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Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directly

  • Written by Emilee Rader, Professor of Information, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageWhere your smartphone has been is available for sale.cofotoisme/iStock via Getty Images

If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for groceries, where you go to church and see your doctor, and where you traveled to over the holidays is up for sale. And U.S....

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Federal funding cuts are only one problem facing America’s colleges and universities

  • Written by Roger Meiners, Goolsby-Rosenthal Endowed Chair of Economics, University of Texas at Arlington
imageAmerican colleges and universities are often nonprofits, but they often operate in many of the same ways that businesses do. tc397/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Higher education is under stress. The highest-profile threat has been the Trump administration’s efforts to cut funding to several universities, including Harvard, Columbia andNorthwestern...

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Labeling dissent as terrorism: New US domestic terrorism priorities raise constitutional alarms

  • Written by Melinda Haas, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
imageA new Trump administration policy threatens to undermine foundational American commitments to free speech and association.D-Keine, Getty Images

A largely overlooked directive issued by the Trump administration marks a major shift in U.S. counterterrorism policy, one that threatens bedrock free speech rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights.

National...

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Empathy and reasoning aren’t rivals – new research shows they work together to drive people to help more

  • Written by Kyle Fiore Law, Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Sustainability, Arizona State University
imageWhat motivates people to donate their time or money to make the world better?Alistair Berg/DigitalVision via Getty Images

For years, philosophers and psychologists have debated whether empathy helps or hinders the ways people decide how to help others. Critics of empathy argue that it makes people care too narrowly – focusing on individual...

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Flat Earth, spirits and conspiracy theories – experience can shape even extraordinary beliefs

  • Written by Eli Elster, Doctoral Candidate in Evolutionary Anthropology, University of California, Davis
imageA belief in ghosts could be a way to explain a strange experience while asleep.'The Nightmare' by Johann Heinrich Füssli/Wikimedia Commons

On Feb. 22, 2020, “Mad” Mike Hughes towed a homemade rocket to the Mojave Desert and launched himself into the sky. His goal? To view the flatness of the Earth from space. This was his third...

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Planning life after high school isn’t easy – 4 tips to help students and families navigate the process

  • Written by Shannon Pickett, Professor of Psychology and Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Purdue Global, Purdue University
imageWhile many high school students think mostly about four-year college opportunities, some students might be less certain about what is best.iStock/Getty Images Plus

Many high school seniors are now focusing on what they will do once they graduate – or how they don’t at all know what is to come.

Families trying to guide and support these...

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Why do family companies even exist? They know how to ‘win without fighting’

  • Written by Vitaliy Skorodziyevskiy, Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Louisville

When you hear the phrase “family business,” you might think of the backstabbing Roys of “Succession” or the dysfunctional Duttons of “Yellowstone.” But while TV’s family companies are entertaining, their real-life counterparts may be even more compelling.

Around the world, family businesses produce about...

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Larry Summers’ sexism is jeopardizing his power and privilege, but the entire economics profession hinders progress for women

  • Written by Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University
imageLarry Summers attends a prestigious conference in July 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

House lawmakers released damning correspondence between economist Larry Summers and the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Nov. 12, 2025. The exchanges, which were among more than 20,000 newly released public documents, documented...

Read more: Larry Summers’ sexism is jeopardizing his power and privilege, but the entire economics profession...

Sugar starts corroding your teeth within seconds – here’s how to protect your pearly whites from decay

  • Written by José Lemos, Professor of Oral Biology, University of Florida
imageSugar feeds the colonies of bacteria living in your mouth and surrounding your teeth.Andrii Zastrozhnov/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Between Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year is often packed with opportunities to consume sugar. But what happens in your mouth during those first minutes and hours after eating...

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Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works

  • Written by Ramesh Agarwal, Professor of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
imageCarbon capture and storage projects capture carbon dioxide emissions from industrial facilities and power plants and pipe them underground to geological formations.Nopphinan/iStock/Getty Images Plus

As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand and resulting greenhouse gas emissions are raising concerns. With servers and...

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  13. Speaker Johnson’s choice to lead by following the president goes against 200 years of House speakers building up the office’s power
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