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New US dietary guidelines recommend more protein and whole milk, less ultraprocessed foods

  • Written by Cristina Palacios, Professor and Chair of Dietetics and Nutrition, Florida International University
imageThe Dietary Guidelines for Americans shape nutrition policy in the U.S. and abroad.Liudmila Chernetska/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Every five years, the U.S. government releases an updated set of recommendations on healthy eating. This document, called the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, has served as the cornerstone of nutrition policy for...

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Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease

  • Written by Jennifer Singh, Associate Professor of Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageLack of access to safe and affordable housing is harmful to health.Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Health and medicine is more than just biological – societal forces can get under your skin and cause illness. Medical sociologists like me study these forces by treating society itself as our laboratory. Health and illness are...

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Seeking honor is a double-edged sword – from ancient Greece to samurai Japan, thinkers have wrestled with whether it’s the way to virtue

  • Written by Kenneth Andrew Andres Leonardo, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, Hamilton College
imageDesire for validation from other people can lead people toward virtue – or in the other direction.Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Pete Hegseth, the current defense secretary, has stressed what he calls the “warrior ethos,” while other Americans seem to have embraced a renewed interest in “warrior culture.&rdqu...

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Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II

  • Written by Anna Storti, Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies and Asian American Studies, Duke University
imageA Japanese American family is taken to a relocation center in San Francisco in May 1942. Circa Images/GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security in September 2025 said that 2 million undocumented immigrants had been forced out of the United States since the start of Donald Trump’s...

Read more: Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II

The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have been making it worse

  • Written by Alejandro N. Flores, Associate Professor of Geoscience, Boise State University
imageSkiers and snowboarders walk across dry ground to reach a slope at Bear Mountain ski resort on Dec. 21, 2025, in California.Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a snow drought. That might sound surprising, given the record precipitation from atmospheric rivers hitting the region in...

Read more: The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have been making it worse

Taming the moral menace at capitalism’s core

  • Written by Valerie L. Myers, Organizational Psychologist and Lecturer in Management and Organizations, University of Michigan

Digital disruption and the climate crisis are often framed as economic or social challenges. But they force crucial moral questions. Who will be held accountable for the human cost? What will it take to transform business culture so that those costs are not treated as inevitable and acceptable?

In my view, the answers will shape not only...

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Grok produces sexualized photos of women and minors for users on X – a legal scholar explains why it’s happening and what can be done

  • Written by Wayne Unger, Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
imageGrok is making it easy for users to flood X with nonconsensual sexualized images.Anna Barclay/Getty Images

Since the end of December, 2025, X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has responded to many users’ requests to undress real people by turning photos of the people into sexually explicit material. After people began using the...

Read more: Grok produces sexualized photos of women and minors for users on X – a legal scholar explains why...

Cuba’s leaders just lost an ally in Maduro − if starved of Venezuelan oil, they may also lose what remains of their public support

  • Written by Joseph J. Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Global Studies, Appalachian State University
image'After you, President Maduro?' A worrying phrase for Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel.Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images

Footage of a handcuffed Nicolás Maduro being escorted to a Brooklyn detention center will come as uncomfortable viewing for political leaders in Havana.

“Cuba is going to be something we’ll end up talking...

Read more: Cuba’s leaders just lost an ally in Maduro − if starved of Venezuelan oil, they may also lose what...

Congress takes up health care again − and impatient voters shouldn’t hold their breath for a cure

  • Written by SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
imageCongress has long been unable to come to an agreement on how to help constituents pay for health care.iStock/Getty Images Plus

As the bell struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2026, time ran out on Obamacare subsidies for over 24 million Americans. These subsidies, propped up through various legislative packages over the years, lowered the health insurance...

Read more: Congress takes up health care again − and impatient voters shouldn’t hold their breath for a cure

Risks young chimps take as they swing through the trees underscore role of protective parenting in humans

  • Written by Laura M. MacLatchy, Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
imageInfant chimpanzees are out of mom's reach the majority of the time they descend from the trees.Kevin Lee/Ngogo Chimpanzee Project and Arizona State University

Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the U.S. more likely than younger children to die from injury. But what’s responsible for this uptick in risk-taking around...

