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With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program

  • Written by Marcos Fernandez Tous, Assistant Professor of Space Studies, University of North Dakota
imageTop NASA officials give an update on major changes to the Artemis program on Feb. 27, 2026. Miguel J Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Image

Throughout February 2026, people at the Kennedy Space Center got to witness an exciting sight: NASA’s behemoth Space Launch System rocket, SLS, standing on the launch pad, aimed toward the sky. The launch...

Read more: With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program

I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right- and left-handedness

  • Written by Eric Horstick, Associate Professor of Biology, West Virginia University
imageHaving a hand preference speaks to more than just your preferred way to write.Domingo/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Being right- or left-handed is a familiar fact about yourself you likely don’t think about much on a day-to-day basis. However, your handedness affects how you interact with the world.

For many people, it determines how they...

Read more: I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains...

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is having its #MeToo moment

  • Written by Matt Wilkinson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Coastal Carolina University
imageAndre Galvao, wearing black, competes in the Abu Dhabi World Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship in 2014.Francois Nel/Getty Images

A #MeToo-style reckoning appears to be unfolding within Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

In February 2026, Brazilian jiu-jitsu legend Andre Galvao was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women, including a teenager who had...

Read more: Brazilian jiu-jitsu is having its #MeToo moment

Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

  • Written by Neringa Klumbytė, Professor of Anthropology, Miami University; Lithuanian Institute of History
imageA banner reading, 'Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …' hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

In 1991, a simple line appeared in Broom, a Lithuanian satire and humor journal. “A shortest joke: Communism,” it said. A...

Read more: Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

  • Written by Dylan Spencer, Assistant Professor of Criminology, Georgia Southern University
imageThe silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026.Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

In late February 2026, the Panamanian government took control of two ports in the Panama Canal that had been operated by a Hong Kong conglomerate for two decades. The move is the latest in a long-simmering legal battle...

Read more: Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

CIA agents successfully executed a plan for regime change in Iran in 1953 – but Trump hasn’t revealed any signs of a plan

  • Written by Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageA group of men inspects the ruins of a police station in Tehran, Iran, on March 3, 2026. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

When the bombing of Iran began on Feb. 28, 2026, the Trump administration had not informed the American people exactly what it was prepared to achieve.

Was the attack intended to degrade Iran’s nuclear program? Trump had declared that...

Read more: CIA agents successfully executed a plan for regime change in Iran in 1953 – but Trump hasn’t...

Public defender shortage is leading to hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed

  • Written by Georges Naufal, Associate Research Scientist, Public Policy Research Institute, Texas A&M University

The Oregon Supreme Court on Feb. 5, 2026, issued a ruling that will have a wide impact. More than 1,400 criminal cases had to be dismissed, the justices ruled, due to lack of adequate counsel available for defendants.

Like other states, Oregon must provide defendants with legal representation if they cannot afford attorneys on their own. But Oregon...

Read more: Public defender shortage is leading to hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed

Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflict

  • Written by Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
imageNefarious acts in all shades ... as long as they are gray.Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images

Hostile acts don’t always arrive with a clear signature.

Nefarious actors shape elections without leaving irrefutable evidence of ballot manipulation. Rogue states interfere with infrastructure through actions that resist clean attribution....

Read more: Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright...

Stressed out by politics? You’re not imagining it, and research shows that social media is largely to blame

  • Written by Stephen Neely, Associate Professor of Public Affairs, University of South Florida
imageAround 17% of American adults – roughly 44 million people – reported losing sleep over politics in 2024.MDV Edwards/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Does politics stress you out? Did the last election cause you to lose sleep, lose your temper or lose a friend? If so, you weren’t alone.

For the better part of two decades, the American...

Read more: Stressed out by politics? You’re not imagining it, and research shows that social media is largely...

Formerly incarcerated Black men say they’re ‘doing OK’ while trying to cope with depression and PTSD

  • Written by Helena Addison, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
imageCommunity-based walk-in clinics and behavioral health centers can help men returning from jail or prison find support.Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

“People can assess me, interview me, incarcerate me, observe me, and they can think they know what I need,” said Shawn, a man in his early 50s who spent 15 years in and out...

Read more: Formerly incarcerated Black men say they’re ‘doing OK’ while trying to cope with depression and PTSD

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  1. Are heroes born or made? Role models and training can prepare ordinary people to take heroic action
  2. A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands
  3. The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America’s most famous female tiger trainer
  4. Iran’s targeting of airport, ports and hotels in reaction to US strikes has forced Gulf nations onto front lines of a war they want no part in
  5. ‘Destruction is not the same as political success’: US bombing of Iran shows little evidence of endgame strategy
  6. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing plays into Shiite Islam’s reverence for martyrs, but not for all Iranians
  7. Why are so many statues naked? An art historian explains this tradition’s ancient roots
  8. What decades of research reveal about involuntary substance use treatment – and why evidence points elsewhere
  9. Free 10-minute online programs aimed at overcoming depression led to real improvements – new research
  10. The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons
  11. Failure of US-Iran talks was all too predictable — but turning to military strikes creates dangerous unknowns
  12. Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences
  13. Despite massive US attack and death of ayatollah, regime change in Iran is unlikely
  14. Iran will respond to US-Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are
  15. Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change
  16. Drug company ads are easy to blame for misleading patients and raising costs, but research shows they do help patients get needed treatment
  17. Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy
  18. Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood
  19. Bad Bunny says reggaeton is Puerto Rican, but it was born in Panama
  20. How the Seattle Seahawks’ sale will score a touchdown for charity 8 years after Paul Allen’s death
  21. There aren’t enough geriatricians – here’s how older adults can still get the right care
  22. Former Harvard president Summers’ soft landing after Epstein revelations is case study of economics’ trouble with misbehaving men
  23. Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?
  24. Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why
  25. The apocrypha, Christianity’s ‘hidden’ texts, may not be in the Bible – but they have shaped tradition for centuries
  26. How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy source
  27. How to prevent elections from being stolen − lessons from around the world for the US
  28. Minneapolis united when federal immigration operations surged – reflecting a long tradition of mutual aid
  29. It’s never too late to learn a language – adults and kids bring different strengths to the task
  30. AI’s growing appetite for power is putting Pennsylvania’s aging electricity grid to the test
  31. Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion
  32. Why US third parties perform best in the Northeast
  33. The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science
  34. Detroit was once home to 18 Black-led hospitals – here’s how to understand their rise and fall
  35. How protecting wilderness could mean purposefully tending it, not just leaving it alone
  36. From moral authority to risk management: How university presidents stopped speaking their minds
  37. Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
  38. Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s
  39. Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have them suffer harsh social stigma
  40. Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit
  41. Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency
  42. Honoring Colorado’s Black History requires taking the time to tell stories that make us think twice
  43. Artists and writers are often hesitant to disclose they’ve collaborated with AI – and those fears may be justified
  44. 50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation
  45. 1 protein to rule them all – why crowning the protein that makes jellyfish glow green as a model can help scientists streamline biology
  46. ‘Probably’ doesn’t mean the same thing to your AI as it does to you
  47. When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate more
  48. Florida’s proposed cuts to AIDS drug program threaten patient care and public health
  49. Supreme Court’s Michigan pipeline case is about Native rights and fossil fuels, not just technical legal procedure
  50. Baptists have helped shape debate about religious freedom for over 400 years – up to today’s 10 Commandments laws