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Texas fires: With over 1 million acres of grassland burned, cattle ranchers face struggles ahead to find and feed their herds

  • Written by Karen Hickman, Professor and Director of Environmental Science, Oklahoma State University
imageOver 1 million acres of grassland burn in the Texas Panhandle in late February 2024.Greenville Fire-Rescue via AP

Strong winds spread the largest wildfire in Texas history across more than 1 million acres of rangeland in the Panhandle, the heart of the state’s cattle-producing region, and into Oklahoma in late February 2024. Light...

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Yes, Trump’s PACs really can pay his legal fees

  • Written by Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia University
imageDonald Trump sits in a New York courtroom with Chris Kise and Alina Habba, two of his attorneys who have reportedly been paid with political action committee funds.Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images

Campaign finance data released at the end of January 2024 revealed that Save America, a political action committee founded and controlled by former...

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What does a state’s secretary of state do? Most run elections, a once-routine job facing increasing scrutiny

  • Written by John J. Martin, Research Assistant Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageGeorgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger holds a news conference on Nov. 6, 2020, on the status of ballot counting in the close presidential race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

They may be the most important government officials you can’t name. Their decisions have the potential to alter election...

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This is Texas hold ‘em – why Texas is fighting the US government to secure its border with Mexico

  • Written by Mark P Jones, Joseph D. Jamail Chair in Latin American Studies & Baker Institute Political Science Fellow, Rice University
imageTexas National Guard troops try to untangle a migrant caught in razor wire along the Texas-Mexico border on Jan. 31, 2024. John Moore/Getty Images

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both traveling to Texas border towns on Feb. 29, 2024, and are expected to fault each other for chaos in border enforcement and the high number...

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Caitlin Clark’s historic scoring record shines a spotlight on the history of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women

  • Written by Diane Williams, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, McDaniel College
imageUniversity of Iowa guard Caitlin Clark celebrates after making the game-winning shot against Michigan State on Jan. 2, 2024.Matthew Holst/Getty Images

When University of Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark drained a 3-pointer against the University of Michigan on Feb. 15, 2024, she secured the NCAA women’s scoring record.

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What is IVF? A nurse explains the evolving science and legality of in vitro fertilization

  • Written by Heidi Collins Fantasia, Associate Professor of Nursing, UMass Lowell
imageSome of the eggs and sperm in these tubes stored in liquid nitrogen may go on to form an embryo.Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022 ended the federal right to abortion, legislative attention has extended to many other aspects of reproductive rights, including access to assisted...

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Bias hiding in plain sight: Decades of analyses suggest US media skews anti-Palestinian

  • Written by Natalie Khazaal, Associate Professor of Arabic and Arab Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology
imagePalestinian families seeking refuge in makeshift tents in vacant areas in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images

News organizations are often accused of lacking impartialitywhen covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In November 2023, over 750 journalists signed an open letter alleging bias in U.S. newsrooms against...

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Climate comedy works − here’s why, and how it can help lighten up a politically heavy year in 2024

  • Written by Maxwell Boykoff, Professor of Environmental Studies and Fellow in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder

In a catchy YouTube video, British comedian Jo Brand translates a scientist’s long-winded description of the fossil fuel industry’s role in the climate crisis this way: “We are paying a bunch of rich dudes 1 trillion dollars a year to f--- up our future,” she says. “Even the dinosaurs didn’t subsidize their own...

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We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958

  • Written by Danielle Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy of Science, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageFrank Rosenblatt with the Mark I Perceptron, the first artificial neural network computer, unveiled in 1958.National Museum of the U.S. Navy/Flickr

A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced to the world in 1958 in a brief news story buried deep in The New York Times. The story cited the U.S. Navy as...

