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New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry

  • Written by Advik D. Vira, Graduate Student in Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe Camelot crater in the Moon's Taurus-Littrow Valley is where the sample containing trivalent titanium was found.NASA/Apollo 17: AS17-145-22159

The Earth and the Moon may look very different today, but they formed under similar conditions in space. In fact, a dominant hypothesis says that the early Earth was hit by a Mars-sized object, and it was...

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How a diplomatic snub evokes the complicated US-Brazil relationship in the second Trump era

  • Written by Anthony W. Pereira, Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University; King's College London
imageU.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Oct. 26, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Darren Beattie, the recently appointed U.S. State Department senior adviser for Brazil policy, had planned to attend a forum on critical minerals in São Paulo in...

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American politicians talk about persecuted Christians abroad – but here’s what happens when those Christians migrate to the US

  • Written by Candace Lukasik, Assistant Professor of Religion, Mississippi State University
imageCoptic Easter liturgy, East Brunswick, N.J., April 2017.Candace Lukasik, CC BY-SA

Two months ago, Terez Metry arrived at a Department of Homeland Security office in Nashville with her husband, a U.S. citizen, expecting a routine step in beginning her green card application. The couple had prepared documents for a Form I-130 petition and anticipated...

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Why do some people treat the Magic Kingdom and Disney adults like cultural abominations?

  • Written by Adam Kadlac, Teaching Professor of Philosophy, Wake Forest University
imagePeople railing against the phoniness of Disney World may be putting on a show of their own.Ian Langsdon/AFP via Getty Images

If you’ve ever expressed even a passing desire to visit Walt Disney World, you may have had friends who raised their eyebrows, groaned or even sneered.

The heart of their criticism isn’t just that they think Disney...

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Birutė Galdikas: The last of the ‘angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter

  • Written by Mireya Mayor, Director of Exploration and Science Communication, Florida International University
imageBirute Galdikas carries an orangutan named Isabel in Borneo, Indonesia. The 2011 film 'Born To Be Wild 3D' followed her work.AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah

Primatologist Birutė Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity’s closest living relatives more than...

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Birutė Galdikas: The last of ‘Leakey’s Angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter

  • Written by Mireya Mayor, Director of Exploration and Science Communication, Florida International University
imageBirute Galdikas carries an orangutan named Isabel in Borneo, Indonesia. The 2011 film 'Born To Be Wild 3D' followed her work.AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah

Primatologist Birutė Galdikas died on March 24, 2026, and an era of science that began in the forests of Tanzania, Rwanda and Borneo studying humanity’s closest living relatives more than...

Read more: Birutė Galdikas: The last of ‘Leakey’s Angels’ in primatology’s most extraordinary chapter

War in the Middle East made the case for renewables – what’s happening in each country tells a harder story

  • Written by Ezgi Canpolat, Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
imageSaudi Arabia has built large solar power plants while continuing to invest heavily in fossil fuels.Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images

The oil-dependent world is in crisis. Ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz – through which more than a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and a fifth of the world’s liquefied natural gas flow –...

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Cameras have quietly appeared in thousands of US cities – now, their integration with AI is sounding alarms

  • Written by Jess Reia, Assistant Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia
imageA small, black license plate recognition camera is mounted on a light pole in Boulder, Colo.Matthew Jonas/MediaNews Group/Boulder Daily Camera via Getty Images

For decades, cars dictated urban planning in the United States.

Few could have predicted that they would one day also double as nodes for surveillance.

In thousands of towns and cities across...

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Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children

  • Written by Carolina Rossini, Professor of Practice and Director for Program, Public Interest Technology Initiative, UMass Amherst
imageJudge Bryan Biedscheid of New Mexico could order significant changes to how Instagram and Facebook operate.Nathan Burton/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP, Pool

Within 48 hours, the legal landscape governing social media and children shifted in ways that will take years to fully understand and verify.

On March 24, 2026, a Santa Fe jury ordered Meta to pay...

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I went to CPAC and found Trump supporters unhappy about Iran, Epstein files and the economy, even while the fans at the MAGA conference celebrate his immigration policies

  • Written by Alex Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
imageAttendees wearing MAGA merch stand next to an image of Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, on March 25, 2026.Leandro Lozada AFP/Getty Images

There is a pall over the Make America Great Again, or MAGA, movement. Donald Trump overpromised. His public support has fallen. Some “America First” die-hards...

