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Clergy protests against ICE turned to a classic – and powerful – American playlist

  • Written by David W. Stowe, Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
imageClergy and community leaders demonstrate outside Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Jan. 23, 2026, amid a surge by federal immigration agents.Brandon Bell/Getty Images

On Jan. 28, 2026, Bruce Springsteen released “Streets of Minneapolis,” a hard-hitting protest against the immigration enforcement surge in the city, including t...

Read more: Clergy protests against ICE turned to a classic – and powerful – American playlist

NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing

  • Written by Margaret Landis, Assistant Professor of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
imageA banner signed by NASA employees and contractors outside Launch Complex 39B, where NASA’s Artemis II rocket is visible in the background.NASA/Joel Kowsky, CC BY-NC-ND

Almost as tall as a football field, NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and capsule stack traveled slowly – just under 1 mile per hour – out to the Artemis II...

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A human tendency to value expertise, not just sheer power, explains how some social hierarchies form

  • Written by Thomas Morgan, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
imageLeaders can seem to emerge from the group naturally, based on their skill and expertise.Hiraman/E+ via Getty Images

Born on the same day, Bill and Ben both grew up to have high status. But in every other way they were polar opposites.

As children, Bill was well-liked, with many friends, while Ben was a bully, picking on smaller kids. During...

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Certain brain injuries may be linked to violent crime – identifying them could help reveal how people make moral choices

  • Written by Christopher M. Filley, Professor Emeritus of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageNeurological evidence is widely used in murder trials, but it’s often unclear how to interpret it. gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Images Plus

On Oct. 25, 2023, a 40-year old man named Robert Card opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at a bowling alley and nearby bar in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people and wounding 13 others. Card was found...

Read more: Certain brain injuries may be linked to violent crime – identifying them could help reveal how...

Building with air – how nature’s hole-filled blueprints shape manufacturing

  • Written by Anne Schmitz, Associate Professor of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Stout
imageEngineers use structures found in nature – like the honeycomb – to create lightweight, sturdy materials. Matthew T. Rader, CC BY-NC-SA

If you break open a chicken bone, you won’t find a solid mass of white material inside. Instead, you will see a complex, spongelike network of tiny struts and pillars, and a lot of empty space.

It...

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is part of long play drawn up by NFL to score with Latin America

  • Written by Jared Bahir Browsh, Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
imageBad Bunny performs on stage on Dec. 11, 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images

Donald Trump, it is fair to assume, will be switching channels during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.

The U.S. president has already said that he won’t be attending Super Bowl LX in person, suggesting that the venue, Levi’s...

Read more: Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show is part of long play drawn up by NFL to score with Latin America

Whether it’s Valentine’s Day notes or emails to loved ones, using AI to write leaves people feeling crummy about themselves

  • Written by Julian Givi, Assistant Professor of Marketing, West Virginia University
imagePeople seem to intuitively understand something meaningful should require doing more than pushing a button or writing a prompt.design master/iStock via Getty Images

As Valentine’s Day approaches, finding the perfect words to express your feelings for that special someone can seem like a daunting task – so much so that you may feel...

Read more: Whether it’s Valentine’s Day notes or emails to loved ones, using AI to write leaves people...

Stroke survivors can counterintuitively improve recovery by strengthening their stronger arm – new research

  • Written by Candice Maenza, Research Project Manager, Associate Director of the Center for Translational Neuromechanics in Rehabilitation, Penn State
imageTreating your 'good' arm after a stroke could help you better tackle everyday activities.MoMo Productions/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Stroke survivors often face substantial and long-lasting problems with their arms. Both arms often decline together: When one arm is more severely affected by the stroke, the other becomes more difficult to use as...

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Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms

  • Written by Alexandra Killewald, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
imageA Danish mom drops her young son at his school in Copenhagen.Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images

For many women in the U.S. and around the world, motherhood comes with career costs.

