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Luce, a cartoon mascot for Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, appeals to a younger generation while embracing time-honored traditions

  • Written by Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
image The Vatican introduces Luce at the Lucca Comics and Game convention in 2024.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKiGMGkc0xk screenshot via Wikimedia.com, CC BY

Luce, the anime-inspired official mascot for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee, whose name means “light” in Italian, has been getting a lot of attention on social media. Some...

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Why is obesity linked to irregular heart rhythms? Researchers found 1 potential mechanism

  • Written by Arvind Sridhar, Postdoctoral Scholar in Cardiology, University of Illinois Chicago
imageA sudden onset of irregular heart rhythms can be disorienting.wildpixel/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure and even premature death.

While many risk factors contribute to A-fib, one stands out for its growing prevalence worldwide:...

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Learning your political opponents don’t actually hate you can reduce toxic polarization and antidemocratic attitudes

  • Written by Michael Pasek, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago
imageMany Americans seem to think their political rivals have a lower opinion about them than they actually do.Andrii Yalanskyi/iStock via Getty Images

Americans recently endured another grueling election season, offering plenty of reminders of just how polarized the U.S. has become.

Consider, for example, the fact that President Donald Trump survived...

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Lessons from ‘stop and frisk’ can help Philly police use drones to improve safety without compromising civil liberties

  • Written by Robert Kane, Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, Drexel University
imageAerial view of South Philadelphia neighborhood.halbergman/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Philadelphia’s plans to expand its use of police-operated drones signals a pivotal shift in how the city seeks to protect – and surveil – its citizens.

According to the city’s Citizen Police Oversight Commission, the Philadelphia Police...

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Trump promises to end birthright citizenship and shut down the border – a legal scholar explains the challenges these actions could face

  • Written by Jean Lantz Reisz, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
imageVice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump and their families attend the inaugural parade in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

During his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive orders on immigration that would make it harder for refugees, asylum seekers and others...

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Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains

  • Written by John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
imageRioters scale a wall of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly everyone convicted of crimes associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol – including former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio – and commuted the...

Read more: Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired...

Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courts

  • Written by Sharece Thrower, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
imageU.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives for inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Before his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or so executive orders once he regained the presidency. These orders are expected to reset government policy on everything...

Read more: Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courts

Neighbors and strangers pulled together to help LA fire survivors – 60 years of research shows these unsung heroes are crucial to disaster response

  • Written by Tricia Wachtendorf, Professor of Sociology and Director, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
imageNeighbors fill and pass a bucket of pool water to help extinguish a spot fire in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2025.Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Image

As wildfires swept through neighborhoods on the outskirts of Los Angeles in January 2025, stories about residents there helping their neighbors and total strangers began...

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Amid LA fires, neighbors helped each other survive – 60 years of research shows how local heroes are crucial to disaster response

  • Written by Tricia Wachtendorf, Professor of Sociology and Director, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware
imageNeighbors fill and pass a bucket of pool water to help extinguish a spot fire in Pacific Palisades, Calif., on Jan. 9, 2025.Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Image

As wildfires swept through neighborhoods on the outskirts of Los Angeles in January 2025, stories about residents there helping their neighbors and total strangers began...

Read more: Amid LA fires, neighbors helped each other survive – 60 years of research shows how local heroes...

Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why

  • Written by Jesse Rhoades, Associate Professor of Education, Heath & Behavior, University of North Dakota
imageThe lunar south pole's terrain is rugged, and it can reach extreme temperatures. Michael Karrer/Flickr, CC BY-NC

The U.S.’s return to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis program will not be a mere stroll in the park. Instead it will be a perilous journey to a lunar location representing one of the most extreme environments in the solar system....

Read more: Astronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why

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  4. Texas is already policing the Mexican border − and will play an outsize role in any Trump plan to crack down on immigration
  5. Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the community − emphasizing research focused on solutions
  6. China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason it won’t do the same with new tariffs
  7. David Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture
  8. Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
  9. How do you create a workplace that people want to work in? We embedded in a company to find out
  10. News coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires
  11. How the literature of fire can help readers find hope among the ashes
  12. The Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas
  13. Tool of faith or digital distraction? Catholic Church offers indulgences to faithful who fast from social media
  14. Acute stress and early signs of PTSD are common in firefighters and other first responders − here’s what to watch out for
  15. Israel-Hamas deal shows limits of US influence – and the unpredictable impact of Trump
  16. How constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions
  17. MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
  18. Civil servants brace for a second Trump presidency
  19. How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends
  20. The US ambassador to the UN is tasked with doing a careful dance between Washington and the world
  21. Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity
  22. Joe Biden leaves a complicated legacy on the federal courts
  23. How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes today
  24. Bird flu flares up again in Michigan poultry – an infectious disease expert explains the risk to humans, chickens, cows and other animals
  25. Community savings groups in Uganda are good stewards of local people’s money – and of outsiders’ funds too, research shows
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  29. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy provides in-house science advice for the president
  30. Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal: Why now and what next?
  31. Biden’s move to remove Cuba from terror list continues ‘yo-yo’ policy likely to be reversed by Trump
  32. LA fires: Harm from long-term exposure to wildfire smoke is poorly understood − and it’s a growing risk
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  34. Universities are mapping where local news outlets are still thriving − and where gaps persist
  35. A national, nonpartisan study of the Los Angeles fires could improve planning for future disasters
  36. Meta shift from fact-checking to crowdsourcing spotlights competing approaches in fight against misinformation and hate speech
  37. Joe Biden’s record on science and tech: Investments and regulation for vaccines, broadband, microchips and AI
  38. Insurance for natural disasters is failing homeowners − I don’t have the answers, but I do know the right questions to ask
  39. Kamala Harris memes questioning her cultural background highlight Americans’ contradictions with race
  40. In eyeing Greenland, Trump is echoing long-held American designs on the Arctic expanse
  41. Catholic cardinals play a key role in secular politics as well as the Catholic Church–and the importance of Pope Francis’ choice to head the church in DC
  42. Spending, regulations and DOGE: Office of Management and Budget director plays vital role helping government get stuff done
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  46. How the CIA director helps the US navigate a world of spies, threats and geopolitical turbulence
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