Read more: I went to CPAC and found Trump supporters unhappy about Iran, Epstein files and the economy, even...

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  2. Millions are protesting – but boycotts might be key to changing government policies
  3. The long shadow of Paul Ehrlich’s ‘Population Bomb’ is evident in anti-immigration efforts today
  4. Why do basketball players miss shots they’ve made a thousand times before? Neuroscience has an answer
  5. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take an astronaut crew around the Moon – a space policy expert describes the long road to launch
  6. Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise as a way to counter Alzheimer’s disease- and age-related memory loss
  7. College students are writing with AI – but a pilot study finds they’re not simply letting it write for them
  8. Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves
  9. Supreme Court’s tariff decision still leaves a ‘mess’ for companies trying to grab refunds
  10. Soaring gas prices and disrupted supply chains will ripple out to increase costs in every store and sector of the economy
  11. 2026’s historic snow drought brings worries about water, wildfires and the future in the West
  12. What the historic snow drought means for water, wildfires and the future of the West
  13. On Passover, some Sephardic Jews revisit not only the story of their ancestors, but also their Ladino language
  14. Teens are driving the demand for online abortion pills via telehealth – new research
  15. New federal student loan limits affect social work graduate students, with impacts for survivors of domestic violence in Colorado and elsewhere
  16. Food aid doesn’t make people loafers – research shows government benefits help low-income people find jobs
  17. A connection to nature fuels well-being worldwide, according to a study of 38,000 people
  18. Anthrax-causing bacteria have dwelled in soil for centuries – cycling through people, animals and earth
  19. Pittsburgh’s post-steel economy is a success – and a warning for other cities
  20. If using ChatGPT is cheating, what about ghostwriting? The old debate behind a new panic
  21. How far can Iran’s ballistic missiles reach? A defense expert explains how the missiles work, and what Iran can and can’t hit
  22. Growing up during Sri Lanka’s civil war taught me that getting along with people across divides is a virtue we can learn
  23. What an ancient devotional text means for the women of Nepal
  24. Drones paired with AI could help search-and-rescue teams find missing persons faster
  25. 60 years of fiber optics: How a carrier of light you can’t see underlies much of the modern world
  26. ‘Vas Madness’ shows the power of messaging on men’s contraceptive decisions
  27. Irrational decision or helpful evolutionary adaptation? A philosopher on the rationality wars behind ‘nudge’ policy
  28. How the National Security Council typically functions to plan and fully assess risks when presidents consider going to war
  29. Is it ‘Ih-ran’ or ‘E-ron’? Inside the politics of pronunciation
  30. Workplace relief is coming for employees with symptoms of menstruation, perimenopause and menopause in Philly
  31. The world’s great fish migrations are collapsing – that’s a problem for millions of people
  32. Psychological toll of betrayal trauma may help explain why women kept silent for decades after alleged abuse by civil rights icon Cesar Chavez
  33. Over 400 million barrels will be added to the oil market soon – what are strategic reserves and what can they do?
  34. Can you survive inside a tornado? This scientist did by accident – he’s lucky to be alive
  35. For the nearly 1 in 4 US adults with chronic pain, employers’ expectations of a healthy body can lead to shame
  36. Immigrant kids can attend school regardless of citizenship – some states are challenging this standard
  37. Trump’s ‘Venezuela solution’ to Cuba would see the island nation returned to a client state
  38. The ever-evolving Latino vote is rapidly shifting away from Trump and Republicans
  39. Why many older adults skip hard candy – how aging can change chewing and swallowing
  40. How dolphins communicate – new discoveries from a long-term study in Sarasota, Florida
  41. What Betsy Ross’ real story tells us about women’s work in the Revolution − and why it still matters 250 years later
  42. 50 years ago, Karen Quinlan’s coma sparked the movement for patients’ rights near the end of life
  43. A web of sensors: How the US spots missiles and drones from Iran
  44. In the Easter story, women are the first to proclaim the resurrection – but churches today are still divided over female preachers
  45. Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored
  46. How AI English and human English differ – and how to decide when to use artificial language
  47. ‘Project Hail Mary’ explores unique forms of life in space – 5 essential reads on searching for aliens that look nothing like life on Earth
  48. Federal judge temporarily blocks RFK Jr.’s vaccine agenda – an epidemiologist answers questions parents may have
  49. HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ nails how hospital cyberattacks create chaos, endanger patients and disrupt critical care
  50. Why Colorado River negotiations stalled, and how they could resume with the possibility of agreement