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Trump was already cutting low-income energy assistance – the shutdown is making things worse as cold weather arrives

As fall turns to winter and temperatures begin to drop, millions of people across the U.S. will struggle to pay their rising energy bills. The...

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Conor Harrison

Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has helped low-income Americans buy groceries for decades with few disruptions. But on Nov. 1, 2025,...

friday 20

Tracy Roof

Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation

When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your...

friday 20

Nicole M. Bennett

AI could worsen inequalities in schools – teachers are key to whether it will

Today’s teachers find themselves thrust into a difficult position with generative AI. New tools are coming online at a blistering pace and being...

friday 10

Katie Davis

Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism

The headlines documenting President Donald Trump’s plan to send federal troops to San Francisco followed a familiar arc. “Trump claims...

friday 10

Angie Chuang

FDA recall of blood pressure pills due to cancer-causing contaminant may point to higher safety risks in older generic drugs

A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration because it...

friday 3

C. Michael White

House speaker’s refusal to seat Arizona representative is supported by history and law

Adelita Grijalva won a special election in Arizona on Sept. 23, 2025, becoming the newest member of Congress and the state’s first Latina...

friday 2

Jennifer Selin

Seashells from centuries ago show that seagrass meadows on Florida’s Nature Coast are thriving

During a day at the beach, it’s common to see people walking up and down the shore collecting seashells. As a paleontologist and marine ecologist,...

friday 1

Michal Kowalewski

Pennsylvania counties face tough choices on spending $2B opioid settlement funds

In communities across Pennsylvania, local officials are deciding how to spend over US$2 billion dollars from the state’s opioid settlement...

friday 2

Halie Kampman

Anxiety over school admissions isn’t limited to college – parents of young children are also feeling pressure, some more acutely than others

Deciding where to send your child to kindergarten has become one of the most high-stakes moments in many American families’ lives. A few factors...

friday 2

Bailey A. Brown

James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition

James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist most known for co-winning the 1962 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the...

friday 3

Andor J. Kiss

What to know as hundreds of flights are grounded across the US – an air travel expert explains

Major airports across the United States were subject to a 4% reduction in flights on Nov. 7, 2025, as the government shutdown began to affect...

friday 2

Laurie A. Garrow

National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters

Between January and mid-October 2025, calls to local 211 helplines from people seeking food pantries in their community held steady at nearly 1,000...

friday 2

Matthew W. Kreuter

Chatbots don’t judge! Customers prefer robots over humans when it comes to those ’um, you know’ purchases

When it comes to inquiring about – ahem – certain products, shoppers prefer the inhuman touch. That is what we found in a study of consumer habits...

06.11.2025 2

Jianna Jin

Trump’s White House renovations fulfill Obama’s prediction, kind of

President Barack Obama famously chided Donald Trump in April 2011 during the annual White House correspondents’ dinner. The reality show star had...

06.11.2025 5

Chris Lamb

How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled

Countries around the world have been discussing the need to rein in climate change for three decades, yet global greenhouse gas emissions – and...

06.11.2025 2

Valerie Thomas

A brief history of congressional oversight, from Revolutionary War financing to Pam Bondi

Routine congressional oversight hearings usually don’t make headlines. Historically, these often low-key events have been the sorts of things you...

06.11.2025 2

Gibbs Knotts

Brewery waste can be repurposed to make nanoparticles that can fight bacteria

Modern beer production is a US$117 billion business in the United States, with brewers producing over 170 million barrels of beer per year. The...

06.11.2025 1

Alcina Johnson Sudagar

How to keep dementia from robbing your loved ones of their sense of personhood – tips for caregivers

Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. There are over 6 million people living with dementia in the U.S. and 57 million...

06.11.2025 2

R. Amanda Cooper

Supreme Court soon to hear a religious freedom case that’s united both sides of the church-state divide

In recent years, litigation on certain types of religious freedom lawsuits have been practically run of the mill: prayer on school premises, for...

