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Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment

  • Written by Artemis Spyrou, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Michigan State University
imageIrene and Frederic Joliot-Curie shared the Nobel Prize in 1935. Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images

The adage goes “like mother like daughter,” and in the case of Irene Joliot-Curie, truer words were never spoken. She was the daughter of two Nobel Prize laureates, Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, and was herself awarded the Nobel Prize...

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How VR and AI could help the next generation grow kinder and more connected

  • Written by Ekaterina Muravevskaia, Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Computing, Indiana University
imageTechnology can be isolating, but it can also help kids learn emotional connection.Dusan Stankovic/E+ via Getty Images

Empathy is not just a “nice-to-have” soft skill – it is a foundation of how children and adults regulate emotions, build friendships and learn from one another.

Between the ages of 6 and 9, children begin shifting...

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Venezuela and US edge toward war footing − but domestic concerns, international risks may hold Washington back

  • Written by Robert Muggah, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow na Bosch Academy e Co-fundador, Instituto Igarapé
imageU.S. Marines park a Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter aircraft at Naval Station Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico on Sept 13, 2025.Kendall Torres Cortés/picture alliance via Getty Images

For many in Venezuela, the question is no longer whether tensions with Washington will reach a boiling point – they already have. Rather, the big unknown now...

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Trump scraps the nation’s most comprehensive food insecurity report − making it harder to know how many Americans struggle to get enough food

  • Written by Tracy Roof, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
imageNearly 1 in 7 Americans had trouble consistently getting enough to eat in 2023.Patrick Strattner/fStop via Getty Images

The Trump administration announced on Sept. 20, 2025, that it plans to stop releasing food insecurity data. The federal government has tracked and analyzed this data for the past three decades, but it plans to stop after...

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Why Major League Baseball keeps coming back to Japan

  • Written by Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder

When Shohei Ohtani stepped onto the field at the Tokyo Dome in March 2025, he wasn’t just playing a game – he was carrying forward more than 100 years of baseball ties between the U.S. and Japan.

That history was front and center when the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs opened their 2025 regular season facing off in the Tokyo...

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Why a quick compromise to the first government shutdown in nearly 7 years seems unlikely

  • Written by Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
imageThe Capitol is seen in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 25, 2025.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Congress failed to meet an Oct. 1 deadline to adopt a spending measure and keep the federal government open, resulting in the first government shutdown in nearly seven years. With both Democrats and Republicans seemingly prepared for a long fight, Alfonso...

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Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human

  • Written by Mireya Mayor, Director of Exploration and Science Communication, Florida International University
imageJane Goodall appears on stage at 92NY in New York on Oct. 1, 2023.Charles Sykes/Invision/AP

Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.

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Many book bans could be judging titles mainly by their covers

  • Written by Alex Wermer-Colan, Academic and Research Director, Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio, Temple University Libraries, Temple University
imageA display at the Hoboken Public Library in Hoboken, N.J., features books that have been targeted or banned in other states.Ana Fernandez/AFP via Getty Images

Over the past decade, a growing movement to restrict access to books in public schools and libraries has spread across the country. Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to challenge or...

Read more: Many book bans could be judging titles mainly by their covers

Violent acts in houses of worship are rare but deadly – here’s what the data shows

  • Written by James Densley, Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
imageA church program lies on the ground near the family reunification area after the shooting in Grand Blanc, Mich., on Sept. 28, 2025. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

On Sept. 28, 2025, at least four people were killed and eight others injured during a Sunday service at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Grand Blanc, Michigan....

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Flood-prone Houston faces hard choices for handling too much water

  • Written by Ivis García, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
imageA roadside assistance vehicle is swamped by floodwaters on a Houston highway in 2024.Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Eight years after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston in 2017, flooding hundreds of thousands of homes, the city still awaits a comprehensive flood protection system. The local flood control district estimates that at least one major flood...

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  1. Conventional anti-corruption tools often fail to address root causes – but loss of US leadership could still spell trouble for efforts abroad
  2. Many US states are rethinking how students use cellphones − but digital tech still has a place in the classroom
  3. From ‘Frankenstein’ to ‘Dracula,’ exploring the dark world of death and the undead offers a reminder of our mortality
  4. Cellphones in schools – more states are taking action to reduce student distraction without eliminating tech access
  5. Censorship campaigns can have a way of backfiring – look no further than the fate of America’s most prolific censor
  6. McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity
  7. ‘Whisper networks’ don’t work as well online as off − here’s why women are better able to look out for each other in person
  8. ‘Warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security − and ignores the wisdom of Eisenhower
  9. Arab American students and parents see US schools very differently − political tensions are widening the gap
  10. Russell M. Nelson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, pushed it away from ‘Mormon’ – a word that has courted controversy for 200 years
  11. Why chromium is considered an essential nutrient, despite having no proven health benefits
  12. Trump’s Gaza peace plan: A bit of the old, a bit of the new – and the same stumbling blocks
  13. Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water
  14. How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism
  15. Ending taxes on home sales would benefit the wealthiest households most – part of a larger pattern in Trump tax plans
  16. Who invented the light bulb?
  17. A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what scientists and companies owe the Indigenous people they studied
  18. How to identify animal tracks, burrows and other signs of wildlife in your neighborhood
  19. A staircase in a small, decorative arts museum tells a harrowing story of terror, abuse and enslavement
  20. Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić clings to power – but protests highlight the danger of stubborn leadership
  21. Why a study claiming vaccines cause chronic illness is severely flawed – a biostatistician explains the biases and unsupported conclusions
  22. Tibetan Buddhist nuns are getting advanced degrees − and the Dalai Lama played a major role in that shift
  23. Charlie Kirk and the making of an AI-generated martyr
  24. How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy
  25. Why aren’t companies speeding up investment? A new theory offers an answer to an economic paradox
  26. Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales, goats and all creatures big and small
  27. Bacteria attached to charcoal could help keep an infamous ‘forever chemical’ out of waterways
  28. A Bari Weiss-led CBS News would likely look different, but how the public feels about it might not change
  29. Trump’s dip into the Nile waters dispute didn’t settle the conflict – in fact, it may have caused more ripples
  30. Civil society helps uphold democracy and provides built-in resistance to authoritarianism
  31. What parents need to know about Tylenol, autism and the difference between finding a link and finding a cause in scientific research
  32. Even a brief government shutdown might hamper morale, raise costs and reduce long-term efficiency in the federal workforce
  33. Even a government shutdown that ends quickly would hamper morale, raise costs and reduce long-term efficiency in the federal workforce
  34. Religion often shapes someone’s view of abortion – but what about a woman’s actual decision?
  35. 4 films that show how humans can fortify – or botch – their relationship with AI
  36. The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist
  37. Personal scandals sink CEOs faster than financial fraud, research shows
  38. Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work
  39. Banks retreat from climate change commitments – but it’s business more than politics
  40. Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
  41. Why Argentina is looking to the Trump administration for a bailout − and what the US Treasury can do to help
  42. How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not
  43. NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
  44. Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students
  45. How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope
  46. 2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from up close and afar
  47. Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – low-income residents are deciding whether to stay or go
  48. Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests
  49. From anime to activism: How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistance
  50. Facing a shutdown, budget negotiations are much harder because Congress has given Trump power to cut spending through ‘rescission’