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Survivors’ voices 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki sound a warning and a call to action

  • Written by Masako Toki, Senior Education Project Manager and Research Associate, Nonproliferation Education Program, Middlebury
imageSupporters of nuclear disarmament, including Hibakusha, demonstrate in Oslo, Norway, in 2024.Hideo Asano, CC BY-ND

Eighty years ago, in August 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated by the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. By the end of that year, approximately 140,000 people had died in Hiroshima and 74,000 in...

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National parks are key conservation areas for wildlife and natural resources

  • Written by Sarah Diaz, Associate Professor of Recreation and Sport Management, Coastal Carolina University
imageA researcher collects water samples in Everglades National Park in Florida to monitor ecosystem health.AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

The United States’ national parks have an inherent contradiction. The federal law that created the National Park Service says the agency – and the parks – must “conserve the scenery and the...

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The case that saved the press – and why Trump wants it gone

  • Written by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
imageDonald Trump wants to restrict journalists' ability to publish or broadcast critical stories.Mesh cube, iStock/Getty Images Plus

President Donald Trump is again attacking the American press – this time not with fiery rally speeches or by calling the media “the enemy of the people,” but through the courts.

Since the heat of the...

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For America’s 35M small businesses, tariff uncertainty hits especially hard

  • Written by Peter Boumgarden, Professor of Family Enterprise, Washington University in St. Louis

Imagine it’s April 2025 and you’re the owner of a small but fast-growing e-commerce business. Historically, you’ve sourced products from China, but the president just announced tariffs of 145% on these goods. Do you set up operations in Thailand – requiring new investment and a lot of work – or wait until...

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Meet ‘lite intermediate black holes,’ the supermassive black hole’s smaller, much more mysterious cousin

  • Written by Bill Smith, Ph.D. Candidate in Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
imageMerging black holes generate gravitational waves, which astronomers can track. SXS, CC BY-ND

Black holes are massive, strange and incredibly powerful astronomical objects. Scientists know that supermassive black holes reside in the centers of most galaxies.

And they understand how certain stars form the comparatively smaller stellar mass black...

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2 spacecraft flew exactly in line to imitate a solar eclipse, capture a stunning image and test new tech

  • Written by Christopher Palma, Teaching Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State
imageThe solar corona, as viewed by Proba-3's ASPIICS coronagraph. ESA/Proba-3/ASPIICS/WOW algorithm, CC BY-SA

During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the Sun’s corona – its outer atmosphere – in ways they are unable to do at any other time.

The brightest part of the Sun is so bright that it blocks...

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If everyone in the world turned on the lights at the same time, what would happen?

  • Written by Harold Wallace, Curator, Electricity Collections, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
imageThis combined satellite image shows how Earth's city lights would look if it were night around the entire planet at once. White areas of light show cities with larger populations.NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@th...

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Fetal autopsies could help prevent stillbirths, but too often they are used to blame mothers for pregnancy loss

  • Written by Jill Lens, Professor of Law, University of Iowa
imageAt least 1 in 4 stillbirths in the U.S. are preventable, research shows. O2O Creative/iStock via Getty Images Plus

About 60 pregnancies per day in the U.S. end in stillbirth.

The best way to find out why a stillbirth occurred is a fetal autopsy – yet these procedures are performed in only 1 in 5 of the over 20,000 stillbirths that occur each...

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Fixing Michigan’s teacher shortage isn’t just about getting more recruits

  • Written by Gail Richmond, Professor of Education, Michigan State University
imageFinding good candidates to fill that teacher's chair is no easy task.Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Nearly 500 of Michigan’s 705 school districts reported teaching vacancies in the fall of 2023. That’s up from 262 districts at the beginning of the 2012 school year.

The number of vacancies is likely an undercount,...

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PBS accounts for nearly half of first graders’ most frequently watched educational TV and video programs

  • Written by Rebecca Dore, Director of Research of the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy, The Ohio State University
imageRep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat, speaks during a House hearing in March 2025, months before Congress rescinded two years of public media funding.Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

At U.S. President Donald Trump’s request, Congress voted in July 2025 to claw back US$1.1 billion it had previously approved for the...

