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Pandas and politics − from World War II to the Cold War, zoos have always been ideological

  • Written by John M. Kinder, Professor of History and American Studies, Oklahoma State University
imageGiant panda Xiao Qi Ji walks around his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in September 2023 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s sweeping range of more than 130 executive orders and other decisions aim to upend everything from long-standing immigration policy to the control of a performing arts...

Read more: Pandas and politics − from World War II to the Cold War, zoos have always been ideological

The legal limits of Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia

  • Written by Jennifer J. Lee, Associate Professor of Law, Temple University
imageImmigrant rights advocates call on Philadelphia officials to strengthen the city's sanctuary policies at a rally on Dec. 10, 2024. Manuel Vasquez/Juntos, CC BY-NC-SA

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 28, 2025, that demands the U.S. attorney general, in coordination with the secretary of Homeland Security, publish a list of...

Read more: The legal limits of Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia

Trump seeks to reshape how schools discipline students

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
imageSchool discipline has evolved over the years.Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The Trump administration is trying to reshape how schools discipline students – and alter the federal government’s role in the process.

On April 23, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order suggesting schools have been using...

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In the $250B influencer industry, being a hater can be the only way to rein in bad behavior

  • Written by Jessica Maddox, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama
imageInfluencer Alix Earle, a self-described 'hot mess,' has legions of online haters.Greg Doherty/Getty Images for Revolve

Since 2020, content creator Remi Bader had accumulated millions of TikTok followers by offering her opinions on the fits of popular clothing brands as a plus-size woman.

In 2023, however, Bader appeared noticeably thinner. When some...

Read more: In the $250B influencer industry, being a hater can be the only way to rein in bad behavior

From the Chinese Exclusion Act to pro-Palestinian activists: The evolution of politically motivated deportations

  • Written by Rick Baldoz, Associate Professor of American Studies, Brown University
imageNew York Tribune of Jan. 3, 1920, announcing massive roundups of 'aliens' deemed to be 'Reds.'Library of Congress

The recent deportation orders targeting foreign students in the U.S. have prompted a heated debate about the legality of these actions. The Trump administration made no secret that many individuals were facing removal because of their...

Read more: From the Chinese Exclusion Act to pro-Palestinian activists: The evolution of politically...

AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar

  • Written by Chandler Bauder, Electronics Engineer, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
imageAI-powered radar could enable contactless health monitoring in the home.Chandler Bauder

If you wanted to check someone’s pulse from across the room, for example to remotely monitor an elderly relative, how could you do it? You might think it’s impossible, because common health-monitoring devices such as fingertip pulse oximeters and...

Read more: AI is giving a boost to efforts to monitor health via radar

Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong

  • Written by David Oygenblik, Ph.D. Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageTesla crashes are only the most glaring of AI failures.South Jordan Police Department via APPEAR

From drones delivering medical supplies to digital assistants performing everyday tasks, AI-powered systems are becoming increasingly embedded in everyday life. The creators of these innovations promise transformative benefits. For some people,...

Read more: Forensics tool ‘reanimates’ the ‘brains’ of AIs that fail in order to understand what went wrong

What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test building designs

  • Written by Amal Elawady, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University
imageA downburst blasts Bangkok, Thailand, in 2017.Natapat Ariyamongkol/iStock/Getty Images Plus

From a distance, a downburst can look like a torrent of heavy rain. But at ground level, its behavior can be far more destructive.

When a downburst’s winds hit the ground, they shoot out horizontally in all directions, sometimes with enough force to...

Read more: What is a downburst? These winds can be as destructive as tornadoes − we recreate them to test...

How rising wages for construction workers are shifting the foundations of the housing market

  • Written by Bahaa Chammout, Kummer I&E PhD Fellow in Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Construction costs have surged in recent years, pushing homeownership further out of reach for many Americans. But this isn’t a new concern: In 1978, the U.S. Government Accountability Office warned that rising costs were threatening the American dream – at a time when the median home price was just US$44,300, less than three times the...

Read more: How rising wages for construction workers are shifting the foundations of the housing market

Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways

  • Written by Courtney McGinnis, Professor of Biology, Medical Sciences and Environmental Sciences, Quinnipiac University
imageA bee enjoys lunch on a flower in Hillsboro, Ore.HIllsboro Parks & Rec, CC BY-NC-ND

The problem with climate change isn’t just the temperature – it’s also how fast the climate is changing today.

