025, a 27-year-old gunman entered a New York City office building that is home to the National Football League’s headquarters. He shot and killed four people and injured one other before...

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Insurance warning signs in doctors’ offices might discourage patients from speaking openly about their health

  • Written by Helen Colby, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Indiana University

Have you ever noticed a sign in a doctor’s office saying that you may have to pay extra insurance costs if you discuss additional problems with your physician?

If so, you’re not alone. As health care spending continues to rise, providers are being asked to warn patients about any potential unexpected costs – for example,...

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Where next for Khamenei? After war, Iran’s supreme leader is faced with difficult choices

  • Written by Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, Graduate Teaching Associate, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
imageIranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes a speech in Tehran, Iran, on July 16, 2025. Photo by Iranian Leader Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images

In the weeks since Israel’s expansive 12-day war, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has rarely been seen in public.

That absence has inevitably led to speculation over...

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Philadelphia is using AI-driven cameras to keep bus lanes clear – transparency can help build trust in the system

  • Written by Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University
imageMore than 150 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority buses across Philadelphia are equipped with cameras that detect vehicles blocking bus lanes. Han Zheng via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority piloted a new enforcement tool in Philadelphia in 2023: AI-powered cameras mounted on seven of...

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The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
imageWalid Jumblatt, the political leader of Lebanon's Druze minority, speaks in Beirut on July 18, 2025.AP Photo/Bilal Hussein

Violence continues several weeks after clashes started between armed Bedouin clans, Sunni jihadist groups and Druze fighters on July 14, 2025, in Sweida, a city in southern Syria.

Hundreds of Druze were killed in the clashes,...

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EPA removal of vehicle emissions limits won’t stop the shift to electric vehicles, but will make it harder, slower and more expensive

  • Written by Alan Jenn, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
imageCustomers have embraced electric vehicles; policy changes may decrease that interest but will not eliminate it.Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The U.S. government is in full retreat from its efforts to make vehicles more fuel-efficient, which it has been waging, along with state governments, since the 1970s.

The latest move came on...

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A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about

  • Written by Lee Rafuse Haines, Associate Research Professor of Molecular Parasitology and Medical Entomology, University of Notre Dame
imageSteak and other red meats can trigger an allergic reaction in people with alpha-gal syndrome.Vicushka/Moment via Getty Images

Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, pain or even swelling that...

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