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Red wasn’t always Republican. The surprising history behind America’s political color divide

If you go looking for the decision that gave American politics its colors, you won’t find one. You’ll find almost a quarter-century in which...

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What happens to your online accounts when you die? Here’s how to prepare

More planning is typically necessary to smoothly transition a digital estate.

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Are American voters actually gloomy about the economy?

By many measures, the economy is doing well, but people feel they’re falling behind.

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Why driverless trucks won’t be taking over highways just yet

For years to come, automated trucks with AI-based controls will still require a driver.

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Why cheap health insurance plans can backfire for Americans seeking lower healthcare costs

Premiums are expensive because healthcare is expensive—which means that consumers have to make difficult trade-offs.

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Do data centers actually create jobs where they are built?

These facilities generate local employment opportunities in 3 key ways beyond the staff working inside them.

29.10.2026 20

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How data centers are inspiring bipartisanship

The partisan gap on data centers is small—and getting smaller.

28.10.2026 20

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A ‘kill switch’ is the wrong way to regulate AI. Here’s why

Effective national regulation of AI will not begin with any single switch or any one person’s finger.

21.10.2026 20

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Social media bans don’t protect young people’s mental health, early research shows

Some researchers argue that bans on social media platforms are like putting an age restriction on buying alcohol or cigarettes.

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What happens when people have to jump in to clean up AI’s mess?

As AI takes on more work, some human capabilities will inevitably be used less often.

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Why companies may be liable for AI errors

How can professionals benefit from AI without outsourcing the judgment their work requires?

17.10.2026 10

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Why the Paramount‑Warner merger threatens democracy

Since broadcasting began, American media policy has wrestled with how to support the information needs of a democracy.

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What Dolly Parton’s estate fight reveals about family business succession

Parton, the legendary American singer, actress, entrepreneur, and philanthropist, left an estate estimated at $450 million.

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Data centers produce heat year-round. Here’s how to save it for winter

The heat is not going away—but it needs to go somewhere.

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Why a good boss matters more than working from home

Researchers found that a favorable manager relationship is tied to higher job satisfaction across work arrangements.

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Researchers tracked $80 million spent on AI-generated political ads for the midterms. Here’s what they found

Many of the ads do not disclose the use of AI at all, whether it’s for hyperrealistic deepfakes or subtle enhancements.

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Investors push back on SEC plan to release corporate earnings less frequently

In short, there’s a trade-off between the cost of capital and transparency.

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Flock cameras have an architecture problem, not just bad users

Flock’s architecture turns local cameras into a cross-jurisdictional surveillance network accessible to agencies that never purchased the cameras.

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How states’ laws are struggling to keep up with AI election deepfakes

These laws give states ways to respond to deception, but alone they can’t guarantee voters that what they’re watching is real.

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Why taxpayer-funded sports stadiums don’t pay off

Time after time, any benefits resulting from these projects were consistently overshadowed by the massive costs to the public.

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Trump’s AI Force could make AI’s risks worse. Here’s what to do instead

An American AI Force would hand China’s leadership every reason to create its own.

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What people living next to data centers think about managing them

Our research found less public support for policy provisions governing more complex issues related to data centers.

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How Trump’s crypto winnings cost the industry looser regulation

At stake was the Clarity Act, which would have provided light-touch regulation over cryptocurrency assets.

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Should managers step in to help their sales staff?

Yes, but not too much.

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How employers can make good remote work policies before the next crisis

The process used to decide where employees should work matters just as much as the decision itself.

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Can you trust AI’s answer to your question? Here’s what to consider

As a user, try to recognize what kind of intellectual work the AI agent did for a response you receive.

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Will your robotic vacuum snitch on you? What home devices mean for privacy and the law

Devices in homes now generate evidence continuously and often invisibly, while the governing law remains a patchwork.

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AI systems don’t have a drive to survive. Here’s why

Being switched off isn’t the same as dying.

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How AI is opening up spectrum space on crowded airwaves

Making dynamic spectrum sharing work requires radios that are more flexible than the fixed-frequency devices of the past.

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Pennsylvania is suing TikTok over ‘addictive’ features, but regulation isn’t black and white

There is a long history of binary thinking about addictive goods.

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Trump braces for midterms, crucial union vote as Labor Day shows 75,000 lost manufacturing jobs

Even as tariffs favor domestic producers, automation is limiting hiring gains—testing whether the president's blue-collar coalition holds through...

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Digital critical infrastructure should be built and managed better. Here’s how

Digital infrastructure can be designed, built, and managed for human well-being just as other critical infrastructure is.

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Skin cancer detection tools powered by AI are improving. Not everyone is benefitting

New AI tools used in dermatology have a crucial shortcoming.

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What is public interest technology and how does it help people in need? A policy expert explains

Public interest technology can fill the gaps between abstract policy and real world solutions.

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How to spot romance scams online and protect yourself

Scammers worm their way into a victim’s heart to gain access to their money through false pretenses.

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3 steps to build stress resilience using biological and seasonal rhythms

Stress resilience is affected by several cyclical processes, from individual and cellular-level mechanisms to the seasons.

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AI survey on job losses shows surprising wins for some workers

The study doesn’t focus just on job loss; it also examines job gains and promotions.

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Making the Fed more accountable could fend off Trump’s threats. Here’s how

The difficult question is how far each form of accountability can go without compromising the independence the Fed needs to make monetary policy.

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This policy could encourage companies to use greener packaging, but states need to be aligned

7 states have passed extended producer responsibility while over a dozen additional states are considering EPR policies.

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Why social media algorithms feed you posts you dislike

The algorithms supplying your feeds may be designed to prioritize content that clashes with your values.

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Should you train like an elite athlete?

If elite athletes use supplements, does that mean everyone who exercises should use use them?

20.08.2026 30

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Are underwater data centers sustainable for AI infrastructure?

The real test is whether the ocean can become AI’s next computing frontier without becoming its next environmental problem.

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Why one of the most common brain disorders is also one of the most misunderstood

The story of functional neurological disorder is beginning to turn a corner.

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The surprising reason AI layoffs hurt worker productivity

One of the biggest hidden costs is that it makes employees fear for their jobs.

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U.S. employers are relying more and more on ‘disposable’ workers. Here’s why

A labor economist explains the surge behind the 3 types of disposable workers.

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How do Siri and Alexa sound so human? A computer engineer explains

This is the technology behind the human-like voices in computers, smartphones, and apps.

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A fossil lost for 20 years just rewrote the map of dinosaur ancestry

Researchers at Brazil's Federal University of Santa Maria confirmed a 240-million-year-old species, after rediscovering a missing fossil fragment.

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How SpaceX rockets could transform the global cargo system

Starfall could deliver critical medical products, deploy emergency disaster relief, or supply urgent defense support within a few hours.

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How the Trump administration is blocking the public’s right to protect the environment

For more than 50 years, citizen suits have been an effective part of cleaning up the environment in the U.S.

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Why a U.S. sovereign wealth fund for AI is harder than it sounds

Creating a government fund to own AI stock and benefit all Americans would require many hard choices.

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