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  1. Beyond brute strength: A fresh look at Samson’s search for intimacy in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Plantation tourism, memory and the uneasy economics of heritage in the American South
  3. The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  4. The World Court just ruled countries can be held liable for climate change damage – what does that mean for the US?
  5. From printing presses to Facebook feeds: What yesterday’s witch hunts have in common with today’s misinformation crisis
  6. Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania who suffered from cholera, violence and xenophobia
  7. Quantum scheme protects videos from prying eyes and tampering
  8. Shingles vaccination rates rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, but major gaps remain for underserved groups
  9. As wrestling fans reel from the sudden death of Hulk Hogan, a cardiologist explains how to live long and healthy − and avoid chronic disease
  10. Are you really allergic to penicillin? A pharmacist explains why there’s a good chance you’re not − and how you can find out for sure
  11. How FDA panelists casting doubt on antidepressant use during pregnancy could lead to devastating outcomes for mothers
  12. Yosemite embodies the long war over US national park privatization
  13. What is personalized pricing, and how do I avoid it?
  14. Strengthening collective labor rights can help reduce economic inequality
  15. The quiet war: What’s fueling Israel’s surge of settler violence – and the lack of state response
  16. Roman Empire and the fall of Nero offer possible lessons for Trump about the cost of self-isolation
  17. Black teachers are key mentors for Philly high school seniors navigating college decisions
  18. US government may be abandoning the global climate fight, but new leaders are filling the void – including China
  19. Malaysia confronts the realities of MAGA diplomacy and Trump’s brash ambassadorial pick
  20. More than 50% of Detroit students regularly miss class – and schools alone can’t solve the problem
  21. Gene Hackman had a will, but the public may never find out who inherits his $80M fortune
  22. Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions − an environmental engineer explains how the ISS does it
  23. To better detect chemical weapons, materials scientists are exploring new technologies
  24. China’s arrests of boys’ love authors does not equate to a ‘gay erotica’ crackdown
  25. Too many em dashes? Weird words like ‘delves’? Spotting text written by ChatGPT is still more art than science
  26. Great Lakes offshore wind could power the region and beyond
  27. Parents don’t need to try harder – to ease parenting stress, forget self-reliance and look for ways to share the care
  28. ‘AI veganism’: Some people’s issues with AI parallel vegans’ concerns about diet
  29. When socialists win Democratic primaries: Will Zohran Mamdani be haunted by the Upton Sinclair effect?
  30. Unpacking Florida’s immigration trends − demographers take a closer look at the legal and undocumented population
  31. Sanctioning ghosts: Why US plans to hit Russia with fresh economic penalties will have little effect
  32. Light pollution is encroaching on observatories around the globe – making it harder for astronomers to study the cosmos
  33. It is becoming easier to create AI avatars of the deceased − here is why Buddhism would caution against it
  34. How wind and solar power helps keep America’s farms alive
  35. Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious
  36. Colorado’s Marshall Fire survivors find healing and meaning through oral history project
  37. Due process: What it means in US law and its implications for migrant rights
  38. School shootings leave lasting scars on local economies, research shows
  39. Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening
  40. The beach wasn’t always a vacation destination - for the ancient Greeks, it was a scary place
  41. Which wildfire smoke plumes are hazardous? New satellite tech can map them in 3D for air quality alerts at neighborhood scale
  42. Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale
  43. Neanderthals likely ate fermented meat with a side of maggots
  44. The 3 worst things you can say after a pet dies, and what to say instead
  45. Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions
  46. Trump’s push for more deportations could boost demand for foreign farmworkers with ‘guest worker’ visas
  47. Deportation tactics from 4 US presidents have done little to reduce the undocumented immigrant population
  48. How bachata rose from Dominican Republic’s brothels and shantytowns to become a global sensation
  49. Columbia’s $200M deal with Trump administration sets a precedent for other universities to bend to the government’s will
  50. We tracked illegal fishing in marine protected areas – satellites and AI show most bans are respected, and could help enforce future ones