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Getting to 'net-zero' emissions: How energy leaders envision countering climate change in the future

  • Written by Seth Blumsack, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
imageMany energy leaders see fossil fuel use continuing.Volker Hartmann/Getty Images

With the federal government promising over US$360 billion in clean energy incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, energy companies are already lining up investments. It’s a huge opportunity, and analysts project that it could help slash U.S. greenhouse gas...

Read more: Getting to 'net-zero' emissions: How energy leaders envision countering climate change in the future

How the costs of disasters like Hurricane Ian are calculated – and why it takes so long to add them up

  • Written by Adam Rose, Professor of Public Policy, University of Southern California
imageIan leveled hundreds of buildings in Fort Myers, Fla.Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. experienced 15 disasters in the first nine months of 2022 that each caused at least US$1 billion in damage. Hurricane Ian is taking the largest toll of these disasters by far – but the extent of the damage could take years to calculate with any...

Read more: How the costs of disasters like Hurricane Ian are calculated – and why it takes so long to add...

Crippling civilian infrastructure has long been part of Russian generals' playbook – Putin is merely expanding that approach

  • Written by Benjamin Jensen, Professor of Strategic Studies, Marine Corps University; Scholar-in-Residence, American University, American University School of International Service
imageUkrainian firefighters battling flames at a power station hit by Russian missiles.Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

In response to massive battlefield setbacks, Russia has increased its attacks in Ukraine on everything from power plantsand damsto railways, pipelinesand ports.

These attacks against civilian infrastructure are...

Read more: Crippling civilian infrastructure has long been part of Russian generals' playbook – Putin is...

Soaring inflation prompts biggest Social Security cost-of-living boost since 1981 – 6 questions answered 

  • Written by John W. Diamond, Director of the Center for Public Finance at the Baker Institute, Rice University
imageSocial Security benefits have lost their purchasing power as inflation has soared in 2022.Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Social Security is set to boost the benefits it provides retirees by 8.7%, the biggest cost-of-living adjustment since 1981. It comes as sky-high inflation continues to eat into incomes and savings.

The changes are...

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Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up the pressure

  • Written by Jennie L. Durant, Research Affiliate in Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
imageBees look for water on an outdoor tap in Berlin, Germany during a hot spell, June 19, 2022.Wolfram Steinberg/picture alliance via Getty Images

The extreme weather that has battered much of the U.S. in 2022 doesn’t just affect humans. Heat waves, wildfires, droughts and storms also threaten many wild species – including some that already...

Read more: Bees face many challenges – and climate change is ratcheting up the pressure

It's taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections – and even longer for Black and Hispanic voters

  • Written by Jonathan Coopersmith, Professor of History, Texas A&M University
imageVoters line up at a polling station in Houston to cast their ballots during the Texas presidential primary on March 3, 2020.Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the November 2020 election brought out about 155 million voters. That represented 67% of Americans over 18, and it was the highest voter turnout of any modern...

Read more: It's taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections – and even longer for Black and Hispanic...

Jan. 6 Committee's fact-finding and bipartisanship will lead to an impact in coming decades, if not tomorrow

  • Written by Claire Leavitt, Assistant professor of government, Smith College
imageA tweet from former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen at the House Jan. 6 committee hearing on June 9, 2022.Jabin Botsford/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

The committee formed to investigate the role of former President Donald Trump and key aides in last year’s Capitol insurrection faced high stakes as it held its 10th and possibly last...

Read more: Jan. 6 Committee's fact-finding and bipartisanship will lead to an impact in coming decades, if...

Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare

  • Written by Joel Best, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
imageTrends in recreational or illicit drug use often make the jump to Halloween warnings.Malte Mueller/fstop via Getty Images

Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk about rumors of contaminated Halloween treats.

That’s because I track media coverage of reported incidents of trick-or-treaters...

Read more: Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare

Russia is enlisting hundreds of thousands of men to fight against Ukraine, but public support for Putin is falling

  • Written by Arik Burakovsky, Assistant Director, Russia and Eurasia Program, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageA military cadet stands near a billboard promoting army service in Saint Petersburg on Oct. 5, 2022.Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images

Even as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, its military appears to be suffering setbacks – from mounting casualties to dwindling military supplies.

The Group of Seven countries – the United...

Read more: Russia is enlisting hundreds of thousands of men to fight against Ukraine, but public support for...

What the Jan. 6 committee could learn from the failures of truth commissions to bring justice and accountability

  • Written by Rachel E. Bowen, Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
imageThe U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol resumes on Sept. 28, 2022.Win McNamee/Getty Images

The U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attacks is resuming its hearings on Oct. 13, 2022, and is expected to produce a report before the November midterm elections about...

Read more: What the Jan. 6 committee could learn from the failures of truth commissions to bring justice and...

