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/ 7 months agoVoting rights at risk after Supreme Court makes it harder to challenge racial gerrymandering
In two recent rulings, the conservative justices handed state lawmakers new power to redraw congressional maps to their liking – including...
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/ 7 months agoPennsylvania continues tradition as ‘keystone state’ in presidential elections
At the time of independence, Pennsylvania was also at the geographical center of the 13 original Colonies. It remains a focal...
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/ 7 months agoRepublicans wary of Republicans – how politics became a clue about infection risk during the pandemic
Reactions like disgust are part of the behavioral immune system that helps you avoid disease. Usually conservatives are more fearful of...
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/ 7 months agoLate bedtimes and not enough sleep can harm developing brains – and poorer kids are more at risk
Less sleep and later bedtimes are linked to a section of the brain involved in emotion regulation suffering reduced growth, along...
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/ 7 months agoWhat the Catholic Church says about political violence and the need to forgive – even would-be assassins
At a time when so much violence and war are ravaging the world, a scholar of medieval Christianity explains Catholic views...
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/ 7 months ago‘MAGA BLACK’ hats, clear swag bags, the first Trump/Vance signs: Highlights of what the Smithsonian is archiving from the Republican convention
Tight security may be the reason that the GOP Convention isn’t filled with the homemade, and often wacky, stuff that’s usually...
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/ 7 months agoBaby bull sharks are thriving in Texas and Alabama bays as the Gulf of Mexico warms
The Gulf Coast has seen big jumps in baby bull shark numbers. As adults, these are among the most aggressive species...
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/ 7 months agoAI mass surveillance at Paris Olympics – a legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare
France is using experimental AI-enabled surveillance and data collection tools before, during and after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here’s what that...
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/ 7 months agoHow Trump’s appeal to nostalgia deliberately evokes America’s more-racist, more-sexist past
Independent voters who feel high levels of nostalgia were more likely to vote for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
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/ 7 months agoA short history of the rise, fall and return of Detroit’s Michigan Central Station
Michigan Central Station stood abandoned for decades as a symbol of Detroit’s decline. A major investment by Ford has breathed new...
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/ 7 months agoThe Black fugitive who inspired ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ and the end of US slavery
Born enslaved, John Andrew Jackson spent his life fighting for freedom as a fugitive, abolitionist, lecturer and writer. Along the way,...
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/ 7 months agoSupreme Court’s blow to federal agencies’ power will likely weaken abortion rights – 3 issues to watch
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling means that judges will have more power than scientific experts in determining whether people should be...
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/ 7 months agoAmerica faces a power disconnection crisis amid dangerous heat: In 27 states, utilities can shut off electricity for nonpayment even in a heat wave
One in 4 American households is at risk of losing power because of the high cost of energy. Over 30% of...
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/ 7 months agoThe Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic splashes to restart the experiments
The LHC is back in business for the year, but getting it ready to collect data isn’t always a straightforward process....
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/ 7 months agoWant to spur your child’s intellectual development? Use audiobooks instead of videos
Audiobooks can develop children’s listening skills, expand their vocabulary and encourage independent learning.
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/ 7 months agoStroke survivors may be saddled with an invisible disability known as spatial neglect – but a simple treatment offers significant improvement
About half of those recovering from a stroke or a brain injury have spatial neglect. But prism adaptation therapy – noninvasive...
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/ 7 months agoSocial media and political violence – how to break the cycle
When political discourse is devoid of facts and high on demonization, it’s no surprise that political violence is the result. There...
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/ 7 months agoTrump-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s classified document case is unconstitutional – here’s how special counsels have been authorized before
In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that independent counsels were constitutional.
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/ 7 months agoTarget just became the latest US retailer to stop accepting payment by checks. Why have so many stores given up on them?
Next time you go shopping, leave your checkbook at home.
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/ 7 months agoNutrition Facts labels have a complicated legacy – a historian explains the science and politics of translating food into information
The process of converting food into nutritional information is more than just a scientific process. It involves many political and technical...
