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How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy

  • Written by Rebecca Vega Thurber, Professor of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology; Director of the Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageA sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California.Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images

Before 2013, divers on North America’s west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The spiky animals, which are voracious kelp eaters,- were a favorite food of the coast’s iconic sunflower sea stars. The giant sea stars,...

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Why aren’t companies speeding up investment? A new theory offers an answer to an economic paradox

  • Written by David Ikenberry, Professor of Finance, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder

For years, I’ve puzzled over a question that seems to defy common sense: If stock markets are hitting records and tech innovation seems endless, why aren’t companies pouring money back into new projects?

Yes, they’re still investing – but the pace of business spending is slower than you’d expect, especially outside of...

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Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales, goats and all creatures big and small

  • Written by Sherry Cox, Clinical Professor of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee
imageHow do you measure the concentration of a drug in a tortoise shell?Thirawatana Phaisalratana/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In my work as a veterinary pharmacologist, I never know exactly what I’m going to get when I open my email. It could be a request from a veterinarian asking my team to determine the concentration of a drug to treat the...

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Bacteria attached to charcoal could help keep an infamous ‘forever chemical’ out of waterways

  • Written by David Ramotowski, Ph.D. Candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa
imageBiochar, which can be made from corn, is a versatile material. Tom Fisk/pexels.com, CC BY

Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, a class of fire-resistant industrial chemicals, were widely used in electrical transformers, oils, paints and even building materials throughout the 20th century. However, once scientists learned PCBs were accumulating in...

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A Bari Weiss-led CBS News would likely look different, but how the public feels about it might not change

  • Written by Jacob L. Nelson, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Utah
imageBari Weiss speaks on stage on Nov. 19, 2024, in New York City. Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Free Press

For weeks, there has been a great deal of reporting about an impending shake-up in the world of television news. Paramount Global CEO David Ellison is in talks to purchase The Free Press, an online media startup launched in 2021 as a...

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Trump’s dip into the Nile waters dispute didn’t settle the conflict – in fact, it may have caused more ripples

  • Written by Fred H. Lawson, Professor of Government Emeritus, Northeastern University
imageActivists from the Ethiopian community march in protest of Donald Trump's comments on Ethiopia and the Renaissance Dam on Oct. 29, 2020, in Washington.J. Countess/Getty Images

President Donald Trump chided the United Nations on Sept. 23, 2025, for failing to resolve dangerous international conflicts around the world. “All they seem to...

Read more: Trump’s dip into the Nile waters dispute didn’t settle the conflict – in fact, it may have caused...

Civil society helps uphold democracy and provides built-in resistance to authoritarianism

  • Written by Christopher Justin Einolf, Professor of Sociology, Northern Illinois University
image Alex Soros is the board chair of the Open Society Foundations, the philanthropy funded by his father, George Soros.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

The New York Times reports that a senior Department of Justice official recently “instructed more than a half dozen U.S. attorneys’ offices to draft plans to investigate” the Open Society...

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What parents need to know about Tylenol, autism and the difference between finding a link and finding a cause in scientific research

  • Written by Mark Louie Ramos, Assistant Research Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State
imageIn cases where associations are found, researchers must consider dosage response, differences between siblings and other factors to determine a cause-and-effect relationship.Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

Claims from the Trump White House about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen – often sold under the brand name Tylenol...

Read more: What parents need to know about Tylenol, autism and the difference between finding a link and...

Even a brief government shutdown might hamper morale, raise costs and reduce long-term efficiency in the federal workforce

  • Written by Gonzalo Maturana, Associate Professor of Finance, Emory University
imageA sign indicates the closing of federal services during the government shutdown in 2013. AP Photo/Susan Walsh

As the federal fiscal year draws to a close, an increasingly familiar prospect is drawing near in Washington, D.C.: a possible government shutdown. And for federal workers, it couldn’t come at a worse time.

In the fractious and...

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Even a government shutdown that ends quickly would hamper morale, raise costs and reduce long-term efficiency in the federal workforce

  • Written by Gonzalo Maturana, Associate Professor of Finance, Emory University
imageThe U.S. government shut down on Oct. 1 after Congressional leaders were unable to strike a deal. Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

The U.S. government shutdown couldn’t come at a worse time for federal workers.

With a government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been furloughed – sent home without pay until...

Read more: Even a government shutdown that ends quickly would hamper morale, raise costs and reduce long-term...

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  1. Religion often shapes someone’s view of abortion – but what about a woman’s actual decision?
  2. 4 films that show how humans can fortify – or botch – their relationship with AI
  3. The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist
  4. Personal scandals sink CEOs faster than financial fraud, research shows
  5. Why you seriously need to stop trying to be funny at work
  6. Banks retreat from climate change commitments – but it’s business more than politics
  7. Rivers are heating up faster than the air − that’s a problem for aquatic life and people
  8. Why Argentina is looking to the Trump administration for a bailout − and what the US Treasury can do to help
  9. How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not
  10. NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations
  11. Trump isn’t cutting Pell Grants, after all − but other changes could complicate financial aid for some students
  12. How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope
  13. 2 newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the Sun, both from up close and afar
  14. 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
  15. Hobbits of Flores evolved to be small by slowing down growth during childhood, new research on teeth and brain size suggests
  16. From anime to activism: How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistance
  17. Facing a shutdown, budget negotiations are much harder because Congress has given Trump power to cut spending through ‘rescission’
  18. Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after xAI data center opens in pollution-burdened Memphis neighborhood
  19. What happens when AI comes to the cotton fields
  20. Birding by ear: How to learn the songs of nature’s symphony with some simple techniques
  21. Title IX’s effectiveness in addressing campus sexual assault is at risk − a law professor explains why
  22. Biosphere 2’s latest mission: Learning how life first emerged on Earth – and how to make barren worlds habitable
  23. Politicizing federal troops in US mirrors use of military in Latin America in the 1970s and ’80s
  24. Some new drugs aren’t actually ‘new’ – pharmaceutical companies exploit patents and raise prices for patients, but data transparency can help protect innovation
  25. Mindfulness won’t burn calories, but it might help you stick with your health goals
  26. Trump’s targeting of ‘enemies’ like James Comey echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover
  27. Trump’s use of FBI to target ‘enemies’ echoes FBI’s dark history of mass surveillance, dirty tricks and perversion of justice under J. Edgar Hoover
  28. Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before
  29. A Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger could give Trump even more influence over US media – shaping the news and culture Americans watch and stream
  30. Why can’t we feel the Earth moving?
  31. A Great Lakes oil pipeline faces 3 controversies with no speedy resolutions
  32. How Squishmallow collecting helped me cope with grief, make new enemies and find ‘villains’ worth studying
  33. TikTok sale puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the For You Page works and what changes are in store
  34. Vaccine mandates misinformation: 2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy – and the growing threat ignorance poses today
  35. How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s
  36. Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act
  37. Why Jimmy Kimmel’s First Amendment rights weren’t violated – but ABC’s would be protected if it stood up to the FCC and Trump
  38. Palestinian statehood is winning major new supporters at UN – but symbolic action won’t make it happen
  39. UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
  40. UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen
  41. Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US
  42. Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research
  43. Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat
  44. Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students
  45. New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent
  46. The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship
  47. More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines
  48. Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be key
  49. US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
  50. Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas