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2025 was hotter than it should have been – 5 influences and a dirty surprise offer clues to what’s ahead

  • Written by Michael Wysession, Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis
imageThe sun rises over New York City as a heat wave arrives in June 2025.Gary Hershorn/Getty Images

The past three years have been the world’s hottest on record by far, with 2025 almost tied with 2023 for second place. With that energy came extreme weather, from flash flooding to powerful hurricanes and severe droughts. Yet, by most indicators,...

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GLP-1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people

  • Written by Ziyad Al-Aly, Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington University in St. Louis
imageWith GLP-1 drugs becoming more accessible and affordable, they could also be within reach for substance use treatment.Michael Siluk/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He...

Read more: GLP-1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people

Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies, Dickinson College
imageBlack smoke billows from an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut on March 4, 2026.Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images

The fragile peace in Lebanon was already showing serious strains in the first months of 2026 – and then came the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran.

After the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

Read more: Hezbollah − degraded, weakened but not yet disarmed − destabilizes Lebanon once again

When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US shrinks – but the gap has grown since 1965

  • Written by Leila Gautham, Lecturer in Economics, University of Leeds
imageKeeping up with chores takes a lot of time and is worth money.jubaphoto/E+ via Getty Images

When economists track inequality, they typically focus on incomeand spending.

But a significant share of the services that families actually consume – meals cooked at home, child care, housecleaning and lawn mowing – is produced by unpaid labor tha...

Read more: When unpaid cooking, cleaning and child care get a dollar value, income inequality in the US...

Trauma patients recover faster when medical teams know each other well, new study finds

  • Written by Linda Argote, Thomas Lord Professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory; Director, Center of Organizational Learning, Innovation and Knowledge, Carnegie Mellon University
imageWhen someone is badly hurt, their potential for survival often depends on what happens in the first minutes after they arrive at the hospital.SDI Productions/E+ Collection/via Getty Images

When a trauma patient enters the emergency department, their potential for survival often depends on what happens within the first minutes after their arrival. Af...

Read more: Trauma patients recover faster when medical teams know each other well, new study finds

Housing First helps people find permanent homes in Detroit − but HUD plans to divert funds to short-term solutions

  • Written by Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University
imageDetroit area homelessness providers worry the federal funding shift could affect thousands of individuals and families across the region. Charles Ommanney/Getty ImagesJoshua Lott/Getty Images

A bureaucratic shift in Washington is threatening to undo years of progress in Detroit’s fight against homelessness, potentially forcing thousands of...

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Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority

  • Written by Sarah Burns, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies
imageRubble from a police station damaged in airstrikes on March 3, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images

Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, not the president. But most modern presidents and their legal counsel have asserted that Article 2 of the Constitutionallows the president to use the military in...

Read more: Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors...

AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace and defense applications

  • Written by Houlong Zhuang, Associate Professor of Engineering, Arizona State University
imageHypersonic aircraft, like NASA's X-43A shown here, are exposed to extreme heat and pressure. Jim Ross/NASA via Getty Images

From hypersonic aircraft to nuclear-powered submarines, many of today’s most advanced defense systems rely on a special class of materials known as refractory alloys. This class refers to metals that do not melt or...

Read more: AI and 3D printing help researchers create heat- and pressure-resistant materials for aerospace...

With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program

  • Written by Marcos Fernandez Tous, Assistant Professor of Space Studies, University of North Dakota
imageTop NASA officials give an update on major changes to the Artemis program on Feb. 27, 2026. Miguel J Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Image

Throughout February 2026, people at the Kennedy Space Center got to witness an exciting sight: NASA’s behemoth Space Launch System rocket, SLS, standing on the launch pad, aimed toward the sky. The launch...

Read more: With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program

I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right- and left-handedness

  • Written by Eric Horstick, Associate Professor of Biology, West Virginia University
imageHaving a hand preference speaks to more than just your preferred way to write.Domingo/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Being right- or left-handed is a familiar fact about yourself you likely don’t think about much on a day-to-day basis. However, your handedness affects how you interact with the world.

For many people, it determines how they...

Read more: I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains...

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  1. Brazilian jiu-jitsu is having its #MeToo moment
  2. Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory
  3. Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes
  4. CIA agents successfully executed a plan for regime change in Iran in 1953 – but Trump hasn’t revealed any signs of a plan
  5. Public defender shortage is leading to hundreds of criminal cases being dismissed
  6. Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflict
  7. Stressed out by politics? You’re not imagining it, and research shows that social media is largely to blame
  8. Formerly incarcerated Black men say they’re ‘doing OK’ while trying to cope with depression and PTSD
  9. Are heroes born or made? Role models and training can prepare ordinary people to take heroic action
  10. A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands
  11. The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America’s most famous female tiger trainer
  12. Iran’s targeting of airport, ports and hotels in reaction to US strikes has forced Gulf nations onto front lines of a war they want no part in
  13. ‘Destruction is not the same as political success’: US bombing of Iran shows little evidence of endgame strategy
  14. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s killing plays into Shiite Islam’s reverence for martyrs, but not for all Iranians
  15. Why are so many statues naked? An art historian explains this tradition’s ancient roots
  16. What decades of research reveal about involuntary substance use treatment – and why evidence points elsewhere
  17. Free 10-minute online programs aimed at overcoming depression led to real improvements – new research
  18. The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons
  19. Failure of US-Iran talks was all too predictable — but turning to military strikes creates dangerous unknowns
  20. Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences
  21. Despite massive US attack and death of ayatollah, regime change in Iran is unlikely
  22. Iran will respond to US-Israeli strikes as existential threats to the regime – because they are
  23. Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change
  24. Drug company ads are easy to blame for misleading patients and raising costs, but research shows they do help patients get needed treatment
  25. Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy
  26. Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water, soil and blood
  27. Bad Bunny says reggaeton is Puerto Rican, but it was born in Panama
  28. How the Seattle Seahawks’ sale will score a touchdown for charity 8 years after Paul Allen’s death
  29. There aren’t enough geriatricians – here’s how older adults can still get the right care
  30. Former Harvard president Summers’ soft landing after Epstein revelations is case study of economics’ trouble with misbehaving men
  31. Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?
  32. Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason why
  33. The apocrypha, Christianity’s ‘hidden’ texts, may not be in the Bible – but they have shaped tradition for centuries
  34. How natural hydrogen, hiding deep in the Earth, could serve as a new energy source
  35. How to prevent elections from being stolen − lessons from around the world for the US
  36. Minneapolis united when federal immigration operations surged – reflecting a long tradition of mutual aid
  37. It’s never too late to learn a language – adults and kids bring different strengths to the task
  38. AI’s growing appetite for power is putting Pennsylvania’s aging electricity grid to the test
  39. Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion
  40. Why US third parties perform best in the Northeast
  41. The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science
  42. Detroit was once home to 18 Black-led hospitals – here’s how to understand their rise and fall
  43. How protecting wilderness could mean purposefully tending it, not just leaving it alone
  44. From moral authority to risk management: How university presidents stopped speaking their minds
  45. Pittsburgh nurses are fighting for better staffing ratios — and the research backs them up
  46. Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s
  47. Taboo tics like shouting curses and slurs are uncommon in Tourette syndrome − but people who have them suffer harsh social stigma
  48. Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit
  49. Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency
  50. Honoring Colorado’s Black History requires taking the time to tell stories that make us think twice