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  1. Today Venezuela, tomorrow Iran: can the Islamic Republic survive a second Trump presidency?
  2. Viral outbreaks are always on the horizon – here are the viruses an infectious disease expert is watching in 2026
  3. New federal loan limits will worsen America’s nursing shortage and leave patients waiting longer for care
  4. How facial recognition for bears can help ecologists manage wildlife
  5. Why 2026 could see the end of the Farm Bill era of American agriculture policy
  6. How tourism, a booming wellness culture and social media are transforming the age-old Japanese tea ceremony
  7. Wearing a weighted vest can promote bone health and weight loss, but it’s not a cure-all
  8. Venezuela’s civil-military alliance is being stretched — if it breaks, numerous armed groups may be drawn into messy split
  9. RFK Jr. guts the US childhood vaccine schedule despite its decades-long safety record
  10. Regime change means different things to different people. Either way, it hasn’t happened in Venezuela … yet
  11. Americans generally like wolves − except when we’re reminded of our politics
  12. The battle over a global energy transition is on between petro-states and electro-states – here’s what to watch for in 2026
  13. 2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage
  14. ‘If you don’t like dark roast, this isn’t the coffee for you’: How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers
  15. ‘Neither Gaza nor Lebanon!’ Iranian unrest is about more than the economy − protesters reject the Islamic Republic’s whole rationale
  16. Colorado faces a funding crisis for child care − local communities hope to fill the gaps
  17. Virtual National Science Foundation internships aren’t just a pandemic stopgap – they can open up opportunities for more STEM students
  18. With less charitable giving flowing directly to charities, a tax policy scholar suggests some policy fixes
  19. Philly’s walkable streets and public parks offer older residents chances to stay active – but public transit and accessibility pose challenges
  20. Voters shrug off scandals, paying a price in lost trust
  21. LA fires: Chemicals from the smoke lingered inside homes long after the wildfires were out – studies tracked the harm
  22. LA fires 1 year later: Chemicals from smoke lingered inside homes long after the wildfires were out – studies tracked the harm
  23. The US used to be really dirty – environmental cleanup laws have made a huge difference
  24. How museums can help rebuild trust in a divided America
  25. Why does orange juice taste bad after you brush your teeth?
  26. Can the US ‘run’ Venezuela? Military force can topple a dictator, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy
  27. How Maduro’s capture went down – a military strategist explains what goes into a successful special op
  28. 5 scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela — and what they could signal to the wider region
  29. A predawn op in Latin America? The US has been here before, but the seizure of Venezuela’s Maduro is still unprecedented
  30. I wrote a book on the politics of war powers, and Trump’s attack on Venezuela reflects Congress surrendering its decision-making powers
  31. Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers
  32. West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America’s aging flood defenses
  33. LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety
  34. LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety – schools can do much more to teach it
  35. Has the Fed fixed the economy yet? And other burning economic questions for 2026
  36. What loving-kindness meditation is and how to practice it in the new year
  37. The ‘sacred’ pledge that will power the relaunch of far-right militia Oath Keepers
  38. AI agents arrived in 2025 – here’s what happened and the challenges ahead in 2026
  39. Midlife weight gain can start long before menopause – but you can take steps early on to help your body weather the hormonal shift
  40. Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here’s what’s coming next
  41. New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter jacket keeps you warm
  42. Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress
  43. Resolve to network at your employer’s next ‘offsite’ – research shows these retreats actually help forge new connections
  44. West Antarctica’s history of rapid melting foretells sudden shifts in continent’s ‘catastrophic’ geology
  45. How the ‘slayer rule’ might play a role in determining who will inherit wealth from Rob Reiner and his wife
  46. The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America
  47. From truce in the trenches to cocktails at the consulate: How Christmas diplomacy seeks to exploit seasonal goodwill
  48. As DOJ begins to release Epstein files, his many victims deserve more attention than the powerful men in his ‘client list’
  49. How to reduce gift-giving stress with your kids – a child psychologist’s tips for making magic and avoiding tears
  50. The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab