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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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How Trump plans to keep tariffs at the center of his economic policy despite stinging court losses

  • Written by Kent Jones, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College
imagePresident Donald Trump remains committed to using tariffs as a key tool for leverage and is looking at another authority that might raise tariff rates substantially.AP Photo/Noah Berger

President Donald Trump just can’t quit tariffs.

He suffered a major defeat when the Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 against the sweeping emergency...

Read more: How Trump plans to keep tariffs at the center of his economic policy despite stinging court losses

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning even as they lay dying

  • Written by Marianne Holdzkom, Professor of History, Kennesaw State University
imageThe men responsible for producing the Declaration of Independence, known as the Committee of Five, were, left to right: Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, John Adams and Robert R. Livingston.Vintage etching circa late 19th century, digital restoration by Pictore via Getty Images

Like Americans today, the people living in the United...

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Baloch insurgency: Suicide bombs and uptick in violence threaten Pakistan, regional security

  • Written by Amira Jadoon, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
imageThe aftermath of an attack by Baloch separatists in Quetta, Pakistan, on Feb. 1, 2026.Banaras Khan/AFP via Getty Images

In the space of 10 days in late April 2026, insurgents in Pakistan purportedly carried out 27 attacks in the country’s southwest province of Balochistan, killing at least 42 military personal. Then, on May 11, authorities...

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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

  • Written by Tommy Blanchard, Research Associate in Cognitive Science, Tufts University
imageThe ability to say 'I know that I know nothing' could be considered a sign of wisdom. Nicolas-André Monsiau/Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts via Wikimedia Commons

Do you know what the Apple logo looks like?

Chances are, you think you do. It’s ubiquitous and iconic. How could you not know it?

But when tested, it turns out very few people can...

Read more: Most people don’t know what they don’t know, but think they do – correcting your metaknowledge can...

Immigrant patients often choose doctors with a shared cultural background – what they are seeking isn’t sameness but connection

  • Written by Yasamine Salkar, Clinical Assistant Professor of Health Administration, Georgia State University
imagePatients seek clinical interactions where they feel heard. Evgeniia Siiankovskaia/Moment via Getty Images

At a recent dental appointment, I was unexpectedly seen by a new provider in my longtime dentist’s practice. Early in the visit, he realized we were both Iranian American. Like me, he had been born and raised in the United States. We were...

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Why Trump’s call to pull 5,000 US troops from Germany will hurt America

  • Written by Michael A. Allen, Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
imageThe propeller of a 'raisin bomber' airplane from World War II is seen in Frankfurt, Germany, in June 2020.AP Photo/Michael Probst

President Donald Trump announced on May 1, 2026, that the United States will withdraw 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany – personnel who had been deployed there as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Germa...

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Falling space debris poses an escalating risk as spacecraft get stronger and more heat resistant

  • Written by Matthew Ray, Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Stout
imageNot all space debris burns up in the atmosphere before it makes it back to Earth. PaulFleet/iStock via Getty Images

When it comes to space debris, what goes up is coming down more often – and not safely.

When spacecraft launch, some components, including nonreusable rocket boosters, are jettisoned to decrease weight, leaving them to...

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We tested the new World Cup ball – this is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and swerve

  • Written by John Eric Goff, Visiting Assistant Professor, Physics, University of Puget Sound
imageSmall variations in the ball can influence how it behaves once it leaves the foot.Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images

Every four years, the men’s World Cup delivers some certainties. The pitch dimensions are tightly regulated, offside is signaled with a flag, and referees end the match with a blast of a whistle. But one key piece of equipment...

Read more: We tested the new World Cup ball – this is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and...

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