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Are people at the South Pole upside down?

  • Written by Abigail Bishop, Ph.D. Student in Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageAt the South Pole, which way is up?Abigail Bishop

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Are people on the South Pole walking upside down from the rest of the world? – Ralph P., U.S.

When I was standing at the South Pole, I...

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Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package

  • Written by Lauren S. Hughes, State Policy Director, Farley Health Policy Center; Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageHealth policy experts predict that cuts to Medicaid will push more rural hospitals to close. sneakpeekpic via iStock / Getty Images Plus

The public health provisions in the massive spending package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, will reduce Medicaid spending by more than US$1 trillion over a decade and result in an...

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‘Big’ legislative package shifts more of SNAP’s costs to states, saving federal dollars but causing fewer Americans to get help paying for food

  • Written by Tracy Roof, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
imagePeople shop for food in Brooklyn in 2023 at a store that makes sure that its customers know it accepts SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps and EBT. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The legislative package that President Donald Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, has several provisions that will shrink the safety net, including the Supplemental...

Read more: ‘Big’ legislative package shifts more of SNAP’s costs to states, saving federal dollars but...

Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed more than 120 people, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding

  • Written by Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio
imageA Kerrville, Texas, resident watches the flooded Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025.Eric Vryn/Getty Images

Texas Hill Country is known for its landscapes, where shallow rivers wind among hills and through rugged valleys. That geography also makes it one of the deadliest places in the U.S. for flash flooding.

In the early hours of July 4, 2025, a flash...

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Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding

  • Written by Hatim Sharif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio
imageA Kerrville, Texas, resident watches the flooded Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025.Eric Vryn/Getty Images

Texas Hill Country is known for its landscapes, where shallow rivers wind among hills and through rugged valleys. That geography also makes it one of the deadliest places in the U.S. for flash flooding.

In the early hours of July 4, 2025, a flash...

Read more: Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in...

Conservatives notch 2 victories in their fight to deny Planned Parenthood federal funding through Medicaid

  • Written by Rachel Rebouché, Professor of Law, Temple University

Conservatives have won two important battles in their decades-long campaign against Planned Parenthood, a network of affiliated clinics that are the largest provider of reproductive health services in the U.S.

One of these victories was a U.S. Supreme Court ruling handed down on June 26, 2025. The other is a provision in the multitrilion-dollar...

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One ‘big, beautiful’ reason why Republicans in Congress just can’t quit Donald Trump

  • Written by Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
imageThe U.S. Capitol is seen shortly after the Senate passed its version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 1, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

As the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic tax and spending package, many critics are wondering how the president retained the loyalty of...

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Astronomers have discovered another puzzling interstellar object − this third one is big, bright and fast

  • Written by Darryl Z. Seligman, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
imageThe Haleakala Observatory, left, houses one telescope for the ATLAS system. That system first spotted the object 3I/ATLAS, which isn't visible in this image. AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson

Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system late on July 1, 2025. The object’s...

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War, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities

  • Written by Elizabeth Carlen, Living Earth Collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis
imageA Buddhist monk in Hong Kong releases fish and chants prayers during a ceremony to free the spirits of tsunami victims.Samantha Sin/AFP via Getty Images

People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is not separate from human beings. In fact, human cultural practices can...

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Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy

  • Written by Stephen Collins, Professor of Government and International Affairs, Kennesaw State University
imageView of the United Nations logo at a 2022 conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

While the U.S. military’s strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025, are believed to have damaged the country’s critical nuclear infrastructure, no evidence has yet emerged showing the...

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  2. What MAGA means to Americans
  3. From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history
  4. Philadelphians with mental illness want to work, pray, date and socialize just like everyone else – here’s how creating more inclusive communities is good for public health
  5. Speedballing – the deadly mix of stimulants and opioids – requires a new approach to prevention and treatment
  6. Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts would leave them even more vulnerable
  7. Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts will leave them even more vulnerable
  8. Parents who oppose sex education in schools often don’t discuss it at home
  9. Hurricane forecasters are losing 3 key satellites ahead of peak storm season − a meteorologist explains why it matters
  10. The Supreme Court upholds free preventive care, but its future now rests in RFK Jr.’s hands
  11. What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why it’s so hard to know
  12. The rule of law is key to capitalism − eroding it is bad news for American business
  13. Legal wrangling over estate of Jimmy Buffett turns his widow’s huge inheritance into a cautionary tale
  14. AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined
  15. Despite claims they’d move overseas after the election, most Americans are staying put
  16. Philadelphia’s $2B affordable housing plan relies heavily on municipal bonds, which can come with hidden costs for taxpayers
  17. Humans and animals can both think logically − but testing what kind of logic they’re using is tricky
  18. Mexican flags flown during immigration protests bother white people a lot more than other Americans
  19. Keeping brain-dead pregnant women on life support raises ethical issues that go beyond abortion politics
  20. In LGBTQ+ storybook case, Supreme Court handed a win to parental rights, raising tough questions for educators
  21. Pop, soda or coke? The fizzy history behind America’s favorite linguistic debate
  22. The hidden cost of convenience: How your data pulls in hundreds of billions of dollars for app and social media companies
  23. Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons
  24. Bill Moyers’ journalism strengthened democracy by connecting Americans to ideas and each other, in a long and extraordinary career
  25. Invasive carp threaten the Great Lakes − and reveal a surprising twist in national politics
  26. 1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
  27. Who’s the most American? Psychological studies show that many people are biased and think it’s a white English speaker
  28. Here’s a way to save lives, curb traffic jams and make commutes faster and easier − ban left turns at intersections
  29. Why the traditional college major may be holding students back in a rapidly changing job market
  30. What’s at risk for Arctic wildlife if Trump expands oil drilling in the fragile National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska
  31. 1 in 3 Florida third graders have untreated cavities – how parents can protect their children’s teeth
  32. How can the James Webb Space Telescope see so far?
  33. From the marriage contract to breaking the glass under the chuppah, many Jewish couples adapt their weddings to celebrate gender equality
  34. Universities in every state care for congressional papers that document US political history − federal cuts put their work at risk
  35. Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel − and that could mean trouble for country’s ethnic minorities
  36. Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites
  37. What the Supreme Court ruling against ‘universal injunctions’ means for court challenges to presidential actions
  38. Michelin Guide scrutiny could boost Philly tourism, but will it stifle chefs’ freedom to experiment and innovate?
  39. What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values
  40. How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the country
  41. Cyberattacks shake voters’ trust in elections, regardless of party
  42. Why energy markets fluctuate during an international crisis
  43. Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing
  44. Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas
  45. Supreme Court rules that states may deny people covered by Medicaid the freedom to choose Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
  46. Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer than before in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
  47. Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets
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  49. Hurricane Helene set up future disasters, from landslides to flooding – cascading hazards like these are now upending risk models
  50. Grilling with lump charcoal: Is US-grown hardwood really in that bag?