Historically, Earth’s climate changes have generally happened over thousands to millions of years. Today, global temperatures...

Read more: Bees, fish and plants show how climate change’s accelerating pace is disrupting nature in 2 key ways

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  1. How a reading group helped young German students defy the Nazis and find their faith
  2. ‘Agreeing to disagree’ is hurting your relationships – here’s what to do instead
  3. Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
  4. RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers
  5. Whooping cough is making a comeback, but the vaccine provides powerful protection
  6. No whistleblower is an island – why networks of allies are key to exposing corruption
  7. From cats and dogs to penguins and llamas, treating animals with acupuncture has become mainstream in veterinary medicine
  8. The ‘sacramental shame’ many LGBTQ+ conservative Christians wrestle with – and how they find healing
  9. Almost Zion: Remembering a short-lived Jewish state in New York
  10. Spider-Man’s lessons for us all on the responsibility to use our power, great or small, to do good
  11. Disinformation and other forms of ‘sharp power’ now sit alongside the ‘hard power’ of tanks and ‘soft power’ of ideas in policy handbook
  12. Florida panthers and black bears need a literal path for survival – here’s how the Florida Wildlife Corridor provides it in one of the fastest-growing US states
  13. How Trump promotes a radical, unscientific theory about sex and gender in the name of opposing ‘gender ideology extremism’
  14. Trump’s first 100 days show him dictating the terms of press coverage − following Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán’s playbook for media control
  15. 50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine
  16. Trump administration’s attempt to nix the labor rights of thousands of federal workers on ‘national security’ grounds furthers the GOP’s long-held anti-union agenda
  17. Bureaucrats get a bad rap, but they deserve more credit − a sociologist of work explains why
  18. Italy’s Meloni is positioning herself as bridge between EU and Trump – but will it work?
  19. Pope Francis filled the College of Cardinals with a diverse group of men – and they’ll be picking his successor
  20. Granular systems, such as sandpiles or rockslides, are all around you − new research will help scientists describe how they work
  21. Cancer research in the US is world class because of its broad base of funding − with the government pulling out, its future is uncertain
  22. Detroit’s lack of affordable housing pushes families to the edge - and children sometime pay the price
  23. How does soap keep you clean? A chemist explains the science of soap
  24. Tensions over Kashmir and a warming planet have placed the Indus Waters Treaty on life support
  25. In talking with Tehran, Trump is reversing course on Iran – could a new nuclear deal be next?
  26. Colors are objective, according to two philosophers − even though the blue you see doesn’t match what I see
  27. Florida, once considered a swing state, is firmly Republican – a social anthropologist explains what caused this shift
  28. ‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life
  29. Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’ is a monument to celebrity and achievement – paid for with humanities funding that benefits everyday Americans
  30. Hotter and drier climate in Colorado’s San Luis Valley contributes to kidney disease in agriculture workers, new study shows
  31. Japanese women have long sacrificed their surnames in marriage − politics and demographics might change that
  32. ‘I were but little happy, if I could say how much’: Shakespeare’s insights on happiness have held up for more than 400 years
  33. Why predicting battery performance is like forecasting traffic − and how researchers are making progress
  34. These 4 tips can make screen time good for your kids and even help them learn to talk
  35. Trump’s aggressive actions against free speech speak a lot louder than his words defending it
  36. Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political violence
  37. Pope Francis’ death right after Easter sounds miraculous – but patients and caregivers often work together to delay dying
  38. US colleges and universities have billions stashed away in endowments − a higher ed finance expert explains what they are
  39. Gratitude comes with benefits − a social psychologist explains how to practice it when times are stressful
  40. Alaska, rich in petroleum, faces an energy shortage
  41. How do children learn to read? This literacy expert says ‘there are as many ways as there are students’
  42. The hidden history of Philadelphia’s window-box gardens and their role in urban reform
  43. Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture to win the soft power war
  44. From Doing Business to B-READY: World Bank’s new rankings represent a rebrand, not a revamp
  45. Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House
  46. Trump is stripping protections from marine protected areas – why that’s a problem for fishing’s future, and for whales, corals and other ocean life
  47. US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows
  48. From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance
  49. Trump administration pauses new mine safety regulation − here’s how those rules benefit companies as well as workers
  50. Controlled burns reduce wildfire risk, but they require trained staff and funding − this could be a rough year