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UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
imagePro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, 2025, when world leaders will gather for the annual general assembly.

Of the 193 existing U.N member states, some 152 now recogni...

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Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US

  • Written by David Higgins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageAbout 80% of parents currently choose to follow CDC guidelines to vaccinate their babies for hepatitis B at birth.timnewman/iStock via Getty Images PlusimageThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their...

Read more: Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US

Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research

  • Written by Aaron Buss, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Tennessee
imageUnderstanding how young kids develop executive function could be key to teaching children these skills in the future.University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Parents of young children probably recognize the hectic mornings filled with reminding the kids to eat breakfast, brush their teeth and put on their shoes – and hurry up, you’re gonna be...

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Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat

  • Written by Brian Downing, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi
imageAI companies are finding that chatbots don't have the same liability shield that internet platforms do.Westend61 via Getty Images

It is a sad fact of online life that users search for information about suicide. In the earliest days of the internet, bulletin boards featured suicide discussion groups. To this day, Google hosts archives of these...

Read more: Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat

Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students

  • Written by Graham Wright, Associate Research Scientist, Maurice & Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University
imageWhile most students and faculty in the U.S. don't experience widespread antisemitism, it remains a major problem for those who do. Nikita Payusov/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

It’s been nearly two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the subsequent start of the Israel-Hamas war – and still, antisemitism...

Read more: Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t...

New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent

  • Written by Jonathan Larsen, Legal Technology Manager, Beasley School of Law Center for Public Health Law Research, Temple University
imageThere were about 3,330 overdose deaths in Pennsylvania in 2024, down from over 4,700 in 2023. Frazao Studio Latino/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Pennsylvania is due to receive US$2.2 billion dollars from the national opioid settlements, and a new database shows the public where that money is going.

Starting in 2021, a national, bipartisan coalition...

Read more: New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent

The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship

  • Written by Julia R. Azari, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marquette University
imageAfter taking control of the board earlier in the year, President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 13, 2025, the nominees of the annual Kennedy Center Honors.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

In a classic work on the modern presidency originally published in 1960, political scientist Richard Neustadt wrote that the American public “expects the man in...

Read more: The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship

More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines

  • Written by William Cornwell, Associate Professor of Cardiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageUnder the new guidelines, more Americans qualify as having high blood pressure. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension.

Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of dementia and...

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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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