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Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be key

  • Written by Aditi Verma, Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
imageFactories could one day produce and ship small nuclear reactors across the country. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy

You might imagine nuclear power plants as behemoth facilities spanning hundreds of acres. Nuclear microreactors, by contrast, could sit on land the size of a football field and power a whole town.

However, after...

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US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border

  • Written by Aileen Teague, Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs, Texas A&M University
imageMembers of the Mexican army drive on a road after an anti-cartel operation in Sinaloa state, Mexico, in 2023.Juan Carlos Cruz/AFP via Getty Images

A new plan to dismantle cartel-run drug-smuggling corridors along the U.S. southern border was announced by the U.S. administration in mid-August 2025 to great fanfare.

“Project Portero”...

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Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imageTradwives' content, from recipes to makeup tips, often appeals to a wider audience than their views on religion, politics and gender.shironosov/iStock via Getty Images Plus

When people think about online misogyny, they probably envision forums and video game chat rooms filled with young men using lewd language, promoting sexist stereotypes and...

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How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains

  • Written by Sarah Pessin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver
imageMark Lipof blows a shofar during the lead-up to Yom Kippur at Temple Ohabei Shalom in Brookline, Mass., in 2010.Michael Fein/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images

It’s the Jewish High Holiday season, and Jews the world over are preparing to visit their local synagogues – for community, for prayer, and to hear the arresting,...

Read more: How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains

A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data

  • Written by Alexandra Jahn, Associate Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Arctic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
imageThe author's view walking across Arctic sea ice off Utqiagvik, Alaska, in April 2025.Alexandra Jahn

As I walked out onto the frozen Arctic water off Utqiagvik, Alaska, for the first time, I was mesmerized by the icescape.

Piles of blue and white sea-ice rubble several feet high gave way to flat areas and then rubble again. The snow atop it,...

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Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies

  • Written by Rahul Telang, Professor of Information Systems, Carnegie Mellon University
imageScammers often direct victims to convert cash to untraceable cryptocurrency and send it to them.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Scams are nothing new – fraud has existed as long as human greed. What changes are the tools.

Scammers thrive on exploiting vulnerable, uninformed users, and they adapt to whatever technologies or trends dominate the moment....

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4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects

  • Written by Jo Mackiewicz, Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Iowa State University

A few years ago, while working as a professor and as a welder at a small repair and fabrication shop, I went looking for books about women in the skilled trades. In the few I found, one stood out in how it made way for tradeswomen’s voices: political scientist Jean Reith Schroedel’s 1985 classic “Alone in a Crowd: Women in the...

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Pneumonia vaccines for adults are now recommended starting at age 50 – a geriatrician explains the change

  • Written by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia
imageA new version of the pneumonia vaccine that specifically targets strains that affect adults helped spur the updated recommendations. zoranm/E+ via Getty Images

Autumn brings a chill in the air – and the start of another season of respiratory illnesses, which can be especially hard for older adults.

Although vaccine recommendations have been...

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Trump administration is threatening liberal foundations and nonprofits after Kirk’s death – but proving wrongdoing by any of them would be very hard

  • Written by Beth Gazley, Professor of Nonprofit Management and Policy, Indiana University
imageCharlie Kirk speaks at the opening of the Turning Point Action conference on July 15, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Following the Sept. 10, 2025, death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, the Trump administration signaled that it intends to expand investigations into “leftist groups” for possible links...

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Why Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates will likely spread to other conservative states

  • Written by Anindya Kundu, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Florida International University
imageFlorida has been a leader for other conservative states on education reform. iStock/Getty Images Plus

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a plan in early September 2025 that he intends to make Florida the first state to end vaccine mandates across all schools and in other state-run institutions such as nursing homes.

His proposal would dismantle Flo...

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  1. A cold shock to ease the burn − how brief stress can help your brain reframe a tough workout
  2. Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference
  3. For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor
  4. Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring
  5. Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context
  6. Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
  7. Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out
  8. Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life
  9. Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led storytelling is trying to change that narrative
  10. Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it’s been a tasty tradition for thousands of years
  11. Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas
  12. Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?
  13. Harvard, like all Americans, can’t be punished by the government for speaking freely – and a federal court decision upholds decades of precedents saying so
  14. Your immune system attacks drugs like it does viruses – paradoxically offering a way to improve cancer treatment
  15. Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals
  16. US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
  17. Does anyone go to prison for federal mortgage fraud? Not many, the numbers suggest
  18. Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation
  19. Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war
  20. How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work
  21. 5 ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more − and how their teachers can help
  22. After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?
  23. Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret
  24. Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job – and caregivers may unknowingly shape kids’ self-identity
  25. Emergency alerts may not reach those who need them most in Colorado
  26. 2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us
  27. The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
  28. Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
  29. Xi’s show of unity with Putin and Kim could complicate China’s delicate diplomatic balance
  30. Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
  31. Transgender policies struggle to balance fairness with inclusion in women’s college sports
  32. What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire
  33. Solving the world’s microplastics problem: 4 solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed
  34. Charlie Kirk talked with young people at universities for a reason – he wanted American education to return to traditional values
  35. How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media ban
  36. How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind
  37. Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence
  38. Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source
  39. Parasitic worms bury themselves in the brains of moose and elk – a new test can help diagnose these animals to prevent disease spread
  40. ‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
  41. Beauty sleep isn’t a myth – a sleep medicine expert explains how rest keeps your skin healthy and youthful
  42. Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades
  43. Social scientists have long found women tend to be more religious than men – but Gen Z may show a shift
  44. Fewer international students are coming to the US, costing universities and communities that benefit from these visitors
  45. Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab
  46. ‘This will not end here’: A scholar explains why Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence
  47. Detroit is the most challenging place in the country for people with asthma − here’s how to help kids in the Motor City breathe easier
  48. Who was Charlie Kirk? The activist who turned campus politics into national influence
  49. Federal subpoenas for transgender care records raise medical privacy concerns and put providers in a legal bind – a health law expert explains what’s at stake
  50. A federal program helps older people get jobs, but the Trump administration wants to get rid of it