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/ 2 weeks agoHow Trump won Pennsylvania − and what the numbers from key counties show about the future of a pivotal swing state
Philly turnout underwhelms, steel country sides with Trump, and Erie County keeps its bellwether status.
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/ 2 weeks agoWhat Trump can do to reverse US climate policy − and what he probably can’t change
While he hasn’t released an official plan, Trump’s playbook the last time he was in office and his frequent complaints about...
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/ 2 weeks agoReligions talk about the value of humility − but it can be especially hard for clergy to practice what they preach
Intellectual humility means being open to new ideas and other points of view – and for leaders, it can be a...
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/ 2 weeks agoThe 4 ‘ashramas’ of Hinduism and what they can teach us about aging gracefully
The ancient classical texts of Hinduism taught that every age and stage of life need not be lived as a breathless...
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/ 2 weeks agoBallot measures to legalize recreational use of cannabis fail in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota
Two medical measures in Nebraska passed decisively but face legal challenges.
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/ 2 weeks ago‘Yellowstone’ highlights Montana’s long-forgotten connection to the Confederacy
The themes in the hit television series echo the social and political issues that the state has grappled with for decades.
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/ 2 weeks agoMilitary veterans are disproportionately affected by suicide, but targeted prevention can help reverse the tide
Statistics show that veterans die by suicide from firearms – a particularly lethal means of suicide – at a higher rate...
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/ 2 weeks agoMicroplastics promote cloud formation, with likely effects on weather and climate
Clouds affect Earth’s weather and climate in many ways. New research suggests that the presence of microplastic particles could alter these...
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/ 2 weeks agoAmerica’s glass ceiling remains − here are some of the reasons why a woman may have once again lost the presidency
While other countries have had female leaders in office, these women tend to have family connections or hold roles that are...
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/ 2 weeks agoIran’s currency was already tumbling − and then news of Trump’s victory broke
Iran’s rial fell against the dollar just as Trump was claiming victory. The 2 events are linked, argues an expert on...
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/ 2 weeks agoNow the Electoral College votes for president – 4 essential reads
Voters have cast their ballots. Now the 2024 US presidential election comes down to the Electoral College.
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/ 2 weeks agoWhat Buddhism can teach in this moment of deep divisions: No person is ‘evil,’ only ‘mistaken’
If we considered people on the other side of a disagreement as not ‘evil’ but ‘mistaken’ or ‘ill-informed,’ it might create...
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/ 2 weeks agoThis course uses crime novels to teach critical thinking
Can stories about detectives from days gone by help students learn to think more critically? An English lecturer provides clues through...
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/ 2 weeks agoTrump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828
His return follows the trail of another American president who rebounded from defeat to victory and then four years of unchecked...
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/ 2 weeks agoWhat is ‘ballot curing’? Election expert explains the method for fixing errors made when voters cast their ballots
Ballot curing aims to ensure that every valid vote is counted, even those with messy signatures, misspelled names or missing IDs.
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/ 2 weeks ago2024’s Election Day heads into the history books alongside 1964 and 1980 landslides and 2000’s Bush v. Gore nail-biter
In US history, there have been many memorable elections – including those involving quick, decisive wins and others subjected to drawn-out...
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/ 2 weeks agoWill the lights go out on Cuba’s communist leaders? With fewer options to prop up economy, their future looks dimmer
Blackouts on the Caribbean island are shining a light on a crumbling economy that the nation’s communist leaders may struggle to...
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/ 2 weeks agoKristallnacht’s legacy still haunts Hamburg − even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned in the Nazi pogrom
Questions about how to represent German Jews, past and present, have complicated plans to rebuild the destroyed temple.
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/ 2 weeks agoOnly 5.3% of welders in the US are women. After years as a writing professor, I became one − here’s what I learned
Being a woman in a welding and fabrication shop means finding workarounds for getting tasks done.
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/ 2 weeks agoCells have more mini ‘organs’ than researchers thought − unbound by membranes, these rogue organelles challenge biology’s fundamentals
Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, various diseases and even the origin of...
