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Most Pennsylvania voters ignore judicial elections − a political scientist explains why they matter, especially in a battleground state

  • Written by Daniel J. Mallinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Penn State
imageThree of the seven judges on PA's state supreme court are up for retention votes in November 2025.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

This November, there will be no candidate for president, governor, senator or even representative on the Pennsylvania ballot.

Pennsylvanians will vote, however, on three members of their seven-member state Supreme Court.

These are r...

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When disasters fall out of the public eye, survivors continue to suffer – a rehabilitation professional explains how sustained mental health support is critical to recovery

  • Written by Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota
imageIn Kerrville, Texas, Leighton Sterling watches the rushing floodwaters along the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025.Eric Vryn via Getty Images News

The devastating losses from the historic flooding in Texas Hill Country on July 4, 2025, are still coming into grim focus, with 121 deaths confirmed and more than 100 still missing as of July 10.

As...

Read more: When disasters fall out of the public eye, survivors continue to suffer – a rehabilitation...

FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared

  • Written by Jeremy Porter, Professor of Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, City University of New York
imageA deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, swept through Nancy Callery's childhood home in Hunt, Texas.Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Deadly and destructive flash flooding in Texas and several other states in July 2025 is raising questions about the nation’s flood maps and their ability to ensure that communities and homeowners can prepare for rising...

Read more: FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared

How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order

  • Written by Julie Novkov, Professor of Political Science and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageProtesters support birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Legal battles over President Donald Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship continued on July 10, 2025, after a New Hampshire federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction that will, if...

Read more: How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s...

Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior

  • Written by Keri K. Stephens, Professor & Co-Director, Technology & Information Policy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin
imageHow emergency alerts convey risks matters.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Flash floods like the one that swept down the Guadalupe River in Texas on July 4, 2025, can be highly unpredictable. While there are sophisticated flood prediction models and different types of warning systems in some places, effective flood protection requires extensive preparedness and...

Read more: Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain...

IRS says churches may endorse political candidates despite a decades-old federal statute barring them from doing that

  • Written by Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
imageFormer New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a church in Harlem during his failed campaign to become the Democratic nominee in the 2025 New York City mayoral race.Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images

Churches and other houses of worship can endorse political candidates without risking the loss of their tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue...

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Why do so many American workers feel guilty about taking the vacation they’ve earned?

  • Written by Karen Tan, Assistant Professor of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Middle Tennessee State University
imageThe U.S. is the only advanced economy that doesn't legally mandate a minimum number of vacation days.Comstock Images/Stockbyte via Getty Images

“My dedication was questioned.”

“Managers or upper management have looked down upon taking time off.”

“People think that maybe you’re not as invested in the job, that...

Read more: Why do so many American workers feel guilty about taking the vacation they’ve earned?

Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy

  • Written by Nathan Meyers, Ph.D. candidate in sociology (September 2025 degree conferral), UMass Amherst
imageDemonstrators march outside the U.S. Capitol during the Poor People's Campaign rally at the National Mall in Washington on June 23, 2018. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

America has never been richer. But the gains are so lopsided that the top 10% controls 69% of all wealth in the country, while the bottom half controls just 3%. Meanwhile, surging corpor...

Read more: Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy

Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies

  • Written by Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, Associate Research Scientist, University of Michigan
imageThe SWIFT constellation, shown not to scale in this illustration, will fly farther than its predecessors to improve space weather warning time. Steve Alvey

The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and telecommunications – are all vulnerable to the same threat: space...

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  2. Muscle weakness in cancer survivors may be caused by treatable weakness in blood vessels – new research
  3. Spotted lanternflies love grapevines, and that’s bad for Pennsylvania’s wine industry
  4. School smartphone bans reflect growing concern over youth mental health and academic performance
  5. This tropical plant builds isolated ‘apartments’ to prevent battles among the aggressive ant tenants it relies on for survival
  6. Justice Department efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans likely violate constitutional rights
  7. Trump’s ‘big’ bill gives millions of taxpayers a new charitable tax break, but whether it will help nonprofits is unclear
  8. The AI therapist will see you now: Can chatbots really improve mental health?
  9. Wildfire smoke can make your outdoor workout hazardous to your health – an exercise scientist explains how to gauge the risk
  10. Why recycling solar panels is harder than you might think − an electrical engineer explains
  11. How weather changes cause migraines – a neurologist explains the triggers and what you can do to ease the pain
  12. Dune patterns in California desert hold clues that help researchers map Mars’ shifting sands
  13. Jimmy Swaggart’s rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism
  14. That $20 dress direct from China now costs $30 after Trump closed a tariff loophole – and the US will soon end the ‘de minimis’ exemption for the rest of the world, too
  15. A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path away from the region’s conflicts − will it be enough?
  16. AI and art collide in this engineering course that puts human creativity first
  17. My city was one of hundreds expecting federal funds to help manage rising heat wave risk – then EPA terminated the grants
  18. Trump administration’s lie detector campaign against leakers is unlikely to succeed and could divert energy from national security priorities
  19. ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will have Americans paying higher prices for dirtier energy
  20. Exploring questions of meaning, ethics and belief through Japanese anime
  21. How the Catholic Church helped change the conversation about capital punishment in the United States
  22. How Philadelphia’s current sanitation strike differs from past labor disputes in the city
  23. How Philadelphia’s sanitation strike differed from past labor disputes in the city
  24. Scientific norms shape the behavior of researchers working for the greater good
  25. How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation – a CU Boulder administrator explains
  26. 3 basic ingredients, a million possibilities: How small pizzerias succeed with uniqueness in an age of chain restaurants
  27. The aftermath of floods, hurricanes and other disasters can be hardest on older rural Americans – here’s how families and neighbors can help
  28. What is the ‘Seven Mountains Mandate’ and how is it linked to political extremism in the US?
  29. President Trump’s tug-of-war with the courts, explained
  30. Your data privacy is slipping away – here’s why, and what you can do about it
  31. Higher ed’s relationship with marriage? It’s complicated – and depends on age
  32. Turbulent research landscape imperils US brain gain − and ultimately American prosperity
  33. Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognize and combat it
  34. Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed
  35. Nations are increasingly ‘playing the field’ when it comes to US and China – a new book explains explains why ‘active nonalignment’ is on the march
  36. Thailand’s judiciary is flexing its muscles, but away from PM’s plight, dozens of activists are at the mercy of capricious courts
  37. From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes
  38. Are people at the South Pole upside down?
  39. Rural hospitals will be hit hard by Trump’s signature spending package
  40. ‘Big’ legislative package shifts more of SNAP’s costs to states, saving federal dollars but causing fewer Americans to get help paying for food
  41. Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed more than 120 people, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding
  42. Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding
  43. Conservatives notch 2 victories in their fight to deny Planned Parenthood federal funding through Medicaid
  44. One ‘big, beautiful’ reason why Republicans in Congress just can’t quit Donald Trump
  45. Astronomers have discovered another puzzling interstellar object − this third one is big, bright and fast
  46. War, politics and religion shape wildlife evolution in cities
  47. Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy
  48. Capitalism and democracy are weakening – reviving the idea of ‘calling’ can help to repair them
  49. What MAGA means to Americans
  50. From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history