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/ 7 months agoI’m an astrophysicist mapping the universe with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory − clear, sharp photos help me study energetic black holes
2024 marks 25 years since NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory started detecting X-rays from energetic astronomical events.
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/ 7 months agoHurricanes don’t stop at the coast – these mountain towns know how severe inland flood damage can be, and they’re preparing
In the mountains, heavy downpours can be devastating, especially when storms hit back to back. Yet, hurricane season’s inland flood risk...
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/ 7 months agoA lesson on dissent from a Vietnam War protester who joined the US military – and then faced execution after his protest didn’t stop
At least one positive came out of the racial protests during the Vietnam War era – the emergence of Black studies...
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/ 7 months agoUK and US elections: 2 very different systems united by a common political language
UK political leaders have just a few short weeks − and limited campaign funds − to woo voters.
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/ 7 months agoColon cancer rates are rising in young Americans, but insurance barriers are making screening harder
Colon cancer is curable when caught early, but some insurers are either refusing to cover or significantly delaying approval for colonoscopies.
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/ 7 months agoFrance’s headscarf ban in the 2024 Summer Olympics reflects a narrow view of national identity, writes a scholar of European studies
Laïcité, which historically upheld individual freedom, denies minority rights today, as seen in the ban on French athletes wearing hijabs at...
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/ 7 months agoState laws threaten to erode academic freedom in U.S. higher education
A wave of mostly partisan laws have sought to curtail what university faculty can say and teach.
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/ 7 months agoAvocados are a ‘green gold’ export for Mexico, but growing them is harming forests and waters
Avocados are marketed as a superfood, but growing them for an expanding world market has turned a rural Mexican state into...
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/ 7 months agoWhat QAnon supporters, butthole sunners and New Age spiritualists have in common
New Age beliefs, alternative wellness practices and political conspiracies all fall under the umbrella of stigmatized knowledge, which can be attractive...
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/ 7 months agoIran’s intervention in Sudan’s civil war advances its geopolitical goals − but not without risks
Tehran is supplying weapons to the Sudanese Armed Forces as they fight a paramilitary group for control of the nation.
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/ 7 months agoHow the ‘model minority’ myth harms Asian Americans
The seemingly complimentary stereotype undermines Asian Americans in the workplace and beyond.
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/ 7 months agoRisky business: Why executives keep finding themselves in political firestorms
Government dysfunction has created a policy void in the US, and business leaders are increasingly being called upon to fill it.
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/ 7 months agoAmericans break election ties in crazy ways − and jeopardize democracy in the process
If the presidential election ends in a tie, then what? The winner might not even be 1 of the 2 people...
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/ 7 months agoQuick adoption in 34 states of Erin’s Law to prevent child abuse shows power of one individual to make policy
Erin’s Law requires the teaching of child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention classes from kindergarten through eighth grade. How it got...
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/ 7 months agoFor American Jews, interfaith weddings are a new normal – and creatively weave both traditions together
A Catholic friar under the chuppah? A bride in henna and a groom in a kippah? Many Jewish interfaith couples find...
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/ 7 months ago2 knights, 1 horse − how a legendary Knights Templar symbol has puzzled and fascinated since the Middle Ages
Warrior-monks crusaded for Christianity throughout medieval Europe. Adding to the ongoing mystery surrounding the military order is their enigmatic seal.
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/ 7 months agoUnderstanding how ions flow in and out of the tiniest pores promises better energy storage devices
To model the inside of a supercapacitor, my team had to rework a common physics law that most high school students...
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/ 7 months agoLouisiana set to reclassify abortion pills as controlled, dangerous substances − here’s what that means
The legislation would make it illegal to possess 2 types of abortion pills without a prescription.
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/ 7 months agoWhat to watch for in Trump trial’s closing arguments, from a law school professor who teaches and studies them
Closing arguments tell the jury why the evidence is believable or not, how the facts are linked or not and, most...
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/ 7 months agoAnimals self-medicate with plants − behavior people have observed and emulated for millennia
Humans have watched and learned from animals who treat their ills with bioactive plants. This animal wisdom has a scientific name:...
