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Why predicting battery performance is like forecasting traffic − and how researchers are making progress

  • Written by Emmanuel Olugbade, Ph.D. Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
imageHow much charge is left? It can be hard to know for sure.Olemedia/E+ via Getty Images

Lithium-ion batteries are quietly powering large parts of the world, including electric vehicles and smartphones. They have revolutionized how people store and use energy. But as these batteries become more central to daily life, they bring more attention to the...

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These 4 tips can make screen time good for your kids and even help them learn to talk

  • Written by Erika Squires, Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
imageGetting involved when your kids are watching digital media can make it an educational experience, rather than just entertainment.damircudic/E+ via Getty Images

Screen time permeates the lives of toddlers and preschoolers. For many young children, their exposure includes both direct viewing, such as watching a TV show, and indirect viewing, such as...

Read more: These 4 tips can make screen time good for your kids and even help them learn to talk

Trump’s aggressive actions against free speech speak a lot louder than his words defending it

  • Written by Daniel Hall, Professor of Justice and Community Studies & Political Science, Miami University
imageFree speech in the U.S. is being curtailed by the Trump administration. Malte Mueller, fStop/Getty Images

Harvard University took the extraordinary step of suing the Trump administration on April 21, 2025, claiming that the pressure campaign mounted on the school by the president and his Cabinet to force viewpoint diversity on campus violated the...

Read more: Trump’s aggressive actions against free speech speak a lot louder than his words defending it

Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political violence

  • Written by Tim Weninger, Collegiate Proessor of Engineering, University of Notre Dame
imageAI tools reveal how images have been manipulated.William Theisen et al.

Imagine a country with deep political divisions, where different groups don’t trust each other and violence seems likely. Now, imagine a flood of political images, hateful memes and mocking videos from domestic and foreign sources taking over social media. What is likely...

Read more: Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political...

Pope Francis’ death right after Easter sounds miraculous – but patients and caregivers often work together to delay dying

  • Written by Michelle Riba, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
imagePope Francis died after celebrating Easter with his congregants.AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia

On the morning of Easter Monday, after his final public address the day prior, Pope Francis died at age 88, closing 12 years of leading the Catholic Church. He joins the phenomena of people “holding on” until after an anticipated date or event, such...

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US colleges and universities have billions stashed away in endowments − a higher ed finance expert explains what they are

  • Written by Todd L. Ely, Associate Professor of Public Administration; Director, Center for Local Government, University of Colorado Denver
imageProspective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington in 2013.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

With the Trump administration seeking to cut federal funding for colleges and universities, you might be wondering whether the endowments of these institutions of higher education might be able to fill those gaps. Todd L. Ely, a professor of...

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Gratitude comes with benefits − a social psychologist explains how to practice it when times are stressful

  • Written by Monica Y. Bartlett, Professor of Psychology, Gonzaga University
imageIf the concept of journaling feels daunting, perhaps just call it a gratitude list.Karl Tapales/Moment via Getty Images

A lot has been written about gratitude over the past two decades and how we ought to be feeling it. There is advice for journaling and a plethora of purchasing options for gratitude notebooks and diaries. And research has...

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Alaska, rich in petroleum, faces an energy shortage

  • Written by Brett Watson, Assistant Professor of Applied and Natural Resource Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
imageThe Trans-Alaska Pipeline crosses underneath the Dalton Highway, carrying crude oil from the North Slope to a port in Valdez.Lance King/Getty Images

In the state with the fourth-largest proven reserves of oil and gas in the U.S., there is a looming energy shortage.

Above the Arctic Circle, oil producers on Alaska’s North Slope send an average...

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How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are students’

  • Written by K. Dara Hill, Professor of Reading and Language Arts, University of Michigan-Dearborn
imageNot all children learn to read in the same way, but schools tend to adopt a single approach to literacy.luckyvector/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and 4...

Read more: How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are...

The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform

  • Written by Sonja Dümpelmann, Professor of Environmental Humanities, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
imageWindow-box gardening has been a Philly tradition since the 1800s.Sonja Dümpelmann, CC BY-SA

It’s that time of year when Philadelphia row home owners with a green thumb fastidiously attend to their window boxes – selecting new plants to design an artful blend of colors, shapes and textures.

Sonja Dümpelmann is a historian of...

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  1. Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture to win the soft power war
  2. From Doing Business to B-READY: World Bank’s new rankings represent a rebrand, not a revamp
  3. Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House
  4. Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
  5. US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows
  6. From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance
  7. Trump administration pauses new mine safety regulation − here’s how those rules benefit companies as well as workers
  8. Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year
  9. Stripping federal protection for clean water harms just about everyone, especially already vulnerable communities
  10. I study local government and Hurricane Helene forced me from my home − here’s how rural towns and counties in North Carolina and beyond cooperate to rebuild
  11. A warning for Democrats from the Gilded Age and the 1896 election
  12. Habeas corpus: A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administration
  13. Reducing diversity, equity and inclusion to a catchphrase undermines its true purpose
  14. Perfect brownies baked at high altitude are possible thanks to Colorado’s home economics pioneer Inga Allison
  15. Some politicians who share harmful information are rewarded with more clicks, study finds
  16. Make Russia Medieval Again! How Putin is seeking to remold society, with a little help from Ivan the Terrible
  17. Francis, a pope of many firsts: 5 essential reads
  18. Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?
  19. Federal laws don’t ban rollbacks of environmental protection, but they don’t make it easy
  20. Why don’t humans have hair all over their bodies? A biologist explains our lack of fur
  21. Endowments aren’t blank checks – but universities can rely on them more heavily in turbulent times
  22. Exposure to perceptible temperature rise increases concern about climate change, higher education adds to understanding
  23. What will happen at the funeral of Pope Francis
  24. How the next pope will be elected – what goes on at the conclave
  25. Scientists found a potential sign of life on a distant planet – an astronomer explains why many are still skeptical
  26. ‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court
  27. As views on spanking shift worldwide, most US adults support it, and 19 states allow physical punishment in schools
  28. Crime is nonpartisan and the blame game on crime in cities is wrong – on both sides
  29. With federal funding in question, artists can navigate a perilous future by looking to the past
  30. Lawsuits seeking to address climate change have promise but face uncertain future
  31. All models are wrong − a computational modeling expert explains how engineers make them useful
  32. Trump’s attacks on central bank threaten its independence − and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)
  33. Claims of ‘anti-Christian bias’ sound to some voters like a message about race, not just religion
  34. How does your brain create new memories? Neuroscientists discover ‘rules’ for how neurons encode new information
  35. Patriots’ Day: How far-right groups hijack history and patriotic symbols to advance their cause, according to an expert on extremism
  36. International students infuse tens of millions of dollars into local economies across the US. What happens if they stay home?
  37. Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning
  38. Why people with autism struggle to get hired − and how businesses can help by changing how they look at job interviews
  39. Appliance efficiency standards save consumers billions, reduce pollution and fight climate change
  40. Why deregulating online platforms is actually bad for free speech
  41. Ethical leadership can boost well-being and performance in remote work environments
  42. Is a ‘friend-apist’ what we really want from therapy?
  43. Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means
  44. How single-stream recycling works − your choices can make it better
  45. The sudden dismissal of public records staff at health agencies threatens government accountability
  46. Wide variety of old-growth ecosystems across the US makes their conservation a complex challenge
  47. Railways were essential to carrying out the Holocaust – decades later, corporate reckoning continues
  48. 200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
  49. Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump opponents in a fragmented media landscape
  50. Miami researchers are testing a textured seawall designed to hold back water and create a home for marine organisms