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Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have them suffer harsh social stigma

  • Written by Rena Zito, Associate Professor of Sociology, Elon University
imageTourette's tics can include obscenities and slurs. These taboo words are emotionally charged and socially significant, so they tend to be more strongly encoded in the brain’s wiring.Dominic Lipinski/Stringer via Getty Images

John Davidson, whose life inspired the award-winning biopic “I Swear,” involuntarily shouted a racial slur...

Read more: Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have...

Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit

  • Written by Geoffroy Laumet, Associate Profesor of Physiology and Neuroscience, Michigan State University
imageWhy some people recover more quickly from pain may come down to hormone levels.andreswd/E+ via Getty Images

Pain is something most people experience after an injury, whether from a sprained ankle, surgery or car accident. Normally pain fades as the body heals. But it may last longer in women than in men, making women more likely to develop chronic...

Read more: Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit

Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency

  • Written by Stephanie Lessing, Adjunct Professor of Public Policy, UMass Boston
imageA police officer in Ipswich, Mass., wears a WatchGuard body camera on July 29, 2020.Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Amid growing demands by Democrats to overhaul U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after federal immigration officials killed two U.S. citizens in Minnesota, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said in...

Read more: Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency

Honoring Colorado’s Black History requires taking the time to tell stories that make us think twice

  • Written by Claire Oberon Garcia, Professor of English, Colorado College
imageThe Colorado Springs City Council took weeks to pass a symbolic gesture recognizing February as Black History Month. Claire Oberon-Garcia

For the past eight years, the Colorado Springs City Council has issued proclamations and recognitions paying homage to the achievements of its African American citizens.

In 2005, the Colorado Springs City Council...

Read more: Honoring Colorado’s Black History requires taking the time to tell stories that make us think twice

Artists and writers are often hesitant to disclose they’ve collaborated with AI – and those fears may be justified

  • Written by Joel Carnevale, Assistant Professor of Management, Florida International University
imageIn a recent survey of more than 2,500 creative professionals, 83% reported using AI in their work.EuroChild/iStock via Getty Images

Generative artificial intelligence has become a routine part of creative work.

Novelists are using it to develop plots. Musicians are experimenting with AI-generated sounds. Filmmakers are incorporating it into their...

Read more: Artists and writers are often hesitant to disclose they’ve collaborated with AI – and those fears...

50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation

  • Written by John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
imageMost other democratic countries spend only a fraction of what the U.S. does on elections.Greggory DiSalvo, iStock/Getty Images Plus

In 2024, spending on federal elections totaled almost US$15 billion in the United States. The United Kingdom, in contrast, spent approximately $129 million on its 2024 parliamentary elections – less than 1% of...

Read more: 50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation

1 protein to rule them all – why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model can help scientists streamline biology

  • Written by Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
imageGreen fluorescent protein has an iconic structure.National Institute of General Medical Sciences/National Institutes of Health via Flickr, CC BY-NC

Fruit flies, mice, zebra fish, yeast and the tiny worm C. elegans are model organisms that have carried modern biology on their backs.

Scientists did not choose them for their charisma. They were chosen...

Read more: 1 protein to rule them all – why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model...

‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you

  • Written by Mayank Kejriwal, Research Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Southern California
imageAre you sure you and the AI chatbot you're using are on the same page about probabilities?Malte Mueller/fStop via Getty Images

When a human says an event is “probable” or “likely,” people generally have a shared, if fuzzy, understanding of what that means. But when an AI chatbot like ChatGPT uses the same word, it’s...

Read more: ‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you

When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate more

  • Written by Aniko Bodroghkozy, Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
imagePosters memorialize Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two white Minneapolis residents killed by federal agents.AP Photo/Ryan Murphy

Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two white Minneapolis residents killed in January 2026 by federal agents while protesting the Trump administration’s immigration policy, have become household names. National media outlets...

Read more: When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate...

Florida’s proposed cuts to AIDS drug program threaten patient care and public health

  • Written by Jonathan Appelbaum, Professor Emeritus, College of Medicine, Florida State University
imageThousands of HIV/AIDS patients in Florida could soon lose access to lifesaving medications.Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

More than 128,000 Floridians are living with HIV. The state has the second-highest rate of new HIV diagnoses after Georgia, with approximately 4,500 new diagnoses in 2023, the most recent year for which...

