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NASA wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 – choosing where is tricky

  • Written by Clive Neal, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
imageSeveral missions have already attempted to land on the lunar surface in 2025, with more to come. AP Photo

In a bold, strategic move for the U.S., acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy announced plans on Aug. 5, 2025, to build a nuclear fission reactor for deployment on the lunar surface in 2030. Doing so would allow the United States to gain a...

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At one elite college, over 80% of students now use AI – but it’s not all about outsourcing their work

  • Written by Germán Reyes, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury
imageStudents have quickly incorporated the likes of ChatGPT into their work, but little research is available on how they're using generative AI.Photo by Alejandra Villa Loarca/Newsday RM via Getty Images

Over 80% of Middlebury College students use generative AI for coursework, according to a recent survey I conducted with my colleague and fellow...

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Twelver Shiism – a branch of Islam that serves both as a spiritual and political force in Iran and beyond

  • Written by Massumeh H. Toosi, PhD Student in Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
imageIranian Shiite mourners during Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, on July 6, 2025, in Tehran. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni tradition.

Iran is the only country to...

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Cultivating for color: The hidden trade-offs between garden aesthetics and pollinator preferences

  • Written by Claire Therese Hemingway, Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee
imageColorful gardens can be pollinator-friendly with native flowering plants.Borchee/E+ via Getty Images

People often prioritize aesthetics when choosing plants for their gardens. They may pick flowers based on colors that create visually appealing combinations and varieties that have bigger and brighter displays or more fragrant and pleasant-smelling...

Read more: Cultivating for color: The hidden trade-offs between garden aesthetics and pollinator preferences

Trump-Putin summit: Veteran diplomat explains why putting peace deal before ceasefire wouldn’t end Russia-Ukraine war

  • Written by Donald Heflin, Executive Director of the Edward R. Murrow Center and Senior Fellow of Diplomatic Practice, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageU.S. President Donald Trump (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave at the conclusion of a press conference on Aug. 15, 2025 in Alaska.Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

If you’re confused about the aims, conduct and outcome of the summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held in Anchorage, Alaska,...

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Why universities are hiring more chief marketing officers – even as budgets shrink

  • Written by Prachi Gala, Associate Professor of Marketing, Kennesaw State University

Faculty hiring freezes. Department budget cuts. Declining public trust. Across the United States, higher education is navigating one of its most challenging periods in decades.

Yet, quietly, something else is happening: More universities are adding chief marketing officers, or CMOs, to their top management teams.

From flagship universities to small...

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Kids need soft skills in the age of AI, but what does this mean for schools?

  • Written by Jennifer L. Steele, Professor of Education, American University
imageGenerative AI is forcing K-12 schools to reconsider what key skills to teach students.Cavan Images via Getty Images

For the past half-century, the jobs that have commanded the greatest earnings have increasingly concentrated on knowledge work, especially in science and technology.

Now with the spread of generative artificial intelligence, that may...

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Grand Canyon’s Dragon Bravo megafire shows the growing wildfire threat to water systems

  • Written by Faith Kearns, Scientist and Director of Research Communication for the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, Arizona State University
imageTourists watch smoke from the Dragon Bravo wildfire float through the Grand Canyon.Scott Olson/Getty Images

As wildfire crews battled the Dragon Bravo Fire on the Grand Canyon’s North Rim in July 2025, the air turned toxic.

A chlorine gas leak had erupted from the park’s water treatment facility as the building burned, forcing...

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RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges

  • Written by Anna Kirkland, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Michigan
imageThe Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was established in 1986 by an act of Congress. MarsBars/iStock via Getty Images Plus

For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been able to turn to a little-known system called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program – often simply called the vaccine court.

Hea...

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Protestant ideas shaped Americans’ support for birth control – and the Supreme Court ruling protecting a husband and wife’s right to contraception

  • Written by Samira Mehta, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that married couples have a constitutional right to use contraception. Griswold v. Connecticut, decided in 1965, made it illegal for states to outlaw birth control for spouses – a right that would not be extended to single people until 1972.

Griswold granted married couples this right on the grounds of...

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  3. Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief
  4. The growing fad of ‘microdosing’ mushrooms is leading to an uptick in poison control center calls and emergency room visits
  5. Why rural Coloradans feel ignored − a resentment as old as America itself
  6. ‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that
  7. Older Americans are using AI − study shows how and what they think of it
  8. Genomics can help insect farmers avoid pitfalls of domestication
  9. Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare
  10. The paradox of pluralism: How college shapes students’ views of other religions
  11. Crowdfunded companies are ‘ghosting’ their investors – and getting away with it
  12. Glacial lake flood hits Juneau, Alaska, reflecting a growing global risk as mountain glaciers melt
  13. Climate models reveal how human activity may be locking the Southwest into permanent drought
  14. COVID-19 vaccines for kids are mired in uncertainty amid conflicting federal guidance
  15. Mindfulness is gaining traction in American schools – but it isn’t clear what students are learning
  16. Where America’s CO emissions come from – what you need to know, in charts
  17. Don’t write off the Putin-Trump summit just yet – its outcome might confound critics
  18. 4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders
  19. How poisoned data can trick AI − and how to stop it
  20. Spiderweb silks and architectures reveal millions of years of evolutionary ingenuity
  21. Grief feels unbearable, disorienting and chaotic – a grief researcher and widow shares evidence-based ways to face the early days of loss
  22. AI is making reading books feel obsolete – and students have a lot to lose
  23. Labor Day and May Day emerged from the movement for a shorter workday in industrial America
  24. The new NextGen Acela trains promise faster travel and more seats – but arrive as US rail faces an uncertain future
  25. 4 laws that could stymie the Trump EPA’s plan to rescind the endangerment finding that underpins US climate policies
  26. The dark history of forced starvation as a weapon of war against Indigenous peoples
  27. Getting beyond answers like ‘fine’ and ‘nothing’: 5 simple ways to spark real talk with kids
  28. 4 laws that could stymie the Trump EPA’s plan to rescind the endangerment finding, central to US climate policies
  29. San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets
  30. Women in STEM face challenges and underrepresentation – this course gives them tools to succeed
  31. My research team used 18 years of sea wave records to learn how destructive ‘rogue waves’ form – here’s what we found
  32. US has slashed global vaccine funding – if philanthropy fills the gap, there could be some trade-offs
  33. This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven
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  35. Inside an urban heat island, one street can be much hotter than its neighbor – new tech makes it easier to target cooling projects
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  37. Inside the search for sustainable aviation fuels, which are on the federal chopping block
  38. For Syrian Druze, latest violence is one more chapter in a centuries-long struggle over autonomy
  39. Schools are looking for chaplains, but the understanding of who – and what – chaplains are varies widely
  40. Trump administration cuts to terrorism prevention departments could leave Americans exposed
  41. 3 reasons Republicans’ redistricting power grab might backfire
  42. Bureau of Labor Statistics tells the US what’s up with the economy – Trump firing its top official may undercut trust in its data
  43. Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek historian, wrote about them
  44. Industrial pollution once ravaged the Adirondacks − decades of history captured in lake mud track their slow recovery
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  46. NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon – a space lawyer explains why, and what the law has to say
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