Raising children tends to lead to lower wages and fewer work hours for mothers – but not fathers – in the United States and around the world.

As a sociologist,...

Read more: Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’...

Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but will courts allow it?

  • Written by Gary W. Yohe, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
imageTrucks leave a smoggy Port of Long Beach in 2008, the year before the endangerment finding was released.Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

In 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency formally declared that greenhouse gas emissions, including from vehicles and fossil fuel power plants, endanger public health and welfare. The...

Read more: Trump’s climate policy rollback plan relies on EPA rescinding its 2009 endangerment finding – but...

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  1. Suspending family-based immigrant visas weakens US families and the economy
  2. Is the whole universe just a simulation?
  3. From ski jumping to speedskating, winter sports represent physics in action
  4. Life isn’t all diamonds – money and fame don’t shield the many ‘Real Housewives’ facing criminal charges
  5. 800 years after his death, the legends and legacy of Francis of Assisi endure
  6. US exit from the World Health Organization marks a new era in global health policy – here’s what the US, and world, will lose
  7. 3 things to know about Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nod for Fed chair
  8. I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles
  9. Short on resources, special educators are using AI – with little knowledge of the effects
  10. Grammys’ AI rules aim to keep music human, but large gray area leaves questions about authenticity and authorship
  11. From Colonial rebels to Minneapolis protesters, technology has long powered American social movements
  12. What Franco’s fascist regime in Spain can teach us about today’s America
  13. Trump’s Greenland threats reveals no-win dilemma at the heart of European security strategy
  14. US military action in Iran risks igniting a regional and global nuclear cascade
  15. How the Supreme Court might protect the Fed’s independence by using employment law in Trump v. Cook
  16. Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities
  17. Over 100 deaths linked to January storms – here’s how to stay safe when cold, snowy weather moves in
  18. Winter storms don’t have to be deadly – here’s how to stay safe before, during and after one hits
  19. Over 100 deaths linked to January storm: Here’s how to stay safe as more cold, stormy weather moves in
  20. Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way
  21. Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses – and a quiet form of deregulation
  22. America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry
  23. EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health
  24. Even when people’s rights are ignored, understanding the law can keep protesters engaged
  25. Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge
  26. A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses’ daily challenges of patients and their families rolling their eyes, yelling and striking
  27. Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement
  28. Colorado has emergency domestic violence shelters in only half its counties, leaving survivors without safe housing options
  29. ICE not only looks and acts like a paramilitary force – it is one, and that makes it harder to curb
  30. Not all mindfulness is the same – here’s why it matters for health and happiness
  31. Should medical marijuana be less stringently regulated? A drug policy expert explains what’s at stake
  32. It’s easy making green: Muppets continue to make a profit 50 years into their run
  33. Innovations in asthma care can improve the health of Detroiters living with this chronic disease
  34. Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding
  35. Russia’s drone pipeline: How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet
  36. The end of ‘Pax Americana’ and start of a ‘post-American’ era doesn’t necessarily mean the world will be less safe
  37. PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there
  38. There are long-lasting, negative effects for children like Liam Ramos who are detained, or watch their parents be deported
  39. How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win
  40. Greenland’s Inuit have spent decades fighting for self-determination
  41. The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he’s now a candidate for sainthood
  42. Gifts of gym memberships and Botox treatments can lead to hurt feelings – and bad reviews for the businesses
  43. White men held less than half the board seats on the top 50 Fortune list for the third straight year — but their numbers are rising
  44. Colorado ski resorts got some welcome snowfall from Winter Storm Fern, but not enough to turn a dry and warm winter around
  45. How fire, people and history shaped the South’s iconic longleaf pine forests
  46. Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsibly
  47. Can shoes alter your mind? What neuroscience says about foot sensation and focus
  48. All foods can fit in a balanced diet – a dietitian explains how flexibility can be healthier than dieting
  49. NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China’s closed program
  50. Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge