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Would a $1 rideshare fee affect wealthier or working-class Philadelphians more? 2 Chicago studies offer some perspective

  • Written by Parth Vaishnav, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Systems Climate + Energy, University of Michigan
imageRiders will pay about $30 per hour in time saved when deciding between using a ride-hailing app or public transportation, one study found.Michele Pevide/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has proposed a US$1 fee on all Uber, Lyft and other rideshare trips in the city to begin in 2027. The projected $48 million annual...

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From medieval plague ships to hantavirus: How outbreaks at sea helped to shape the international public health system

  • Written by Katrine L. Wallace, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago
imagePassengers on the the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius watch epidemiologists board the boat in Praia, Cape Verde, on May 6, 2026AP Photo/Uncredited

Cruise ships are convenient floating hotels by which to see far-flung parts of the world – but as an epidemiologist, I know they are also everything an infectious pathogen could want:...

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More than just a critical blow to Keir Starmer and Labour, local votes signal a dis-United Kingdom

  • Written by Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
imageWorkers put up Union flags at Parliament Square in London as the premiership of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks increasingly threatened. AP Photo/ Kin Cheung

Local elections in Britain on May 7, 2026 – in which the ruling Labour Party suffered deep losses – revealed tectonic shifts.

The two-party system that has been operating...

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America’s musical founding father: ‘Liberty songs’ by a self-taught singer and tanner helped fuel the Revolution

  • Written by David W. Stowe, Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
imagePaul Revere made the engraving used in the frontispiece of 'The New-England Psalm-Singer,' a tune book William Billings published in 1770.John Carter Brown Library via Wikimedia Commons

As July 4, 2026, approaches, Americans will be paying more attention than usual to events of 1776: the year the American Colonies declared their independence from...

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Who shops at farmers markets in the US?

  • Written by Bret R. Shaw, Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison

People who shop at the more than 8,700 farmers markets operating in the U.S. either year-round or seasonally generally fall into six distinct groups. Three of them are more interested in farmers markets than the others. I study local food systems as a strategic communications scholar, and that’s the main takeaway from a study that I...

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A ‘super El Niño?’ Why it’s too early to forecast one with certainty, but not too soon to prepare

  • Written by Pedro DiNezio, Associate Research Professor in Climate Modeling, University of Colorado Boulder
imageEl Niño can mean a rainy U.S. Southwest, warmer winters in the North and less Atlantic hurricane activity – but not always. Bill Tompkins/Getty Images

Talk of a “super El Niño” developing in 2026 is gaining momentum, with concerns rising that this climate pattern could bring extreme rainfall, heat, drought and...

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How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect-eaters isn’t just good for farms – their deaths cost taxpayers and the wider economy

  • Written by Dale Manning, Associate Professor in Public Policy and Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
imageA healthy bat hangs in a cave, resting up to eat its weight in bugs at dusk.Liz Hamrick/TVA

Most Americans tend to think about bats only around Halloween, but the U.S. economy benefits from these furry flying mammals every day.

Bats pollinate plants, including many important food crops, when they stop by flowers to drink nectar. Their guano is mined...

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Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse

  • Written by Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
imagePhoenix residents watch presidential candidate Donald Trump speak at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024.AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

In recent months, some prominent conservatives and erstwhile allies of President Donald Trump – former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Megyn Kelly, for example – have voiced...

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Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy

  • Written by Lisa Kewley, Director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Smithsonian Institution
imageThis artist's impression shows the spiral galaxy NGC 1365 colliding and merging with a smaller galaxy. Melissa Weiss/CfA

Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the universe. It pulled in gas and small companion galaxies, slowly building up the bright central region and sweeping spiral arms we see today.

In a...

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Will future missions to the Moon be sustainable? It may depend on whom you ask

  • Written by Marco A. Janssen, Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University
imageEarth draws closer to passing behind the Moon in this image captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby.NASA

There’s a new space race to the Moon, and this time the ambitions are not just to visit but to stay. NASA’s Artemis program aims to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface in the 2030s. China,...

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  13. Why Pennsylvania’s low-income residents are feeling the squeeze as gas prices rise
  14. Suspending federal gas tax wouldn’t save drivers as much as they might hope – here’s what goes into the price of a gallon of gas
  15. Many of the Caribbean’s most important reefs are going unprotected
  16. You can change your emotions – but it’s a 2-step process that takes some effort
  17. How America’s independence from England revolutionized US philanthropy
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  19. A deep-ocean climate plan wins rare EPA approval, but is sinking plants in the sea the answer?
  20. The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews
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  23. Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now
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  29. The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining – it’s processing expertise
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