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Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures

  • Written by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
imageMichelangelo's 16th-century fresco 'The Last Judgment.' Sistine Chapel collection via Wikimedia Commons

Michelangelo’s fresco of “The Last Judgment,” covering the wall behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, is being restored. The work, which started on Feb. 1, 2026, is expected to continue for three months.

The...

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The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself

  • Written by Nir Eisikovits, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
imageWill AI hollow out the pipeline of students, researchers and faculty that is the basis of today’s universities?Hill Street Studios/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Public debate about artificial intelligence in higher education has largely orbited a familiar worry: cheating. Will students use chatbots to write essays? Can instructors tell?...

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Why the ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ have echoed with public support – unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970

  • Written by Gregory P. Magarian, Thomas and Karole Green Professor of Law, Washington University in St. Louis
imageOhio National Guardsmen on the Kent State University campus prepare to disperse student protesters on May 4, 1970. Troops later opened fire on students, killing four.Howard Ruffner/Getty Images

The president announces an aggressive, controversial policy. Large groups of protesters take to the streets. Government agents open fire and kill...

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Russia tested NATO’s airspace 18 times in 2025 alone – a 200% surge that signals a dangerous shift

  • Written by Frederic Lemieux, Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master's in Applied Intelligence, Georgetown University
imagePolice inspect damage to a house struck by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on Sept. 10, 2025.Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images

Russian aircraft, drones and missiles have violated NATO airspace dozens of times since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.

Individually, many...

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Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets?

  • Written by Cynthia Chris, Professor of Media Studies, City University of New York
imageBear trainer Doug Seus plays with Bart the Bear, who's appeared in over 20 TV shows and films.Jean-Louis Atlan/Sygma via Getty Images

There is a long and storied history of nonhuman actors, from Luke, the dog of silent star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, to the collies cast in the role of Lassie in film and on television. Bart the Bear racked...

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FDA’s abrupt flip-flop on Moderna’s mRNA flu shot highlights growing risks to drug-makers of investing in vaccines

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Professor of Law, Villanova University
imageFederal health officials have raised safety concerns about mRNA vaccines, although they have provided no credible data on health risks.NurPhoto via Getty Images

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision, made public on Feb. 10, 2026, to not review an application to approve Moderna’s proposed mRNA-based flu vaccine set off a firestorm...

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Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and skier explains, with tips for surviving

  • Written by Nathalie Vriend, Associate Professor of Thermo Fluid Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder

A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and their guides near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada as an intense storm brought heavy snow to the region on Feb. 17, 2026. Six of the skiers were rescued, but eight others didn’t survive and another was missing. The region was under an avalanche warning rated high...

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How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today’s progressives

  • Written by Bert Johnson, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
imageBernie Sanders, then the mayor of Burlington, greets Jesse Jackson backstage at a 1988 Vermont rally where he endorsed Jackson's presidential bid.AP Photo/Toby Talbot

Jesse Jackson’s two campaigns for president, in 1984 and 1988, were unsuccessful but historic. The civil rights activist and organizer, who died on Feb. 17, 2026, helped pave...

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How deregulation made electricity more expensive, not cheaper

  • Written by Noah Dormady, Associate Professor of Public Policy, The Ohio State University
imagePlugging in costs more these days.Devonyu/iStock / Getty Images Plus

American families are feeling the pinch of rising electricity prices. In the past five years alone, the generation portion of the standard service residential electric bill in Columbus, Ohio, has increased by 110%. This is one data point in a national trend.

Energy affordability is...

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When ICE sweeps a community, public health pays a price – and recovery will likely take years

  • Written by Nicole L. Novak, Research Assistant Professor of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa
imageMinneapolis residents mobilized to protest against ICE and to support immigrant members of their community.Fibonacci Blue/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

The Trump administration announced on Feb. 12, 2026, that it is ending Operation Metro Surge, its deployment of more than 3,000 federal immigration enforcement agents in Minneapolis, St. Paul...