06.11.2025 2

Charles J. Russo

The unraveling of workplace protections for delivery drivers: A tale of 2 workplace models

American households have become dependent on Amazon. The numbers say it all: In 2024, 83% of U.S. households received deliveries from Amazon,...

06.11.2025 2

Daniel Schneider

Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system

We’ve all been there: You wait 45 minutes in the exam room when the doctor finally walks in. They seem rushed. A few questions, a quick exam, a...

06.11.2025 3

Marisha Burden

Zohran Mamdani’s child care plan could transform New York and beyond

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old New York State Assembly member and democratic socialist, was elected New York City’s mayor on Nov. 4, 2025, after...

05.11.2025 1

Simon Black

China’s new 5-year plan: A high-stakes bet on self-reliance that won’t fix an unbalanced economy

Every few years since 1953, the Chinese government has unveiled a new master strategy for its economy: the all-important five-year plan. For the...

05.11.2025 5

Shaoyu Yuan

HIV knows no borders, and the Trump administration’s new strategy leave Americans vulnerable – an HIV-prevention expert explains

Protecting public health abroad benefits Americans. In a globalized world, diseases and their social and economic impacts do not stay within...

05.11.2025 1

Robin Lin Miller

The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers, new research shows

“Sex sells” has been a mantra in marketing for decades. As researchers who study consumer behavior, we’ve seen plenty of evidence to support it:...

05.11.2025 2

Andrew Edelblum

Customers can become more loyal if their banks solve fraud cases, researchers find

When banks issue their defrauded customers refunds and successfully identify the perpetrators, fraud victims are 60% more likely to stick with...

05.11.2025 2

Vamsi Kanuri

The White Stripes join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame − their primal sound reflects Detroit’s industrial roots

In the opening scene of “It Might Get Loud,” a 2008 music documentary, musician Jack White appears surrounded by scrap wood and garbage. He hammers...

05.11.2025 1

Nathan Fleshner

Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and corporations collect more personal information

When the Trump administration gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to a massive database of information about Medicaid recipients in...

05.11.2025 2

Rohan Grover

Zohran Mamdani’s transformative child care plan builds on a history of NYC social innovations

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old New York State Assembly member and democratic socialist, was elected New York City’s mayor on Nov. 4, 2025, after...

05.11.2025 5

Simon Black

Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Muslims: How both remix what it means to be Boricua

Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is more than a global music phenomenon; he’s a bona fide symbol of Puerto Rico. The church choir...

05.11.2025 1

Ken Chitwood

Declining union membership could be making working-class Americans less happy and more susceptible to drug overdoses

When fewer people belong to unions and unions have less power, the impact goes beyond wages and job security. Those changes can hurt public health...

04.11.2025 50

Samia Islam

Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I think ‘11/11’ will catch on in the US

On Nov. 11 each year, a curious holiday takes over China. What began among Nanjing University students in the 1990s as a tongue-in-cheek counter to...

04.11.2025 10

Peter Mcgraw

Oklahoma tried out a test to ‘woke-proof ’ the classroom. It was short-lived , but could still leave a mark

Oklahoma has become a testing ground for reshaping public school curriculum to reflect conservative viewpoints, Make America Great Again priorities...

04.11.2025 5

Emery Petchauer

Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda

Former Vice President Dick Cheney will be remembered for many things. He was arguably the most powerful vice president in American history. He was...

04.11.2025 2

Graham G. Dodds

America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these cities are building subsidized housing to lure them back

For much of the 20th century, teaching was a stable, middle-class job in the U.S. Now it’s becoming a lot harder to survive on a teacher’s salary:...

04.11.2025 2

Jeff Kruth

2 ways you can conserve the water used to make your food

As the world’s climate warms and droughts and water shortages are becoming more common, farmers are struggling to produce enough food. Farmers...

04.11.2025 3

Huma Tariq Malik

SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life

As humans began to explore outer space in the latter half of the 20th century, radio waves proved a powerful tool. Scientists could send out radio...