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  1. Male birth control options are in development, but a number of barriers still stand in the way
  2. Challenges to voters are growing before the midterms -- and have a long history as a way of keeping down the Black vote
  3. Black women endure legacy of racism in homeownership and making costly repairs
  4. 'Silent Spring' 60 years on: 4 essential reads on pesticides and the environment
  5. Quiet quitting and the great resignation have a common cause – dissatisfied workers feel they can't speak up in the workplace
  6. Body piercings may be artistic, but they bring risks of infection, allergic reactions, scarring and urine leakage
  7. Young immigrants are looking to social media to engage in politics and elections – even if they are not eligible to vote
  8. Good faith and the honor of partisan election officials used to be enough to ensure trust in voting results – but not anymore
  9. Genetically engineered bacteria make living materials for self-repairing walls and cleaning up pollution
  10. Who invented music? The search for stone flutes, clay whistles and the dawn of song
  11. The 5,000-year history of writer's block
  12. Headcovers have always been political in Iran – for women on all sides
  13. How to steer money for drinking water and sewer upgrades to the communities that need it most
  14. Nobel-winning quantum weirdness undergirds an emerging high-tech industry, promising better ways of encrypting communications and imaging your body
  15. Effort to recover Indigenous language also revitalizes culture, history and identity
  16. New satellite mapping with AI can quickly pinpoint hurricane damage across an entire state to spot where people may be trapped
  17. Our *Homo sapiens* ancestors shared the world with Neanderthals, Denisovans and other types of humans whose DNA lives on in our genes
  18. A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane
  19. Investing in indoor air quality improvements in schools will reduce COVID transmission and help students learn
  20. Census data hides racial diversity of US 'Hispanics' – to the country's detriment
  21. Hijab rules have nothing to do with Islamic tenets and everything to do with repressing women
  22. What is a bodhisattva? A scholar of Buddhism explains
  23. Nobel Prize: How click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry are transforming the pharmaceutical and material industries
  24. What is quantum entanglement? A physicist explains the science of Einstein’s ‘spooky action at a distance’
  25. Abuse in women's professional soccer was an 'open secret' – the 'bystander effect' and structural barriers prevented more players from speaking out
  26. Affirmative action bans make selective colleges less diverse – a national ban will do the same
  27. I was a presidential science adviser – here are the many challenges Arati Prabhakar faces as she takes over President Biden's science policy office
  28. Dude food is not patriotic – vegetables and moderation are more deeply rooted in the nation's early history
  29. How to keep your jack-o'-lantern from turning into moldy, maggoty mush before Halloween
  30. 'Great resignation'? 'Quiet quitting'? If you’re surprised by America’s anti-work movement, maybe you need to watch more movies
  31. Mothers who recognize others' happiness are more responsive to their infants in first months of life
  32. Loretta Lynn was more than a great songwriter – she was a spokeswoman for white rural working-class women
  33. Gonorrhea became more drug resistant while attention was on COVID-19 – a molecular biologist explains the sexually transmitted superbug
  34. The big reason Florida insurance companies are failing isn't just hurricane risk – it’s fraud and lawsuits
  35. Women in Antarctica face assault and harassment – and a legacy of exclusion and mistreatment
  36. Why most Muslims – but far from all – celebrate Mawlid, the Prophet Muhammad's birthday
  37. Breast cancer awareness campaigns too often overlook those with metastatic breast cancer – here's how they can do better
  38. Plunging pound and crumbling confidence: How the new UK government stumbled into a political and financial crisis of its own making
  39. What’s next for ancient DNA studies after Nobel Prize honors groundbreaking field of paleogenomics
  40. Recovery from a disaster like Hurricane Ian takes years, and nonprofits play many pivotal roles before and after FEMA aid runs out
  41. Supreme Court grapples with animal welfare in a challenge to a California law requiring pork to be humanely raised
  42. Medical guidelines that embrace the humility of uncertainty could help doctors choose treatments with more research evidence behind them
  43. Biden says the US doesn't want a new Cold War – but there are some reasons it might
  44. Four essential features to seek in an after-school program
  45. Capping Russia's oil profits could keep oil flowing to global markets at a reasonable cost while slashing Putin's war funding
  46. Bandits are losing interest in robbing banks, as some crimes no longer pay
  47. Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife have bolstered conservative causes as he is poised to lead the Supreme Court rolling back more landmark rulings
  48. Hurricane Ian capped 2 weeks of extreme storms around the globe: Here's what's known about how climate change fuels tropical cyclones
  49. Russia has mobilized for war many times before – sometimes it unified the nation, other times it ended in disaster
  50. How Hurricane Ian and other disasters are becoming a growing source of inequality – even among the middle class