Read more: When ICE sweeps a community, public health pays a price – and recovery will likely take years

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  1. Florida’s immigrant entrepreneurs are creating jobs and prosperity in their communities
  2. Your gut microbes can be anti-aging – scientists are uncovering how to keep your microbiome youthful
  3. TrumpRx, Trump Kennedy Center, Trump National Parks passes − government free speech allows the president to name things after himself
  4. From Gettysburg to Minneapolis: How the American Civil War continues to shape how we understand contemporary political conflicts and their dangers
  5. I asked students whether they’d want to be teachers? They quickly responded, ‘Why would I?’
  6. Iran-US nuclear talks may fail due to both nations’ red lines – but that doesn’t make them futile
  7. Revisiting the story of Clementine Barnabet, a Black woman blamed for serial murders in the Jim Crow South
  8. In World War II’s dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world order
  9. Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are ‘resurrecting’ their genomes to understand how and why
  10. New dietary guidelines prioritize ‘real food’ – but low-income pregnant women can’t easily obtain it
  11. 3 generations of Black Philadelphia students report persistent anti-Black attitudes in schools
  12. Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub
  13. White men file workplace discrimination claims but are less likely to face inequity than other groups
  14. Atrocities take place in democratic nations as well as autocratic ones – our database has logged them all
  15. How do people know their interests? The shortest player in the NBA shows how self-belief matters more than biology
  16. How a largely forgotten Supreme Court case can help prevent an executive branch takeover of federal elections
  17. Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?
  18. The intensity and perfectionism that drive Olympic athletes also put them at high risk for eating disorders
  19. 3D scanning and shape analysis help archaeologists connect objects across space and time to recover their lost histories
  20. Are women board members risk averse or agents of innovation? It’s complicated, new research shows
  21. OpenAI has deleted the word ‘safely’ from its mission – and its new structure is a test for whether AI serves society or shareholders
  22. Colorectal cancer is increasing among young people, as James Van Der Beek’s death reminds us – cancer experts explain ways to decrease your risk
  23. Counter-drone technologies are evolving – but there’s no surefire way to defend against drone attacks
  24. Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise
  25. Trump says climate change doesn’t endanger public health – evidence shows it does, from extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses
  26. FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application - for reasons with no basis in the law
  27. Nearly every state in the US has dyslexia laws – but our research shows limited change for struggling readers
  28. How the 9/11 terrorist attacks shaped ICE’s immigration strategy
  29. Citizenship voting requirement in SAVE America Act has no basis in the Constitution – and ignores precedent that only states decide who gets to vote
  30. Cement has a climate problem — here’s how geopolymers with add-ins like cork could help fix it
  31. Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly
  32. Exiled Iranians and Venezuelans may well support regime change – but diasporas don’t always reflect the politics back home
  33. How business students learn to make ethical decisions by studying a soup kitchen in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods
  34. More than a feeling – thinking about love as a virtue can change how we respond to hate
  35. Addiction affects your brain as well as your body – that’s why detoxing is just the first stage of recovery
  36. Swarms of AI bots can sway people’s beliefs – threatening democracy
  37. Hesitation is costly in sports but essential to life – neuroscientists identified its brain circuitry
  38. Trump administration losing credibility with judges and grand juries – a former federal judge explains why this is ‘remarkable and unprecedented’
  39. Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research
  40. The rise of ‘Merzoni’: How an alliance between Germany’s and Italy’s leaders is reshaping Europe
  41. Green or not, US energy future depends on Native nations
  42. Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit
  43. ‘Proportional representation’ could reduce polarization in Congress and help more people feel like their voices are being heard
  44. Distrust and disempowerment, not apathy, keep employees from supporting marginalized colleagues
  45. What is and isn’t new about US bishops’ criticism of Trump’s foreign policy
  46. Why is US health care still the most expensive in the world after decades of cost-cutting initiatives?
  47. Reading to young kids improves their social skills − and a new study shows it doesn’t matter whether parents stop to ask questions
  48. Historically Black colleges and universities do more than offer Black youths a pathway to opportunity and success – I teach criminology, and my research suggests another benefit
  49. Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable
  50. How a 22-year-old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pennsylvania wilderness