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Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill

  • Written by JT Torres, Director of the Harte Center for Teaching and Learning, Washington and Lee University
imageJust slowing down gives you time to question and reflect.Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The average American checks their phone over 140 times a day, clocking an average of 4.5 hours of daily use, with 57% of people admitting they’re “addicted” to their phone. Tech companies, influencers and other content creators...

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Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink

  • Written by Amanda Meng, Senior Research Scientist, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageProtesters have filled the streets in Iranian cities, but the regime's internet shutdown means little news gets in or out of the country.MAHSA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

The Iranian regime’s internet shutdown, initiated on Jan. 8, 2026, has severely diminished the flow of information out of the country. Without internet access,...

Read more: Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink

New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada

  • Written by Zachary W. Binder, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
imageThe 2025-2026 flu season seems to be affecting children more severely than usual.Renphoto/iStock via Getty Images

After a sharp uptick in flu cases in mid-December 2025, flu activity across the U.S. and Canada remains high.

Although cases are trending downward in Canada as of Jan. 9, 2026, the season has yet to peak in the U.S., according to data...

Read more: New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada

International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better

  • Written by Sarah Stroup, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
imageA Burundian official holds up a sack of rice from the final batches delivered by USAID before the agency's closure.Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images

Since Jan. 20, 2025, the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump has slashed U.S. foreign aid spending. It began with a stop-work order that paused spending on everything from treati...

Read more: International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff,...

Colorado ranchers and consumers can team up to make beef supply chains more sustainable

  • Written by Jordan Kraft Lambert, Director of Ag Innovation and Partnerships, College of Business, Colorado State University
imageBeef production provides a valuable contribution to human health while also impacting the natural environment.Brandee Gillham courtesy of the Colorado Department of Agriculture., CC BY

Cowboys guided a herd of longhorn cattle through downtown Denver to celebrate the opening of the annual National Western Stock Show on Jan. 8, 2026. As ranchers...

Read more: Colorado ranchers and consumers can team up to make beef supply chains more sustainable

Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too

  • Written by Kelly Lambert, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Richmond
imageThe moment you look away from those adorable eyes, these mischievous creatures will sneak out of your lab.Joshua J. Cotten/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

When a curious raccoon broke into an Ashland, Virginia, liquor store in December 2025, sampled the stock and passed out on the bathroom floor, the story went viral within minutes. The local animal...

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Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s her point

  • Written by Richard Nedjat-Haiem, Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageGoogoosh performs at Scotiabank Arena on Jan. 17, 2025, in Toronto.Jeremy Chan Photography/Getty Images

Before Beyoncé, before Cher, before Madonna, there was Googoosh.

The 75-year-old Iranian megastar catapulted to stardom in Iran during the 1970s, only to be silenced by the Islamist regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution....

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The Insurrection Act is one of at least 26 legal loopholes in the law banning the use of the US military domestically

  • Written by Jennifer Selin, Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
imageFederal law enforcement agents confront anti-ICE protesters during a demonstration outside the Bishop Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 15, 2026. Octavio Jones / AFP via Getty Images

As protesters and federal law enforcement clashed in Minneapolis in the wake of a second shooting of a civilian on Jan. 14, 2026 by...

Read more: The Insurrection Act is one of at least 26 legal loopholes in the law banning the use of the US...

Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy

  • Written by Jonas Gamso, Associate Professor and Deputy Dean of Knowledge Enterprise for the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University

Oceans shape everyday life in powerful ways. They cover 70% of the planet, carry 90% of global trade, and support millions of jobs and the diets of billions of people. As global competition intensifies and climate change accelerates, the world’s oceans are also becoming the front line of 21st-century geopolitics.

How policymakers handle...

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China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate

  • Written by Dudley L. Poston Jr., Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
imageA Chinese visitor looks at condoms at the Beijing International Sex Supplies Exhibition.Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images

Once the world’s most populous nation, China is now among the many Asian countries struggling with anemic fertility rates. In an attempt to double the country’s rate of 1.0 children per woman, Beijing is...

Read more: China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate

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  5. One cure for sour feelings about politics − getting people to love their hometowns
  6. Most of the 1 million Venezuelans in the United States arrived within the past decade
  7. How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty
  8. Supreme Court likely to reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users
  9. New Year’s resolutions usually fall by the wayside, but there is a better approach to making real changes
  10. Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas
  11. Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy
  12. Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks
  13. Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each method’s risks
  14. Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use
  15. Broncos say their new stadium will be ‘privately financed,’ but ‘private’ often still means hundreds of millions in public resources
  16. For some Jewish women, ‘passing’ as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the same
  17. There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
  18. Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh
  19. US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
  20. Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads
  21. From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
  22. The ‘drug threat’ that justified the US ouster of Maduro won’t be fixed by his arrest
  23. South Florida’s Brightline has highlighted an old problem – every year for the past decade, 900 pedestrians were killed by trains
  24. Iran’s protests have spread across provinces, despite skepticism and concern among ethnic groups
  25. Why unlocking Venezuelan oil won’t mean much for US energy prices
  26. Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income
  27. Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested in astronomy – telescopes in schools can help
  28. Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out
  29. From flammable neighborhoods to moral hazards, fire insurance maps capture early US cities and the landscape of discrimination
  30. Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows how
  31. 3 ways US actions in Venezuela violated international law
  32. Nearly half of Detroit seniors spend at least 30% of their income on housing costs − even as real estate values fall
  33. Small businesses say they aren’t planning to hire many recent graduates for entry-level jobs – here’s why
  34. Wars without clear purpose erode presidential legacies, and Trump risks political consequences with further military action in Venezuela
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  36. DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence – a central bank scholar explains what’s at stake
  37. How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing period of domestic unrest
  38. Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it back
  39. What is Christian Reconstructionism − and why it matters in US politics
  40. Eating less ultraprocessed food supports healthier aging, new research shows
  41. Saudi-UAE bust-up over Yemen was only a matter of time − and reflects wider rift over vision for the region
  42. Financial case for college remains strong, but universities need to add creative thinking to their curriculum
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  44. Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press
  45. Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
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  48. Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
  49. Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty in latest move to dismantle America’s climate protections
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