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  1. How teens benefit from being able to read ‘disturbing’ books that some want to ban
  2. A personal tale of intellectual humility – and the rewards of being open-minded
  3. Can Trump be prosecuted? Supreme Court will take up precedent-setting case to define the limits of presidential immunity
  4. Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain, including with significant drops in IQ scores
  5. W.E.B. Du Bois’ study ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ at 125 still explains roots of the urban Black experience – sociologist Elijah Anderson tells why it should be on more reading lists
  6. More than 100K Michigan voters pick ‘uncommitted’ over Biden − does that matter for November?
  7. Nigeria’s security problems deepen as Anglophone insurgency in Cameroon spills across border
  8. How educator Gloria Jean Merriex used dance, drills and devotion to turn around a failing elementary school in a year
  9. What’s next for $25B supermarket supermerger after FTC sues to block it, saying it could raise prices
  10. Low-level blasts from heavy weapons can cause traumatic brain injury − 2 engineers explain the physics of invisible cell death
  11. Anyone can play Tetris, but architects, engineers and animators alike use the math concepts underlying the game
  12. Mental fatigue has psychological triggers − new research suggests challenging goals can head it off
  13. The true cost of food is far higher than what you spend at the checkout counter
  14. GOP primary elections use flawed math to pick nominees
  15. How media coverage of presidential primaries fails voters and has helped Trump
  16. US temporarily avoids government shutdown but threat remains: 4 essential reads
  17. US barrels toward another government shutdown showdown: 4 essential reads
  18. Betty Smith enchanted a generation of readers with ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’ − even as she groused that she hoped Williamsburg would be flattened
  19. Where does lightning strike? New maps pinpoint 36.8 million yearly ground strike points in unprecedented detail
  20. Gifts that live on, from best bodices to money for bridge repairs: Women’s wills in medieval France give a glimpse into their surprising independence
  21. Hundreds of thousands of US infants every year pay the consequences of prenatal exposure to drugs, a growing crisis particularly in rural America
  22. Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, steps forward to lead the Russian opposition – 3 points to understand
  23. Belief in the myth of outlaw heroes partly explains Donald Trump’s die-hard support
  24. E-bike incentives are a costly way to cut carbon emissions, but they also promote health, equity and cleaner air
  25. What the ancient Indian text Bhagavad Gita can teach about not putting too much of our identity and emotions into work
  26. Omega-3 fatty acids are linked to better lung health, particularly in patients with pulmonary fibrosis
  27. A Texas court ruling on a Black student wearing hair in long locs reflects history of racism in schools
  28. I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to understand Trump’s base − they believe, more than ever, he is a savior
  29. As war in Ukraine enters third year, 3 issues could decide its outcome: Supplies, information and politics
  30. What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure
  31. Anti-immigrant pastors may be drawing attention – but faith leaders, including some evangelicals, are central to the movement to protect migrant rights
  32. How is snow made? An atmospheric scientist describes the journey of frozen ice crystals from clouds to the ground
  33. ‘Swarm of one’ robot is a single machine made up of independent modules
  34. NRA loses New York corruption trial over squandered funds – retired longtime leader Wayne LaPierre must repay millions of dollars
  35. The South Carolina primary is likely to reveal the eventual Republican presidential nominee - 3 points to understand
  36. Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results − a problem for science the pandemic worsened but didn’t create
  37. Making the moral of the story stick − a media psychologist explains the research behind ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Arthur’ and other children’s TV
  38. The Russia-Ukraine War has caused a staggering amount of cultural destruction – both seen and unseen
  39. Louisiana governor makes it easier for companies to receive lucrative tax breaks that take money away from cash-strapped schools
  40. How governments handle data matters for inclusion
  41. War in Ukraine at 2 years: Destruction seen from space – via radar
  42. Arsenic in landfills is still leaching into groundwater − 20 years after colleagues and I learned how the ‘king of poisons’ could escape trash dumps
  43. Trump is no Navalny, and prosecution in a democracy is a lot different than persecution in Putin’s Russia
  44. How you can tell propaganda from journalism − let’s look at Tucker Carlson’s visit to Russia
  45. With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that have long dogged it
  46. Donors gave $58 billion to higher ed in the 2023 academic year, with mega gifts up despite overall decline
  47. Colleges are using AI to prepare hospitality workers of the future
  48. EPA has tightened its target for deadly particle pollution − states need more tools to reach it
  49. Philly mayor might consider these lessons from NYC before expanding stop-and-frisk
  50. Mothers’ dieting habits and self-talk have profound impact on daughters − 2 psychologists explain how to cultivate healthy behaviors and body image