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Generative AI can play a role uplifting family and community in early childhood education

  • Written by Andres Bustamante, Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Irvine

Use of generative artificial intelligence technology is already widespread in K-12 schools and higher education. Now, AI technologies such as conversational agents and tablet-based assessments are starting to make their way toward early childhood education.

One concern with AI in a prekindergarten setting is that the technology will replace or...

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Why shadow tankers are the only ships still moving through the Strait of Hormuz

  • Written by Charles Edward Gehrke, Deputy Division Director of Wargame Design and Adjudication, US Naval War College
imageMany oil tankers aren't moving in the Middle East.DedMityay/iStock / Getty Images Plus

The Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed. Since the beginning of the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran on Feb. 28, 2026, oil tanker traffic through the world’s most critical oil shipping choke point has collapsed, dropping by more than...

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Trump’s war against Iran is uniquely unpopular among US military actions of the past century

  • Written by Charles Walldorf, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
imageFire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot after U.S. and Israeli attacks in Tehran on March 8, 2026.Hassan Ghaedi/Anadolu via Getty Images

It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the U.S. war in Iran.

“I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran’s next leader, President Donald Trump said on March...

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Astrophysicists trace the origin of valuable metals in space, from colliding stars to merging galaxies

  • Written by Simone Dichiara, Assistant Research Professor of Astrophysics, Penn State
imageThis artist’s impression shows two tiny but very dense neutron stars at the point at which they merge and explode.ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser, CC BY

Billions of light years away in a remote part of the universe, two neutron stars – the ultradense remnants of dead stars – collided. The catastropic cosmic event sent light...

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Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists jumped to $22.4B in 2025 − Mike Bloomberg, Bill Gates and the estate of Paul Allen lead a list of the biggest givers

  • Written by David Campbell, Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageHome Depot co-founder Arthur Blank, one of the top 50 donors of 2025, talks with his son Josh Blank.Kara Durrette/Getty Images

The 50 American individuals and couples who gave or pledged the most to charity in 2025 committed US$22.4 billion to foundations, universities, hospitals and more. That total was 35% above an inflation-adjusted $16.6...

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Women of the Rosenstrasse protest challenged the Nazi regime for their detained Jewish husbands’ freedom – and won

  • Written by Danielle Wirsansky, Ph.D. Candidate in Modern European History, Florida State University
imageA sculpture by Ingeborg Hunzinger commemorates the Rosenstrasse protest in Berlin.NikiSublime/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

On the cold evening of Feb. 27, 1943, Charlotte Israel gathered with a small crowd of women on the Rosenstrasse, a narrow street in central Berlin. They were not Jewish, but their husbands were, and the men had just been...

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Making good choices when life gets messy – practical wisdom relies on human judgment, not rules

  • Written by Tim Hulsey, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Tennessee
imageThis virtue helps you figure out when and how to apply the other virtues in real, varying situations.Cavan Images/Cavan via Getty Images

A few semesters into my teaching career as a psychology professor, I uncovered a cheating ring. I determined who the ringleader was and called him to my office.

He admitted that he had illicitly obtained a copy of...

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Just thinking about tequila, whiskey or wine shifts your mindset – new research

  • Written by Logan Pant, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Evansville
imageMost celebrations in the U.S. involve alcohol, in large part due to marketing and advertising.Arturo Peña Romano Medina/E+ via Getty Images

Thinking about certain types of alcohol can alter your mood and trigger certain mindsets, especially among young consumers. For instance, tequila calls up a party mindset, whiskey activates a masculine...

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Higher buprenorphine doses help patients stay in opioid use disorder treatment, new study finds

  • Written by Rachel French, Assistant Professor of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania
imagePatients who received 17 to 24 milligrams per day of buprenorphine stayed in treatment significantly longer than those who received 16 milligrams or less, researchers found. AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more likely to stay in treatment....

