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AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined

  • Written by Rizwan Virk, Faculty Associate, PhD Candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, Arizona State University
imageIn Stephenson's novel 'The Diamond Age,' a device called the Young Lady's Illustrated Primer offers emotional, social and intellectual support.Christopher Michel/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Every time I read about another advance in AI technology, I feel like another figment of science fiction moves closer to reality.

Lately, I’ve been...

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Despite claims they’d move overseas after the election, most Americans are staying put

  • Written by Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, Honorary Reader in MIgration and Politics, University of Kent
imageNot that many people are preparing to leave the U.S.gerenme/E+ via Getty Images

Based on pronouncements in 2024, you might think now is the time to see U.S. citizens streamingout of the country. Months before the 2024 presidential election, Americans were saying they would leave should candidate Donald Trump win the election. Gallup polling in 2024...

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Philadelphia’s $2B affordable housing plan relies heavily on municipal bonds, which can come with hidden costs for taxpayers

  • Written by Jade Craig, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi
imageThe Parker administration says it will issue $800 million in bonds over the next four years to fund affordable housing.Jeff Fusco/The Conversation, CC BY-NC-SA

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s Housing Opportunities Made Easy initiative, which was included in the city budget passed June 12, 2025, is an ambitious effort to address the...

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Humans and animals can both think logically − but testing what kind of logic they’re using is tricky

  • Written by Olga Lazareva, Professor of Psychology, Drake University
imageFor some mental processes, humans and animals likely follow similar lines of thinking.Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images

Can a monkey, a pigeon or a fish reason like a person? It’s a question scientists have been testing in increasingly creative ways – and what we’ve found so far paints a more complicated picture...

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Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans

  • Written by Edward D. Vargas, Associate Professor, School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University
image Protesters wave the Mexican flag in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025.Luke Johnson/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of raids throughout Los Angeles and Southern California in early June 2025, sparking protests in downtown Los Angeles and other cities, including New York, Chicago an...

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Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics

  • Written by Lindsey Breitwieser, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, Hollins University
imageLaws such as Georgia's LIFE Act can complicate ethical and legal decision-making in postmortem pregnancy. Darya Komarova/Moment via Getty Images

Adriana Smith, a 30-year-old woman from Georgia who had been declared brain-dead in February 2025, spent 16 weeks on life support while doctors worked to keep her body functioning well enough to support...

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In LGBTQ+ storybook case, Supreme Court handed a win to parental rights, raising tough questions for educators

  • Written by Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
imageThe parents who brought the case had requested that their children be excused when books with LGBTQ+ characters were used in class.SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

The Supreme Court tends to save its blockbuster orders for the last day of the term – and 2025 was no exception.

Among the important decisions handed down June 27, 2025, was Mah...

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Pop, soda or coke? The fizzy history behind America’s favorite linguistic debate

  • Written by Valerie M. Fridland, Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno
image'I'll have a coke – no, not Coca-Cola, Sprite.'Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

With burgers sizzling and classic rock thumping, many Americans revel in summer cookouts – at least until that wayward cousin asks for a “pop” in soda country, or even worse, a “coke” when they actually want a Sprite.

Few American...

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The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds of billions of dollars for app and social media companies

  • Written by Kassem Fawaz, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageMany apps and social media platforms collect detailed information about you as you use them, and sometimes even when you're not using them.Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty images

You wake up in the morning and, first thing, you open your weather app. You close that pesky ad that opens first and check the forecast. You like your weather app, which...

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Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons

  • Written by Anna Erickson, Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageAn image from Iranian television shows centrifuges lining a hall at Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility in 2021.IRIB via APPEAR

When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly enriched uranium needed to...

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  2. Invasive carp threaten the Great Lakes − and reveal a surprising twist in national politics
  3. 1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
  4. Who’s the most American? Psychological studies show that many people are biased and think it’s a white English speaker
  5. Here’s a way to save lives, curb traffic jams and make commutes faster and easier − ban left turns at intersections
  6. Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market
  7. What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
  8. 1 in 3 Florida third graders have untreated cavities – how parents can protect their children’s teeth
  9. How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
  10. From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality
  11. Universities in every state care for congressional papers that document US political history − federal cuts put their work at risk
  12. Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities
  13. Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites
  14. What the Supreme Court ruling against ‘universal injunctions’ means for court challenges to presidential actions
  15. Michelin Guide scrutiny could boost Philly tourism, but will it stifle chefs’ freedom to experiment and innovate?
  16. What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
  17. How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the country
  18. Cyberattacks shake voters’ trust in elections, regardless of party
  19. Why energy markets fluctuate during an international crisis
  20. Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing
  21. Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas
  22. Supreme Court rules that states may deny people covered by Medicaid the freedom to choose Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
  23. Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer than before in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
  24. Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
  25. Natural hazards don’t disappear when the storm ends or the earthquake stops – they evolve
  26. Hurricane Helene set up future disasters, from landslides to flooding – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk models
  27. Grilling with lump charcoal: Is US-grown hardwood really in that bag?
  28. Uranium enrichment: A chemist explains how the surprisingly common element is processed to power reactors and weapons
  29. Yelp’s addition of a ‘Black-owned’ tag led to a slight drop in business ratings in Detroit
  30. Self-censorship and the ‘spiral of silence’: Why Americans are less likely to publicly voice their opinions on political issues
  31. Detroit restaurants identified as ‘Black-owned’ on Yelp saw a slight drop in business ratings
  32. Using TikTok could be making you more politically polarized, new study finds
  33. What if universal rental assistance were implemented to deal with the housing crisis?
  34. I’m a physician who has looked at hundreds of studies of vaccine safety, and here’s some of what RFK Jr. gets wrong
  35. Israel-Iran war recalls the 2003 US invasion of Iraq – a war my undergraduate students see as a relic of the past
  36. A preservative removed from childhood vaccines 20 years ago is still causing controversy today − a drug safety expert explains
  37. What is reconciliation − the legislative shortcut Republicans are using to push through their ‘Big Beautiful Bill’?
  38. What happens next in US-Iran relations will be informed by the two countries’ shared history
  39. How do scientists calculate the probability that an asteroid could hit Earth?
  40. Trump administration aims to slash funds that preserve the nation’s rich architectural and cultural history
  41. Grover Norquist’s lasting influence on the GOP and US economic policy
  42. Checking in on New England’s fishing industry 25 Years after ‘The Perfect Storm’ hit movie theaters
  43. Why power skills – formerly known as ‘soft skills’ – are the key to business success
  44. Checking in on New England fisheries 25 years after ‘The Perfect Storm’ movie
  45. Blocking exports and raising tariffs is a bad defense against industrial cyber espionage, study shows
  46. Mitochondria can sense bacteria and trigger your immune system to trap them – revealing new ways to treat infections and autoimmunity 
  47. More than half of US teens have had at least one cavity, but fluoride programs in schools help prevent them – new research
  48. Philly psychology students map out local landmarks and hidden destinations where they feel happiest
  49. Ceasefires like the one between Iran and Israel often fail – but an agreement with specific conditions is more likely to hold
  50. Israel bombed an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 − it pushed program underground and spurred Saddam Hussein’s desire for nukes