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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...

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

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...

Read more: Why Argentina is looking to the Trump administration for a bailout − and what the US Treasury can...

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...

Read more: NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of...

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...

Read more: Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for...

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...

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

2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from up close and afar

  • Written by Ryan French, Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
imageNASA's IMAP mission is one of two launching in September 2025.NASA/Princeton University/Patrick McPike

Even at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away, activity on the Sun can have adverse effects on technological systems on Earth. Solar flares – intense bursts of energy in the Sun’s atmosphere – and coronal...

Read more: 2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from...

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

  • Written by Paul Draus, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Dearborn
imageThe Gordie Howe International Bridge connects Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ontario.John Coletti/Photodisc via Getty Images

Watching the space between two nations shrink became a regular pastime for Detroiters over the past decade as the segments of the Gordie Howe International Bridge gradually grew, extending meter by meter from Ontario on one...

Read more: Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows –...

Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests

  • Written by Tesla Monson, Professor of Anthropology, Western Washington University
imageHobbits are exceptions to the rule that older ancient humans had proportionally larger wisdom teeth and smaller brains.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved...

Read more: Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on...

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  4. What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields
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  6. Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why
  7. Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable
  8. Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s
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  10. Mindfulness won’t burn calories, but it might help you stick with your health goals
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before
  14. A Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger could give Trump even more influence over US media – shaping the news and culture Americans watch and stream
  15. Why can’t we feel the Earth moving?
  16. A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions
  17. How Squishmallow collecting helped me cope with grief, make new enemies and find ‘villains’ worth studying
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s
  21. Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act
  22. 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
  23. Palestinian statehood is winning major new supporters at UN – but symbolic action won’t make it happen
  24. UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
  25. UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
  26. Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US
  27. Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research
  28. Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat
  29. Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students
  30. New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent
  31. The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship
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  34. US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
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  39. 4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects
  40. Pneumonia vaccines for adults are now recommended starting at age 50 – a geriatrician explains the change
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  42. Why Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates will likely spread to other conservative states
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  44. Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference
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  46. Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring
  47. Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context
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