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The 17th-century Pueblo leader who fought for independence from colonial rule – long before the American Revolution

  • Written by Peter C. Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imagePo'pay's statue in the U.S. Capitol, representing the state of New Mexico, was dedicated in 2005.Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images

The U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall Collection contains 100 sculptures: two luminaries from each state. They include many familiar figures, such as Helen Keller, Johnny Cash, Ronald Reagan and Amelia Earhart....

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Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

  • Written by Martin Elvis, Senior Astrophysicist, Smithsonian Institution
imageSpaceX's Starship rocket launches in August 2025. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit.

A month later, a rival rocket company, Blue Origin, flew its...

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ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself

  • Written by Ben Jones, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
imageA protester stands near a makeshift memorial honoring Renee Nicole Good, the victim of a fatal shooting in Minneapolis involving federal law enforcement agents.AP Photo/Tom Baker

Minneapolis is once again the focus of debates about violence involving law enforcement after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed Renee Nicole...

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New US dietary guidelines recommend more protein and whole milk, less ultraprocessed foods

  • Written by Cristina Palacios, Professor and Chair of Dietetics and Nutrition, Florida International University
imageThe Dietary Guidelines for Americans shape nutrition policy in the U.S. and abroad.Liudmila Chernetska/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Every five years, the U.S. government releases an updated set of recommendations on healthy eating. This document, called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, has served as the cornerstone of nutrition policy for...

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Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease

  • Written by Jennifer Singh, Associate Professor of Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageLack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory. Health and illness are...

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Seeking honor is a double-edged sword – from ancient Greece to samurai Japan, thinkers have wrestled with whether it’s the way to virtue

  • Written by Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Hamilton College
imageDesire for validation from other people can lead people toward virtue – or in the other direction.Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Pete Hegseth, the current defense secretary, has stressed what he calls the “warrior ethos,” while other Americans seem to have embraced a renewed interest in “warrior culture.&rdqu...

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Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II

  • Written by Anna Storti, Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and Asian American Studies, Duke University
imageA Japanese American family is taken to a relocation center in San Francisco in May 1942. Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security in September 2025 said that 2 million undocumented immigrants had been forced out of the United States since the start of Donald Trump’s...

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The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have been making it worse

  • Written by Alejandro N. Flores, Associate Professor of Geoscience, Boise State University
imageSkiers and snowboarders walk across dry ground to reach a slope at Bear Mountain ski resort on Dec. 21, 2025, in California.Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a snow drought. That might sound surprising, given the record precipitation from atmospheric rivers hitting the region in...

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Taming the moral menace at capitalism’s core

  • Written by Valerie L. Myers, Organizational Psychologist and Lecturer in Management and Organizations, University of Michigan

Digital disruption and the climate crisis are often framed as economic or social challenges. But they force crucial moral questions. Who will be held accountable for the human cost? What will it take to transform business culture so that those costs are not treated as inevitable and acceptable?

In my view, the answers will shape not only...

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Grok produces sexualized photos of women and minors for users on X – a legal scholar explains why it’s happening and what can be done

  • Written by Wayne Unger, Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
imageGrok is making it easy for users to flood X with nonconsensual sexualized images.Anna Barclay/Getty Images

Since the end of December, 2025, X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has responded to many users’ requests to undress real people by turning photos of the people into sexually explicit material. After people began using the...

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  2. Congress takes up health care again − and impatient voters shouldn’t hold their breath for a cure
  3. Risks young chimps take as they swing through the trees underscore role of protective parenting in humans
  4. Today Venezuela, tomorrow Iran: can the Islamic Republic survive a second Trump presidency?
  5. Viral outbreaks are always on the horizon – here are the viruses an infectious disease expert is watching in 2026
  6. New federal loan limits will worsen America’s nursing shortage and leave patients waiting longer for care
  7. How facial recognition for bears can help ecologists manage wildlife
  8. Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of American agriculture policy
  9. How tourism, a booming wellness culture and social media are transforming the age-old Japanese tea ceremony
  10. Wearing a weighted vest can promote bone health and weight loss, but it’s not a cure-all
  11. Venezuela’s civil-military alliance is being stretched — if it breaks, numerous armed groups may be drawn into messy split
  12. RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record
  13. Regime change means different things to different people. Either way, it hasn’t happened in Venezuela … yet
  14. Americans generally like wolves − except when we’re reminded of our politics
  15. The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026
  16. 2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage
  17. ‘If you don’t like dark roast, this isn’t the coffee for you’: How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers
  18. ‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian unrest is about more than the economy − protesters reject the Islamic Republic’s whole rationale
  19. Colorado faces a funding crisis for child care − local communities hope to fill the gaps
  20. Virtual National Science Foundation internships aren’t just a pandemic stopgap – they can open up opportunities for more STEM students
  21. With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes
  22. Philly’s walkable streets and public parks offer older residents chances to stay active – but public transit and accessibility pose challenges
  23. Voters shrug off scandals, paying a price in lost trust
  24. LA fires: Chemicals from the smoke lingered inside homes long after the wildfires were out – studies tracked the harm
  25. LA fires 1 year later: Chemicals from smoke lingered inside homes long after the wildfires were out – studies tracked the harm
  26. The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference
  27. How museums can help rebuild trust in a divided America
  28. Why does orange juice taste bad after you brush your teeth?
  29. Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Military force can topple a dictator, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy
  30. How Maduro’s capture went down – a military strategist explains what goes into a successful special op
  31. 5 scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela — and what they could signal to the wider region
  32. A predawn op in Latin America? The US has been here before, but the seizure of Venezuela’s Maduro is still unprecedented
  33. I wrote a book on the politics of war powers, and Trump’s attack on Venezuela reflects Congress surrendering its decision-making powers
  34. Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers
  35. West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America’s aging flood defenses
  36. LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety
  37. LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety – schools can do much more to teach it
  38. Has the Fed fixed the economy yet? And other burning economic questions for 2026
  39. What loving-kindness meditation is and how to practice it in the new year
  40. The ‘sacred’ pledge that will power the relaunch of far-right militia Oath Keepers
  41. AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
  42. Midlife weight gain can start long before menopause – but you can take steps early on to help your body weather the hormonal shift
  43. Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here’s what’s coming next
  44. New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter jacket keeps you warm
  45. Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress
  46. Resolve to network at your employer’s next ‘offsite’ – research shows these retreats actually help forge new connections
  47. West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology
  48. How the ‘slayer rule’ might play a role in determining who will inherit wealth from Rob Reiner and his wife
  49. The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America
  50. From truce in the trenches to cocktails at the consulate: How Christmas diplomacy seeks to exploit seasonal goodwill