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/ 19 hours agoNeighbors and strangers pulled together to help LA fire survivors – 60 years of research shows these unsung heroes are crucial to disaster response
In emergencies, when every minute counts, research shows family, friends and neighbors are often saving lives. These local efforts go uncounted,...
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/ 19 hours agoAstronauts on NASA’s Artemis mission to the Moon will need better boots − here’s why
Wearing the wrong shoe on Earth can lead to injury. Researchers still need to figure out the physical consequences of spending...
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/ 19 hours agoTrump’s idea to use military to deport over 10 million migrants faces legal, constitutional and practical hurdles
The president has vast authority over the armed forces, but using them to secure the border would quickly unleash legal chaos,...
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/ 2 days agoWhat’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there
A digital media scholar and longtime RedNote user gives a firsthand account of US and Chinese social media users interacting on...
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/ 3 days agoTexas is already policing the Mexican border − and will play an outsize role in any Trump plan to crack down on immigration
Enforcing immigration law at the border is the federal government’s role. But in Texas, that job has increasingly been taken on...
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/ 4 days agoBiden helped bring science out of the lab and into the community − emphasizing research focused on solutions
Biden’s legacy includes elevating science’s influence in federal decision-making and considering the social and ethical effects of research.
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/ 4 days agoDavid Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture
When Lynch’s films were first released, they seemed to be funhouse-mirror reflections of society. Not so anymore.
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/ 4 days agoChina tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason it won’t do the same with new tariffs
Donald Trump has touted tariffs as high as 60%. But China’s domestic tech sector may be insulated against such measures.
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/ 4 days agoNews coverage boosts giving after disasters – Australian research team’s findings may offer lessons for Los Angeles fires
All told, donors gave more than US$397 million to support recovery from the ‘black summer’ bushfire disaster.
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/ 4 days agoHow do you create a workplace that people want to work in? We embedded in a company to find out
Going to the office doesn’t have to be a chore. Here’s how:
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/ 4 days agoClimate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse
Meta’s decision could open the floodgates to more climate misinformation on its apps, including misleading or out-of-context claims during disasters.
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/ 4 days agoThe Starbase rocket testing facility is permanently changing the landscape of southern Texas
SpaceX has brought both well-paying jobs and rocket debris to southern Texas.
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/ 4 days agoHow the literature of fire can help readers find hope among the ashes
Reading and maintaining a human connection have a vital role to play as extreme events that have long served as the...
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/ 4 days agoAcute stress and early signs of PTSD are common in firefighters and other first responders − here’s what to watch out for
Feelings of sadness or irritability that last a month or more after a life-threatening event could be signs of acute stress...
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/ 4 days agoTool of faith or digital distraction? Catholic Church offers indulgences to faithful who fast from social media
Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.
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/ 4 days agoIsrael-Hamas deal shows limits of US influence – and the unpredictable impact of Trump
Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump are taking credit for the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. It is expected to take...
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/ 5 days agoHow constitutional guardrails have always contained presidential ambitions
The mechanics of upending American democracy would entail surmounting a thick tangle of constitutional, bureaucratic, legal and political obstacles.
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/ 5 days agoMLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
Martin Luther King Jr. popularized the term ‘beloved community’ and gave it his own meaning. But the still-cited phrase was coined...
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/ 5 days agoHow Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends
Though the 22nd Amendment prohibits Trump from being elected president again, it does not prohibit him from serving as president beyond...
