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Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever

  • Written by Christine Keiner, Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageA scene on the Erie Canal painted in 1842, two decades after the canal opened.Bettmann/Getty Images

If you visit the Erie Canal today, you’ll find a tranquil waterway and trail that pass through charming towns and forests, a place where hikers, cyclists, kayakers, bird-watchers and other visitors seek to enjoy nature and escape the pressures...

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Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing symbolic strength

  • Written by Randy Stein, Associate Professor of Marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
imageFor some symbolic thinkers, an independent mind is paramount.Axel Bueckert/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved? It’s one thing to believe false information, but another to actively stick with something that’s obviously wrong.

Our new research, published in the Journal of Social...

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Why higher tariffs on Canadian lumber may not be enough to stimulate long-term investments in US forestry

  • Written by Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
imageCanadian lumber waits for shipment in a sawmill's yard.Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images

Lumber, especially softwood lumber like pine and spruce, is critical to U.S. home construction. Its availability and price directly affect housing costs and broader economic activity in the building sector. The U.S. imports about 40% of the softwood lumber the nation...

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Detroit parents face fines if their children break curfew − research shows the policy could do more harm than good

  • Written by Caitlin Cavanagh, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
imageFining parents when their kids break curfew does little to deter juvenile crime. Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Detroit is seeing declines in violent crime, but 33% more young people were victims of gun violence in the city so far in 2025 compared with the previous year, according to local police.

Mayor Mike Duggan and the Detroit...

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Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed

  • Written by Uwe Bergmann, Professor of Ultrafast X-Ray Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageThe Stanford linear accelerator creates super short X-ray pulses.Steve Jurvetson/Flickr, CC BY

X-ray beams aren’t used just by doctors to see inside your body and tell whether you have a broken bone. More powerful beams made up of very short flashes of X-rays can help scientists peer into the structure of individual atoms and molecules and...

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Focused sound energy holds promise for treating cancer, Alzheimer’s and other diseases

  • Written by Richard J. Price, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
imageFocused ultrasound directs powerful beams of energy to specific disease targets in the body.Andriy Onufriyenko/Moment via Getty Images

Sound waves at frequencies above the threshold for human hearing are routinely used in medical care. Also known as ultrasound, these sound waves can help clinicians diagnose and monitor disease, and can also provide...

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Concerns about AI-written police reports spur states to regulate the emerging practice

  • Written by Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, Professor of Law, George Washington University
imageBody cameras generate audio transcripts that police can feed to AIs that write up reports.Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Police are getting a boost from artificial intelligence, with algorithms now able to draft police reports in minutes. The technology promises to make police reports more accurate and comprehensive, as well as save officers time.

T...

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Yes, ADHD diagnoses are rising, but that doesn’t mean it’s overdiagnosed

  • Written by Carol Mathews, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Florida
imageDifferences in how ADHD is defined explain why the condition is sometimes perceived as overdiagnosed.Catherine Falls Commercial/Moment via Getty Images

Many news outlets have reported an increase – or surge – in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, diagnoses in both children and adults. At the same time, health care...

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Jean-Jacques Dessalines: Reassessing the Haitian revolutionary leader’s legacy

  • Written by Julia Gaffield, Associate Professor of History, William & Mary
imageA statue of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Every Oct. 17, Haiti celebrates Dessalines Day, commemorating the assassination in 1806 of the country’s first head of state postindependence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

One of the founding fathers in the...

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Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good

  • Written by Jerome Lorenz, Biology Researcher, Florida International University
imagePeaches, who was blown into Florida by Hurricane Idalia in 2023, was sighted in Mexico in June 2025.Kara Durda/Audubon Florida

Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds across a wide swath of...

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  2. What the First Amendment doesn’t protect when it comes to professors speaking out on politics
  3. The limits of free speech protections in American broadcasting
  4. Industrial facilities owned by profitable companies release more of their toxic waste into the environment
  5. Starbucks wants you to stay awhile – but shuttering its mobile-only pickup locations could be a risky move
  6. In defense of ‘surveillance pricing’: Why personalized prices could be an unexpected force for equity
  7. New student loan limits could change who gets to become a professor, doctor or lawyer
  8. Supreme Court redistricting ruling could upend decades of voting rights law – and tilt the balance of power in Washington
  9. ‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study
  10. Far fewer Americans support political violence than recent polls suggest
  11. Why are elements like radium dangerous? A chemist explains radioactivity and its health effects
  12. 3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild
  13. Climate tipping points sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans – here’s why there’s still room for optimism
  14. What are climate tipping points? They sound scary, especially for ice sheets and oceans, but there’s still room for optimism
  15. How the government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to flight delays
  16. Natural World Heritage sites under growing threat, but bright spots remain
  17. María Corina Machado’s peace prize follows Nobel tradition of awarding recipients for complex reasons
  18. From artificial atoms to quantum information machines: Inside the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics
  19. Government shutdown hasn’t left consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least
  20. Government shutdown hasn’t left US consumers glum about the economy – for now, at least
  21. A white poet and a Sioux doctor fell in love after Wounded Knee – racism and sexism would drive them apart
  22. The new president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will inherit a global faith far more diverse than many realize
  23. New president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inherits a global faith far more diverse than many realize
  24. Political violence: What can happen when First Amendment free speech meets Second Amendment gun rights
  25. Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations – here’s what to know
  26. Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning ‘metal-organic frameworks’
  27. How pollution and the microbiome interact with Tregs, the immune system regulators whose discovery was honored with the Nobel Prize
  28. Friendships aren’t just about keeping score – new psychology research looks at why we help our friends when they need it
  29. Flu season has arrived – and so have updated flu vaccines
  30. Can you really be addicted to food? Researchers are uncovering convincing similarities to drug addiction
  31. For war-weary Syria, potential benefits of security pact with Israel comes with big risks
  32. A Denver MD has spent 2 decades working with hospitalized patients experiencing homelessness − here’s what she fears and what gives her hope
  33. In 1776, Thomas Paine made the best case for fighting kings − and for being skeptical
  34. Refinery fires, other chemical disasters may no longer get safety investigations
  35. Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland
  36. Metal-organic frameworks: Nobel-winning tiny ‘sponge crystals’ with an astonishing amount of inner space
  37. Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched a quantum technology
  38. For Trump’s perceived enemies, the process may be the punishment
  39. James Comey’s indictment is a trademark tactic of authoritarians
  40. Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public service and independence
  41. Winning a bidding war isn’t always a win, research on 14 million home sales shows
  42. Jane Fonda, other stars, revive the Committee for the First Amendment – a group that emerged when the anti-communist panic came for Hollywood
  43. Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells
  44. Seasonal allergies may increase suicide risk – new research
  45. Federal shutdown deals blow to already hobbled cybersecurity agency
  46. 1 gene, 1 disease no more – acknowledging the full complexity of genetics could improve and personalize medicine
  47. Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks
  48. From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miners, religion and labor rights have long been connected in coal country
  49. Tribal colleges and universities aren’t well known, but are a crucial steppingstone for Native students
  50. The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power