04.11.2025 5

Gabriela Radulescu

Diane Keaton’s $5M pet trust would be over the top if reports prove true – here’s how to ensure your beloved pet is safe after you are gone

Diane Keaton loved her dog, Reggie. The award-winning actor, director and real estate entrepreneur frequently posted photos and video clips of the...

04.11.2025 2

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Trump was already cutting low-income energy assistance – the shutdown is making things worse as cold weather arrives

Conor Harrison

Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts

Tracy Roof

Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation

Nicole M. Bennett

AI could worsen inequalities in schools – teachers are key to whether it will

Katie Davis

Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism

Angie Chuang

FDA recall of blood pressure pills due to cancer-causing contaminant may point to higher safety risks in older generic drugs

C. Michael White

House speaker’s refusal to seat Arizona representative is supported by history and law

Jennifer Selin

Seashells from centuries ago show that seagrass meadows on Florida’s Nature Coast are thriving

Michal Kowalewski

Pennsylvania counties face tough choices on spending $2B opioid settlement funds

Halie Kampman

Anxiety over school admissions isn’t limited to college – parents of young children are also feeling pressure, some more acutely than others

Bailey A. Brown

James Watson exemplified the best and worst of science – from monumental discoveries to sexism and cutthroat competition

Andor J. Kiss

What to know as hundreds of flights are grounded across the US – an air travel expert explains

Laurie A. Garrow

National 211 hotline calls for food assistance quadrupled in a matter of days, a magnitude typically seen during disasters

Matthew W. Kreuter

Chatbots don’t judge! Customers prefer robots over humans when it comes to those ’um, you know’ purchases

Jianna Jin

Trump’s White House renovations fulfill Obama’s prediction, kind of

Chris Lamb

How the US cut climate-changing emissions while its economy more than doubled

Valerie Thomas

A brief history of congressional oversight, from Revolutionary War financing to Pam Bondi

Gibbs Knotts

Brewery waste can be repurposed to make nanoparticles that can fight bacteria

Alcina Johnson Sudagar

How to keep dementia from robbing your loved ones of their sense of personhood – tips for caregivers

R. Amanda Cooper

Supreme Court soon to hear a religious freedom case that’s united both sides of the church-state divide

Charles J. Russo

The unraveling of workplace protections for delivery drivers: A tale of 2 workplace models

Daniel Schneider

Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system

Marisha Burden

Zohran Mamdani’s child care plan could transform New York and beyond

Simon Black

China’s new 5-year plan: A high-stakes bet on self-reliance that won’t fix an unbalanced economy

Shaoyu Yuan

HIV knows no borders, and the Trump administration’s new strategy leave Americans vulnerable – an HIV-prevention expert explains

Robin Lin Miller

The beauty backfire effect: Being too attractive can hurt fitness influencers, new research shows

Andrew Edelblum

Customers can become more loyal if their banks solve fraud cases, researchers find

Vamsi Kanuri

The White Stripes join the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame − their primal sound reflects Detroit’s industrial roots

Nathan Fleshner

Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and corporations collect more personal information

Rohan Grover

Zohran Mamdani’s transformative child care plan builds on a history of NYC social innovations

Simon Black

Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican Muslims: How both remix what it means to be Boricua

Ken Chitwood

Declining union membership could be making working-class Americans less happy and more susceptible to drug overdoses

Samia Islam

Singles’ Day is a $150B holiday in China. Here’s why I think ‘11/11’ will catch on in the US

Peter Mcgraw

Oklahoma tried out a test to ‘woke-proof ’ the classroom. It was short-lived , but could still leave a mark

Emery Petchauer

Dick Cheney’s expansive vision of presidential power lives on in Trump’s agenda

Graham G. Dodds

America’s teachers are being priced out of their communities − these cities are building subsidized housing to lure them back

Jeff Kruth

2 ways you can conserve the water used to make your food

Huma Tariq Malik

SETI’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life

Gabriela Radulescu

Diane Keaton’s $5M pet trust would be over the top if reports prove true – here’s how to ensure your beloved pet is safe after you are gone