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Philadelphia is using AI-driven cameras to keep bus lanes clear – transparency can help build trust in the system

  • Written by Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University
imageMore than 150 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority buses across Philadelphia are equipped with cameras that detect vehicles blocking bus lanes. Han Zheng via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority piloted a new enforcement tool in Philadelphia in 2023: AI-powered cameras mounted on seven of...

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The Druze are a tightly knit community – and the violence in Syria is triggering fears in Lebanon

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
imageWalid Jumblatt, the political leader of Lebanon's Druze minority, speaks in Beirut on July 18, 2025.AP Photo/Bilal Hussein

Violence continues several weeks after clashes started between armed Bedouin clans, Sunni jihadist groups and Druze fighters on July 14, 2025, in Sweida, a city in southern Syria.

Hundreds of Druze were killed in the clashes,...

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EPA removal of vehicle emissions limits won’t stop the shift to electric vehicles, but will make it harder, slower and more expensive

  • Written by Alan Jenn, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
imageCustomers have embraced electric vehicles; policy changes may decrease that interest but will not eliminate it.Carlin Stiehl/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The U.S. government is in full retreat from its efforts to make vehicles more fuel-efficient, which it has been waging, along with state governments, since the 1970s.

The latest move came on...

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A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal carrier to worry about

  • Written by Lee Rafuse Haines, Associate Research Professor of Molecular Parasitology and Medical Entomology, University of Notre Dame
imageSteak and other red meats can trigger an allergic reaction in people with alpha-gal syndrome.Vicushka/Moment via Getty Images

Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, pain or even swelling that...

Read more: A red meat allergy from tick bites is spreading – and the lone star tick isn’t the only alpha-gal...

Why leisure matters for a good life, according to Aristotle

  • Written by Ross Channing Reed, Lecturer in Philosophy, Missouri University of Science and Technology
imageWhat we do in our free time says a lot about what makes us happy.Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images

In his powerful book “The Burnout Society,” South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that in modern society, individuals have an imperative to achieve. Han calls this an “achievement society” in which we must...

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When it comes to finance, ‘normal’ data is actually pretty weird

  • Written by D. Brian Blank, Associate Professor of Finance, Mississippi State University

When business researchers analyze data, they often rely on assumptions to help make sense of what they find. But like anyone else, they can run into a whole lot of trouble if those assumptions turn out to be wrong – which may happen more often than they realize. That’s what we found in a recent study looking at financial data from...

Read more: When it comes to finance, ‘normal’ data is actually pretty weird

Football and faith could return to the Supreme Court – this time, over loudspeakers

  • Written by Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
imagePrivate schools want to pray over the loudspeaker – at a public facility, during games run by a state association.John Coletti/Photodisc via Getty Images

With the start of another high school football season around the corner, a long-simmering dispute has heated up: prayers at games.

Kennedy v. Bremerton, the case of a high school football...

Read more: Football and faith could return to the Supreme Court – this time, over loudspeakers

Survivors’ voices 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki sound a warning and a call to action

  • Written by Masako Toki, Senior Education Project Manager and Research Associate, Nonproliferation Education Program, Middlebury
imageSupporters of nuclear disarmament, including Hibakusha, demonstrate in Oslo, Norway, in 2024.Hideo Asano, CC BY-ND

Eighty years ago, in August 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated by the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. By the end of that year, approximately 140,000 people had died in Hiroshima and 74,000 in...

Read more: Survivors’ voices 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki sound a warning and a call to action

National parks are key conservation areas for wildlife and natural resources

  • Written by Sarah Diaz, Associate Professor of Recreation and Sport Management, Coastal Carolina University
imageA researcher collects water samples in Everglades National Park in Florida to monitor ecosystem health.AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

The United States’ national parks have an inherent contradiction. The federal law that created the National Park Service says the agency – and the parks – must “conserve the scenery and the...

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The case that saved the press – and why Trump wants it gone

  • Written by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
imageDonald Trump wants to restrict journalists' ability to publish or broadcast critical stories.Mesh cube, iStock/Getty Images Plus

President Donald Trump is again attacking the American press – this time not with fiery rally speeches or by calling the media “the enemy of the people,” but through the courts.

Since the heat of the...

Read more: The case that saved the press – and why Trump wants it gone

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