Read more: Florida’s proposed cuts to AIDS drug program threaten patient care and public health

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  1. Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure
  2. Baptists have helped shape debate about religious freedom for over 400 years – up to today’s 10 Commandments laws
  3. Why standing in solidarity with immigrants is an act of accompaniment in Catholic philosophy
  4. Violent aftermath of Mexico’s ‘El Mencho’ killing follows pattern of other high-profile cartel hits
  5. Crowdfunded generosity isn’t taxable – but IRS regulations haven’t kept up with the growth of mutual aid
  6. Picky eating starts in the womb – a nutritional neuroscientist explains how to expand your child’s palate
  7. What is Bluetooth and how does it work?
  8. How transparent policies can protect Florida school libraries amid efforts to ban books
  9. Algorithms that customize marketing to your phone could also influence your views on warfare
  10. Colleges face a choice: Try to shape AI’s impact on learning, or be redefined by it
  11. Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with
  12. How Homeland Security’s subpoenas and databases of protesters threaten the ‘uninhibited, robust, and wide-open’ free speech protected by Supreme Court precedent
  13. Meekness isn’t weakness – once considered positive, it’s one of the ‘undersung virtues’ that deserve defense today
  14. Why Stephen Colbert is right about the ‘equal time’ rule, despite warnings from the FCC
  15. As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?
  16. Supreme Court rules against Trump’s emergency tariffs – but leaves key questions unanswered
  17. Enforcing Prohibition with a massive new federal force of poorly trained agents didn’t go so well in the 1920s
  18. How Dracula became a red-hot lover
  19. After a 32-hour shift in Pittsburgh, I realized EMTs should be napping on the job
  20. Individual donors provide only a small slice of university research funding – but Jeffrey Epstein’s ties with academics show why screening matters
  21. Menstrual pads and tampons can contain toxic substances – here’s what to know about this emerging health issue
  22. Colorado has high levels of radon, which can cause lung cancer – here’s how to lower your risk
  23. Trump administration axed nutrition education program that saved more money than it cost, even as government encourages healthier eating
  24. Probability underlies much of the modern world – an engineering professor explains how it actually works
  25. I’m a philosopher who tries to see the best in others – but I know there are limits
  26. Last nuclear weapons limits expired – pushing world toward new arms race
  27. ‘Learning to be humble meant taming my need to stand out from the group’ – a humility scholar explains how he became more grounded
  28. Why Michelangelo’s ‘Last Judgment’ endures
  29. The greatest risk of AI in higher education isn’t cheating – it’s the erosion of learning itself
  30. Why the ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ have echoed with public support – unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970
  31. Russia tested NATO’s airspace 18 times in 2025 alone – a 200% surge that signals a dangerous shift
  32. Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets?
  33. FDA’s abrupt flip-flop on Moderna’s mRNA flu shot highlights growing risks to drug-makers of investing in vaccines
  34. Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and skier explains, with tips for surviving
  35. How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today’s progressives
  36. How deregulation made electricity more expensive, not cheaper
  37. When ICE sweeps a community, public health pays a price – and recovery will likely take years
  38. Florida’s immigrant entrepreneurs are creating jobs and prosperity in their communities
  39. Your gut microbes can be anti-aging – scientists are uncovering how to keep your microbiome youthful
  40. TrumpRx, Trump Kennedy Center, Trump National Parks passes − government free speech allows the president to name things after himself
  41. From Gettysburg to Minneapolis: How the American Civil War continues to shape how we understand contemporary political conflicts and their dangers
  42. I asked students whether they’d want to be teachers? They quickly responded, ‘Why would I?’
  43. Iran-US nuclear talks may fail due to both nations’ red lines – but that doesn’t make them futile
  44. Revisiting the story of Clementine Barnabet, a Black woman blamed for serial murders in the Jim Crow South
  45. In World War II’s dog-eat-dog struggle for resources, a Greenland mine launched a new world order
  46. Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes – researchers are ‘resurrecting’ their genomes to understand how and why
  47. New dietary guidelines prioritize ‘real food’ – but low-income pregnant women can’t easily obtain it
  48. 3 generations of Black Philadelphia students report persistent anti-Black attitudes in schools
  49. Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the result can shift mountain grasslands to scrub
  50. White men file workplace discrimination claims but are less likely to face inequity than other groups