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Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context

  • Written by Matt Motta, Assistant Professor of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University
imageGovernment approval of COVID-19 vaccines determines their availability to populations vulnerable to infection, such as children.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Trump officials intend to link 25 child deaths to COVID-19 vaccines, according to reporting from The Washington Post. These findings will reportedly be discussed during the Sept. 18-19, 2025,...

Read more: Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and...

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows

  • Written by Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
imagePresident Donald Trump is targeting left-wing organizations he incorrectly says promote political violence.Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

After the Sept. 10, 2025, assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump claimed that radical leftist groups foment political violence in the U.S., and “they...

Read more: Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the...

Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out

  • Written by Bernard Loesi, PhD Candidate in International Studies, University of Washington
imageAlleged members of Jemaah Islamiyah behind bars at the South Jakarta court detention house on April 7, 2009.Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images

Terrorism remains a persistent threat to nations around the world.

Indeed, the Global Terrorism Index, an annual chronicle of terrorism trends, found in its latest report that the number of countries that...

Read more: Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out

Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life

  • Written by Ari Koeppel, Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Scientist and Adjunct Associate, Dartmouth College
imageScientists absorb data on monitors in mission control for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover.NASA/Bill Ingalls, CC BY-NC-ND

NASA’s search for evidence of past life on Mars just produced an exciting update. On Sept. 10, 2025, a team of scientists published a paper detailing the Perseverance rover’s investigation of a distinctive rock...

Read more: Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools...

Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led storytelling is trying to change that narrative

  • Written by Tazeen M. Ali, Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis
imageHulu’s comedy-drama series 'Ramy,' created by actor-comedian Ramy Youssef, follows a young Egyptian-American Muslim navigating life’s challenges. Youssef, center, appears at a press conference in 2019.Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

For over a century, Hollywood has tended to portray Muslim men through a remarkably narrow lens: as...

Read more: Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led...

Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it’s been a tasty tradition for thousands of years

  • Written by Jeffrey H. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University

Billions of people regularly eat insects. In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, chapulines – toasted grasshoppers – stand out as a beloved seasonal treat that follows the start of the rainy season, a period that runs from late May through September.

My new book, “Eating Grasshoppers: Chapulines and the Women who Sell Them,&rdqu...

Read more: Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it’s been a tasty tradition for thousands of years

Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas

  • Written by James B. Blasingame, Professor of English, Arizona State University
imageSome school librarians in Florida have found themselves in the midst of controversy over complaints of "obscene" titles in their libraries.Trish233/iStock via Getty Images

When a junior at an Orange County public high school in Florida visited the school library to check out a copy of “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, it wasn’t in...

Read more: Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent...

Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?

  • Written by Michael Oxman, Professor of the Practice of Sustainable Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageA flare burns natural gas at an oil well on Aug. 26, 2021, in Watford City, N.D.AP Photo/Matthew Brown

Some major oil companies such as Shell and BP that once were touted as leading the way in clean energy investments are now pulling back from those projects to refocus on oil and gas production. Others, such as Exxon Mobil and Chevron, have...

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Harvard, like all Americans, can’t be punished by the government for speaking freely – and a federal court decision upholds decades of precedents saying so

  • Written by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Frank and Bethine Church Endowed Chair of Public Affairs, Boise State University
imageThe Trump administration's actions against Harvard threaten a foundational American value – free speech.zpagistock/Getty Images

When the federal government threatened to cancel billions in research funds from Harvard University – as it has also done to other research universities – the message was clear: Institutions that speak or...

Read more: Harvard, like all Americans, can’t be punished by the government for speaking freely – and a...

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  1. Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals
  2. US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
  3. Does anyone go to prison for federal mortgage fraud? Not many, the numbers suggest
  4. Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation
  5. Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war
  6. How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work
  7. 5 ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more − and how their teachers can help
  8. After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?
  9. Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret
  10. Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job – and caregivers may unknowingly shape kids’ self-identity
  11. Emergency alerts may not reach those who need them most in Colorado
  12. 2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us
  13. The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
  14. Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
  15. Xi’s show of unity with Putin and Kim could complicate China’s delicate diplomatic balance
  16. Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
  17. Transgender policies struggle to balance fairness with inclusion in women’s college sports
  18. What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire
  19. Solving the world’s microplastics problem: 4 solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed
  20. Charlie Kirk talked with young people at universities for a reason – he wanted American education to return to traditional values
  21. How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media ban
  22. How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind
  23. Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence
  24. Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source
  25. Parasitic worms bury themselves in the brains of moose and elk – a new test can help diagnose these animals to prevent disease spread
  26. ‘Publish or perish’ evolutionary pressures shape scientific publishing, for better and worse
  27. Beauty sleep isn’t a myth – a sleep medicine expert explains how rest keeps your skin healthy and youthful
  28. Proposed cuts to NIH funding would have ripple effects on research that could hamper the US for decades
  29. Social scientists have long found women tend to be more religious than men – but Gen Z may show a shift
  30. Fewer international students are coming to the US, costing universities and communities that benefit from these visitors
  31. Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab
  32. ‘This will not end here’: A scholar explains why Charlie Kirk’s killing could embolden political violence
  33. Detroit is the most challenging place in the country for people with asthma − here’s how to help kids in the Motor City breathe easier
  34. Who was Charlie Kirk? The activist who turned campus politics into national influence
  35. Federal subpoenas for transgender care records raise medical privacy concerns and put providers in a legal bind – a health law expert explains what’s at stake
  36. A federal program helps older people get jobs, but the Trump administration wants to get rid of it
  37. A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like
  38. A massive eruption 74,000 years ago affected the whole planet – archaeologists use volcanic glass to figure out how people survived
  39. How Giorgio Armani mastered the art of outfitting Hollywood stars to sell clothes to the masses
  40. How ‘South Park’ could help Democrats win back the young voters the party lost to Trump
  41. Drugged driving – including under the influence of cannabis and prescription drugs – is quietly becoming one of the most dangerous road hazards
  42. Poland responds to Russian drones incursion by invoking Article 4 of the NATO treaty − what happens next?
  43. Israeli strike in Doha crosses a new line from which relations with Gulf may not recover
  44. The discovery of a gravitational wave 10 years ago shook astrophysics – these ripples in spacetime continue to reveal dark objects in the cosmos
  45. Where does your glass come from?
  46. Sacred texts and ‘little bells’: The building blocks of Arvo Pärt’s musical masterpieces
  47. 40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see
  48. Doctors are joining unions in a bid to improve working conditions and raise wages in a stressful health care system
  49. Why journalists are reluctant to call Trump an authoritarian – and why that matters for democracy
  50. Bail reforms across the US have shown that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety