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‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how 2025’s science cuts have changed their lives

  • Written by Carrie McDonough, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
imageU.S. researchers are seeking the light at the end of a rough year for science.Westend61/Getty Images

From beginning to end, 2025 was a year of devastation for scientists in the United States.

January saw the abrupt suspension of key operations across the National Institutes of Health, not only disrupting clinical trials and other in-progress studies...

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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’

  • Written by Laura Beers, Professor of History, American University
imageWhite House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing on Nov. 4, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

During a press conference on Dec. 11, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced there was good news on the state of the economy.

“Inflation as measured by the overall CPI has slowed to an average...

Read more: Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’

Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

  • Written by Toni Lyn Morelli, Adjunct Full Professor of Environmental Conservation, UMass Amherst; U.S. Geological Survey
imageMuch wildlife relies on cool streams and lush meadows in the Sierra Nevada.Ron and Patty Thomas/E+ via Getty Images

The idea began in California’s Sierra Nevada, a towering spine of rock and ice where rising temperatures and the decline of snowpack are transforming ecosystems, sometimes with catastrophic consequences for wildlife.

The...

Read more: Where the wild things thrive: Finding and protecting nature’s climate change safe havens

Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches

  • Written by Ray Madoff, Professor of Law, Boston College
imageWho pays the most taxes?Javier Zayas Photography/Moment via Getty Images

Ray Madoff, a Boston College law professor, has written a new book: “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” She recently spoke to Kara Miller, host of the podcast “It Turns Out,” about how the American tax system has changed...

Read more: Billionaires with $1 salaries – and other legal tax dodges the ultrawealthy use to keep their riches

Unpaid caregiving work can feel small and personal, but that doesn’t take away its ethical value

  • Written by Jen Zamzow, Instructor, University of California, Los Angeles; Concordia University Irvine
imageWork and family are both central to many people's sense of identity and how they hope to make a difference. Kobus Louw/E+ via Getty Images

As child care costs outpace wages, more families are facing difficult decisions about whether to scale back work in order to care for loved ones. Caregiving remains the top reason women ages 25-54 leave the...

Read more: Unpaid caregiving work can feel small and personal, but that doesn’t take away its ethical value

The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make it worse

  • Written by Bedassa Tadesse, Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth

As Americans gather for holiday celebrations, many will quietly thank the health care workers who keep their families and friends well: the ICU nurse who stabilized a grandparent, the doctor who adjusted a tricky prescription, the home health aide who ensures an aging relative can bathe and eat safely.

Far fewer may notice how many of these profess...

Read more: The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make it worse

America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history

  • Written by Arlene Stein, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University
imageFritz Kuhn, center, is congratulated by fellow officers of the German American Bund in New York on Sept. 3, 1938.AP Photo

Masked officers conduct immigration raids. National Guard troops patrol American cities, and protesters decry their presence as a “fascist takeover.” White supremacists openly proclaim racist and antisemitic views.

Is...

Read more: America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history

Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards

  • Written by Carly Thomsen, Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing, Rice University

The latest Supreme Court case related to abortion is not technically about the legal right to have one. When the court heard oral arguments on Dec. 2, 2025, the word “abortion” came up only three times. The first instance was more than an hour into the 82-minute hearing.

Instead, First Choice Women’s Resource Centers Inc. v....

Read more: Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising...

Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power

  • Written by Barbara Kates-Garnick, Professor of Practice in Energy Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageEnergy prices are going up – still.zpagistock/Moment via Getty Images

Everyone – politicians and the public – is talking about energy costs. In particular, they’re talking about data centers that drive artificial intelligence systems and their increasing energy demand, electricity costs and strain on the nation’s alread...

Read more: Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power

Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform

  • Written by Graham Bodie, Professor of Media and Communication, University of Mississippi
imageTucker Carlson triggered outrage in some quarters of the conservative movement by interviewing white supremacist Nick Fuentes.J. Scott Applewhite/AP

The Oct. 27, 2025, interview between former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and political streamer Nick Fuentes created a rare public divide inside the MAGA movement.

Critics say Carlson gave Fuentes a...

Read more: Shaping the conversation means offering context to extreme ideas, not just a platform

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  1. The #iwasfifteen hashtag and ongoing Epstein coverage show how traffickers exploit the vulnerabilities of teens and tweens
  2. Hacked phones and Wi-Fi surveillance have replaced Cold War spies and radio waves in the delusions of people with schizophrenia
  3. Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes
  4. School shootings dropped in 2025 - but schools are still focusing too much on safety technology instead of prevention
  5. From record warming to rusting rivers, 2025 Arctic Report Card shows a region transforming faster than expected
  6. The North Pole keeps moving – here’s how that affects Santa’s holiday travel and yours
  7. How rogue nations are capitalizing on gaps in crypto regulation to finance weapons programs
  8. 2 superpowers, 1 playbook: Why Chinese and US bureaucrats think and act alike
  9. A, B, C or D – grades might not say all that much about what students are actually learning
  10. The next frontier in space is closer than you think – welcome to the world of very low Earth orbit satellites
  11. Gazing into the mind’s eye with mice – how neuroscientists are seeing human vision more clearly
  12. If tried by court-martial, senator accused of ‘seditious behavior’ would be deprived of several constitutional rights
  13. My prescription costs what?! Pharmacists offer tips that could reduce your out-of-pocket drug costs
  14. Chile elects most right-wing leader since Pinochet – in line with regional drift, domestic tendency to punish incumbents
  15. Epstein’s victims deserve more attention than his ‘client list’
  16. The ‘one chatbot per child’ model for AI in classrooms conflicts with what research shows: Learning is a social process
  17. Christmas trees are more expensive than ever in Colorado — what gives?
  18. Pardons are political, with modern presidents expanding their use
  19. How the NIH became the backbone of American medical research and a major driver of innovation and economic growth
  20. Getting peace right: Why justice needs to be baked into ceasefire agreements – including Ukraine’s
  21. From civil disobedience to networked whistleblowing: What national security truth-tellers reveal in an age of crackdowns
  22. Best way for employers to support employees with chronic mental illness is by offering flexibility
  23. How are dark matter and antimatter different?
  24. Coup contagion? A rash of African power grabs suggests copycats are taking note of others’ success
  25. Pandas, pingpong and ancient canals: President Xi’s hosting style says a lot about Chinese diplomacy
  26. 2025’s extreme weather had the jet stream’s fingerprints all over it, from flash floods to hurricanes
  27. Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers
  28. What’s at stake in Trump’s executive order aiming to curb state-level AI regulation
  29. The Bible says little about Jesus’ childhood – but that didn’t stop medieval Christians from enjoying tales of him as holy ‘rascal’
  30. Whether Netflix or Paramount buys Warner Bros., entertainment oligopolies are back – bigger and more anticompetitive than ever
  31. Sleep problems and depression can be a vicious cycle, especially during pregnancy − here’s why it’s important to get help
  32. Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?
  33. Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way
  34. How a niche Catholic approach to infertility treatment became a new talking point for MAHA conservatives
  35. Donor-advised funds have more money than ever – and direct more of it to politically active charities
  36. How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age
  37. Sharks and rays get a major win with new international trade limits for 70+ species
  38. Trump administration replaces America 250 quarters honoring abolition and women’s suffrage with Mayflower and Gettysburg designs
  39. A Colorado guaranteed income program could help families, but the costs are high
  40. West Bank violence is soaring, fueled by a capitulation of Israeli institutions to settlers’ interests
  41. Black-market oil buyers will push Venezuela for bigger discounts following US seizure – starving Maduro of much-needed revenue
  42. As a former federal judge, I’m concerned by a year of challenges to the US justice system
  43. Songbirds swap colorful plumage genes across species lines among their evolutionary neighbors
  44. The Ivies can weather the Trump administration’s research cuts – it’s the nation’s public universities that have the most to lose
  45. Polytechnic universities focus on practical, career-oriented skills, offering an alternative to traditional universities
  46. AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving
  47. AI’s errors may be impossible to eliminate – what that means for its use in health care
  48. How one Florida program reduced preterm births – and how it could serve as a model for other communities
  49. Even with Trump’s support, coal power remains expensive – and dangerous
  50. The dystopian Pottersville in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is starting to feel less like fiction