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More than just a critical blow to Keir Starmer and Labour, local votes signal a dis-United Kingdom

  • Written by Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
imageWorkers put up Union flags at Parliament Square in London as the premiership of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer looks increasingly threatened. AP Photo/ Kin Cheung

Local elections in Britain on May 7, 2026 – in which the ruling Labour Party suffered deep losses – revealed tectonic shifts.

The two-party system that has been operating...

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America’s musical founding father: ‘Liberty songs’ by a self-taught singer and tanner helped fuel the Revolution

  • Written by David W. Stowe, Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
imagePaul Revere made the engraving used in the frontispiece of 'The New-England Psalm-Singer,' a tune book William Billings published in 1770.John Carter Brown Library via Wikimedia Commons

As July 4, 2026, approaches, Americans will be paying more attention than usual to events of 1776: the year the American Colonies declared their independence from...

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Who shops at farmers markets in the US?

  • Written by Bret R. Shaw, Professor of Life Sciences Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison

People who shop at the more than 8,700 farmers markets operating in the U.S. either year-round or seasonally generally fall into six distinct groups. Three of them are more interested in farmers markets than the others. I study local food systems as a strategic communications scholar, and that’s the main takeaway from a study that I...

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A ‘super El Niño?’ Why it’s too early to forecast one with certainty, but not too soon to prepare

  • Written by Pedro DiNezio, Associate Research Professor in Climate Modeling, University of Colorado Boulder
imageEl Niño can mean a rainy U.S. Southwest, warmer winters in the North and less Atlantic hurricane activity – but not always. Bill Tompkins/Getty Images

Talk of a “super El Niño” developing in 2026 is gaining momentum, with concerns rising that this climate pattern could bring extreme rainfall, heat, drought and...

Read more: A ‘super El Niño?’ Why it’s too early to forecast one with certainty, but not too soon to prepare

How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect-eaters isn’t just good for farms – their deaths cost taxpayers and the wider economy

  • Written by Dale Manning, Associate Professor in Public Policy and Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
imageA healthy bat hangs in a cave, resting up to eat its weight in bugs at dusk.Liz Hamrick/TVA

Most Americans tend to think about bats only around Halloween, but the U.S. economy benefits from these furry flying mammals every day.

Bats pollinate plants, including many important food crops, when they stop by flowers to drink nectar. Their guano is mined...

Read more: How much is a bat worth? Protecting these tiny insect-eaters isn’t just good for farms – their...

Why a growing number of Trump supporters are experiencing voter’s remorse

  • Written by Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
imagePhoenix residents watch presidential candidate Donald Trump speak at the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024.AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

In recent months, some prominent conservatives and erstwhile allies of President Donald Trump – former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and journalist Megyn Kelly, for example – have voiced...

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Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy

  • Written by Lisa Kewley, Director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Smithsonian Institution
imageThis artist's impression shows the spiral galaxy NGC 1365 colliding and merging with a smaller galaxy. Melissa Weiss/CfA

Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded part of the universe. It pulled in gas and small companion galaxies, slowly building up the bright central region and sweeping spiral arms we see today.

In a...

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Will future missions to the Moon be sustainable? It may depend on whom you ask

  • Written by Marco A. Janssen, Professor of Sustainability, Arizona State University
imageEarth draws closer to passing behind the Moon in this image captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby.NASA

There’s a new space race to the Moon, and this time the ambitions are not just to visit but to stay. NASA’s Artemis program aims to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface in the 2030s. China,...

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TikTok’s popular microdramas shrink TV into bite-sized chunks

  • Written by Jessica Maddox, Associate Professor of Advertising and Public Relations, University of Georgia
imageActress and writer Issa Rae speaks at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York in 2024. Her new microdrama, 'Screen Time,' has already garnered over 100 million views. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company

Some of the hottest casting calls in Hollywood right now aren’t for Netflix, Disney or HBO.

They’re for TikTok.

In...

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Is AI really ‘writing’? From a priestess to philosophers, ancient authors would have said ‘no’

  • Written by Ryan Leack, Assistant Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageAn ancient disk shows the priestess Enheduanna, third figure from the right, during a ritual.Mefman00/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

I teach writing and rhetoric, but my college students and I often overlook a surprisingly complicated question: What is writing?

And can artificial intelligence really do it?

Many people think of “writing” as...

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  2. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning even as they lay dying
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  4. Most people don’t know what they don’t know, but think they do – correcting your metaknowledge can make you a better teacher and learner
  5. Immigrant patients often choose doctors with a shared cultural background – what they are seeking isn’t sameness but connection
  6. Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America
  7. Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant
  8. We tested the new World Cup ball – this is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and swerve
  9. Detroit’s water affordability crisis is tied to the uneven distribution of stormwater management costs – a fraught history explains why
  10. How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice
  11. Why Pennsylvania’s low-income residents are feeling the squeeze as gas prices rise
  12. Suspending federal gas tax wouldn’t save drivers as much as they might hope – here’s what goes into the price of a gallon of gas
  13. Many of the Caribbean’s most important reefs are going unprotected
  14. You can change your emotions – but it’s a 2-step process that takes some effort
  15. How America’s independence from England revolutionized US philanthropy
  16. Why Kevin Warsh might still prove to be an independent Federal Reserve chair
  17. A deep-ocean climate plan wins rare EPA approval, but is sinking plants in the sea the answer?
  18. The Cherokee Bible, one of the language’s first books, is a window between worldviews
  19. Genome sequencing is rewriting the history of disease outbreaks – but without social context, it can tell only part of the story
  20. Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing
  21. Trump-Xi summit will be no ‘Nixon in China’ moment – that they are talking is enough for now
  22. Why political gerrymandering in the South will likely continue to consider voters’ race despite Supreme Court ruling
  23. Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay
  24. What makes a good teacher? Ask a Republican and a Democrat, and they are likely to agree
  25. We studied what happened when financially struggling artists received $1,000 a month, no strings attached, for 18 months
  26. When you don’t have the facts, argue the law: How Trump’s EPA is limiting its own ability to protect public health far into the future
  27. The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining – it’s processing expertise
  28. ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ shows how Christian imagery circulates in unusual ways through the fashion industry
  29. What to do if someone you know in Philadelphia or elsewhere is detained by ICE
  30. Why did ‘Tyrannosaurus rex’ have such short arms?
  31. Delta-8, delta-9, THCA? What sets the different THC forms available in regulated cannabis products apart
  32. How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions
  33. How does your brain decide between the road not taken or the same old route? Resolving conflicting memories is key to navigation
  34. Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial bias out of jury selection
  35. How Pennsylvania’s new paid leave bill leaves the sandwich generation behind
  36. Black, Hispanic, female and low-income elementary students are less likely to be identified with autism
  37. Teens aren’t as disengaged as you may think: What adults get wrong about adolescents’ civic contributions
  38. Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden’ and later works
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  40. Conspiracy theorists are building AI interfaces to the Epstein files – and presenting their views as data analysis
  41. Why Trump’s $2 billion buyoff to cancel offshore wind farms is a bad deal for American taxpayers and the US energy supply
  42. Health authorities work to contain cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
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  44. Russia’s pared-down Victory Day parade tells a story: Away from the pomp, war in Ukraine is not going to Putin’s plan
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