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Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet

  • Written by Nir Kshetri, Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has sharply increased electricity and water consumption, raising concerns about the technology’s environmental footprint and carbon emissions. But the story is more complicated than that.

I study emerging technologies and how their development and deployment influence economic, institutional and...

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Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed – here’s what to try instead

  • Written by Robin Pickering, Professor and Chair of Public Health, Gonzaga University
imageUsing multiple digital devices at once can be highly distracting and overstimulating.Riska/E+ via Getty Images

As Americans increasingly report feeling overwhelmed by daily life, many are using self-care to cope. Conversations and social media feeds are saturated with the language of “me time,” burnout, boundaries and nervous system...

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America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it

  • Written by Hélène Nguemgaing, Assistant Clinical Professor of Critical Resources & Sustainability Analytics, University of Maryland
imageAcid mine waste turns rocks orange along Shamokin Creek in Pennsylvania. Jake C/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Across Appalachia, rust-colored water seeps from abandoned coal mines, staining rocks orange and coating stream beds with metals. These acidic discharges, known as acid mine drainage, are among the region’s most persistent environmental...

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The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization

  • Written by Laurel Elder, Professor of Political Science, Hartwick College
imageAround the world, Taylor Swift's fan base skews female.AP Photo/Heinz Peter Bader

Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” generated a cultural whirlwind: chart-topping success, social media saturation and frenzied debate over her artistic evolution.

Nonetheless, despite this warm reception, opinions on Swift are...

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Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland are wrong – but the tactics fit with the plan to limit China’s economic interests

  • Written by Steven Lamy, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Relations and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imagePeople protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's policy toward Greenland in front of the U.S. consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 17, 2026.AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

In 2019, during his first term, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed a desire to buy Greenland, which has been a part of Denmark for some 300 years. Danes and Greenlanders quickl...

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The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means

  • Written by Kaveh Madani, Director of the Institute for Water, Environment and Health, United Nations University

The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water shortages.

About 4 billion people – nearly half the global population – live with severe water scarcity for at least one month a year,...

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AI cannot automate science – a philosopher explains the uniquely human aspects of doing research

  • Written by Alessandra Buccella, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageHuman scientists lay the foundations for every scientific breakthrough.Qi Yang/Moment via Getty Images

Consistent with the general trend of incorporating artificial intelligence into nearly every field, researchers and politicians are increasingly using AI models trained on scientific data to infer answers to scientific questions. But can AI...

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What ‘hope’ has represented in Christian history – and what it might mean now

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imagePope Leo XIV closes the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica's to end the 2025 ordinary Jubilee year at the Vatican on Jan. 6, 2026.Yara Nardi/Pool photo via AP

Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought the Vatican’s Holy Year 2025 – designated as...

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Some hard-earned lessons from Detroit on how to protect the safety net for community partners in research

  • Written by Carrie Leach, Research Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
imageTo get seniors online, the author provided them with computers and internet access.David Goldman/AP Photo

For the past 10 years, I have worked on closing the communication gaps that keep older adults at arm’s length from research that could improve their lives.

I worked with Detroiters to bridge the digital divide by developing tools that...

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Iran’s universities have long been a battleground, where protests happen and students fight for the future

  • Written by Pardis Mahdavi, Professor of Anthropology, University of La Verne; University of California, Berkeley
imageAnti-government Iranian protesters rally on Jan. 8, 2026, in Tehran. Anonymous/Getty Images

Iran’s current wave of protests continues to spread across the country, as the United States weighs military intervention. Meanwhile, many Iranian people continue to struggle to pay for basic necessities amid a collapsing currency.

The anti-government...

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  4. What a bear attack in a remote valley in Nepal tells us about the problem of aging rural communities
  5. Opera is not dying – but it needs a second act for the streaming era
  6. Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
  7. Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms
  8. An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator − but a hidden leak fooled researchers for over a decade
  9. For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House seats in midterm elections, a pattern that makes the 2026 congressional outlook clear
  10. Chavismo has adapted before – but can Venezuela’s leftist ideology become US friendly and survive?
  11. Supreme Court is set to rule on constitutionality of Trump tariffs – but not their wisdom
  12. 12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year
  13. Thecla, the beast fighter: The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts
  14. American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backing
  15. Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill
  16. Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink
  17. New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada
  18. International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better
  19. Colorado ranchers and consumers can team up to make beef supply chains more sustainable
  20. Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
  21. Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s her point
  22. The Insurrection Act is one of at least 26 legal loopholes in the law banning the use of the US military domestically
  23. Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy
  24. China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
  25. Refugee families are more likely to become self-reliant if provided with support outside of camp settings
  26. The hidden power of grief rituals
  27. Science is best communicated through identity and culture – how researchers are ensuring STEM serves their communities
  28. How is China viewing US actions in Venezuela – an affront, an opportunity or a blueprint?
  29. One cure for sour feelings about politics − getting people to love their hometowns
  30. Most of the 1 million Venezuelans in the United States arrived within the past decade
  31. How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty
  32. Supreme Court likely to reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users
  33. New Year’s resolutions usually fall by the wayside, but there is a better approach to making real changes
  34. Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas
  35. Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy
  36. Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks
  37. Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each method’s risks
  38. Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use
  39. Broncos say their new stadium will be ‘privately financed,’ but ‘private’ often still means hundreds of millions in public resources
  40. For some Jewish women, ‘passing’ as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the same
  41. There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
  42. Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh
  43. US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
  44. Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads
  45. From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
  46. The ‘drug threat’ that justified the US ouster of Maduro won’t be fixed by his arrest
  47. South Florida’s Brightline has highlighted an old problem – every year for the past decade, 900 pedestrians were killed by trains
  48. Iran’s protests have spread across provinces, despite skepticism and concern among ethnic groups
  49. Why unlocking Venezuelan oil won’t mean much for US energy prices
  50. Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income