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Many AmeriCorps crews, like this one seen at work in Maine in 2011, restore and renovate public parks. John Patriquin/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Business

AmeriCorps is on the chopping block – despite research showing that the national service agency is making a difference in local communities

Staff Writer - June 8, 2025

Jared Isaacman, the nominee for next NASA administrator, has traveled to orbit on two commercial space missions. AP Photo/John Raoux

Business

Trump’s nomination for NASA leader boasts business and commercial spaceflight experience during a period of uncertainty for the agency

The European Space Agency’s astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori

Business

Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

Elon Musk, right, has moved to take the reins of the U.S. government. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Business

Efficiency − or empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile takeover could end government as we know it

The Canadian prime minister encouraged his compatriots to consider boycotting U.S. orange juice following Trump’s tariff threats. Andrej Ivanov/AFP/Getty Images

Business

Trump’s tariff gambit: As allies prepare to strike back, a costly trade war looms

Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel positions stand in sharp contrast with efforts to protect the climate. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Business

How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change...

Staff Writer - January 22, 2025

Neuroergonomics brings neuroscience into the workplace. David Crockett/Moment via Getty Images

Business

Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s...

Staff Writer - January 7, 2025

Not as many people will get the chance to vote in 2025 compared with the previous year. MicroStockHub/Getty Images

Economy

5 elections to watch in 2025

Staff Writer - December 27, 2024

The killing of a UnitedHealthcare executive has prompted a closer look at the health insurance industry. AP Photo/Jim Mone

Business

Response to CEO killing reveals antipathy toward health insurers − but...

Staff Writer - December 13, 2024

Huang Runqiu, China’s minister of ecology and environment, sits with U.N. climate chief Simon Stiell at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. AP Photo/Peter Dejong

Business

China’s influence grows at COP29 climate talks as US leadership fades

Staff Writer - November 26, 2024

Business

Keith Krach’s Vision of Trusted Collaboration to Counter Authoritarianism is Basis...

Staff Writer - June 28, 2022

Keith Krach with his hands up at the Perdue Commencement

Business

Krach Delivers Powerful Purdue Commencement Address with Proof of Equation: Transformation...

Staff Writer - January 14, 2022

Business

Purdue Forms World’s First Institute for Tech Diplomacy Through Transformation and...

Staff Writer - January 14, 2022

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EXPLORING NATURE

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images

Environment

Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...

Staff Writer - November 25, 2025

Shaina Sadai, Five College Consortium and Ambarish Karmalkar, University of Rhode Island When polar ice sheets melt, the effects...

Pennsylvania is home to a diverse range of wild mushrooms, both edible and poisonous. Vaivirga/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science

November 24, 2025

Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane Melissa. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell...

November 19, 2025

Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

November 19, 2025

These faces are fake – generated by artificial intelligence – but useful for training other AI systems about human faces. David Beniaguev

When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data...

November 18, 2025