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Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy

  • Written by Doug Jacobson, University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
imageA cloud outage in 2024 disrupted air travel around the world.AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

When most people think about the internet, they likely picture websites and apps. What they rarely see are the invisible services that make those experiences possible: systems that translate names into numbers, verify who you are, deliver messages and block...

Read more: Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy

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  1. Iran war: 4 big questions that help clarify the future of the Middle East
  2. This Sunshine Week, Florida reflects an alarming national trend of blocking the public’s access to information
  3. 47 years of deep mistrust and misperception paved the way to war between Iran and the US − and complicate any negotiations
  4. From bodice rippers to romantasy, romance novels are dominating the book market – and rewriting women’s sexual power
  5. Mining the ocean floor: 5 deep-sea sources of critical minerals essential to technology, and the fragile marine life at risk
  6. Iraq war’s aftermath was a disaster for the US – the Iran war is headed in the same direction
  7. Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods
  8. US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decades
  9. Mobile clinics offer a practical way to improve health care access in maternity care deserts
  10. Why do mountaintops stay snowy, even though they’re closer to the Sun?
  11. Social media can draw attention to atrocities – a key factor in reducing risk of recurrence
  12. What James Madison can teach Americans about religious freedom today
  13. Why do mountaintops stay snowy?
  14. What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ
  15. Abandoned Pennsylvania mines and waste-heat recycling could make the state’s massive new data centers far more sustainable
  16. I’ve studied MAGA rhetoric for a decade, and this is what I see in Hegseth’s boasts, action-movie one-liners and gloating over dominance
  17. Silicone wristbands can help scientists track people’s exposure to pollutants like ‘forever chemicals’
  18. Big beautiful refund? 5 tax code changes that may put more money in your pocket
  19. Arming a Kurdish insurgency would be a risky endeavor – for both the US and Iran’s minority Kurds
  20. War in Middle East brings uncertainty and higher energy costs to already weakening US economy
  21. China’s muted response over war in Iran reflects Beijing’s delicate calculus as a concerned onlooker
  22. How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media – platform design meets product liability
  23. Today’s obsession with authenticity isn’t new – being true to yourself has troubled philosophers for centuries
  24. Venezuela’s fragile environment faces rising risks as US pushes for oil and critical minerals and illegal gold mining spreads
  25. When Washington and the states are in conflict, the ultimate winner is not always certain
  26. Telehealth is widely used by older adults insured by Medicare, new research shows
  27. Public health needs steady budgets – and federal funding uncertainty causes real harms, even if the money is later restored
  28. Family-friendly workplaces are great − but ‘families of 1’ get ignored
  29. Measuring poverty on a spectrum instead of an arbitrary line conveys a more accurate picture of inequality
  30. Trump offered a restrictive deal to universities that almost all rejected – but the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education may not be entirely dead
  31. How does Iran go about selecting a new supreme leader? And who is in the running?
  32. Persian Gulf desalination plants could become military targets in regional war
  33. Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer
  34. Why are some stars always visible while others come and go with the seasons?
  35. How Denver’s Northeast Park Hill community reduced youth violence by 75%
  36. Operational secrecy kept the US from making evacuation plans – and that means Americans in the Mideast could wait days
  37. Billions of dollars, decades of progress spent eliminating devastating diseases may be lost with undoing of USAID
  38. We designed an AI tutor that helps college students reason rather than give them answers
  39. Nearly a third of Pennsylvania gamblers are at risk of problem gambling − but few seek treatment
  40. 2025 was hotter than it should have been – 5 influences and a dirty surprise offer clues to what’s ahead
  41. GLP-1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people
  42. Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again
  43. When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the gap has grown since 1965
  44. Trauma patients recover faster when medical teams know each other well, new study finds
  45. Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short-term solutions
  46. Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority
  47. AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications
  48. With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program
  49. I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right- and left-handedness
  50. Brazilian jiu-jitsu is having its #MeToo moment