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A sign marks the outside of the Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C. J. David Ake/Getty Images

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Trump administration’s layoffs would gut department overseeing special education, eliminating parents’ last resort

Staff Writer - October 19, 2025

Many physicians who aren’t U.S. citizens come to the U.S. to do medical residency programs. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

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How new foreign worker visa fees might worsen doctor shortages in rural America

More mixed-use development is likely coming to another parking lot near Coors Field. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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Denver study shows removing parking requirements results in more affordable housing being built

A scene on the Erie Canal painted in 1842, two decades after the canal opened. Bettmann/Getty Images

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Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed the environment forever

New limits on federal loans could create new obstacles for students. Nirat/Getty Images Plus

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New student loan limits could change who gets to become a professor, doctor or lawyer

There are nearly 20 million undergraduate college students in the United States. Anadolu/Getty Images

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Trump’s battle with elite universities overlooks where most students actually go...

Staff Writer - May 18, 2025

Should you share that health-related Instagram post? Catherine McQueen/Moment via Getty Images

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Why we fall for fake health information – and how it...

Staff Writer - May 16, 2025

The National Science Foundation funds America’s next great innovations, including space-related research. Heritage Space/Heritage Images/Getty Images

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Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves...

Staff Writer - May 15, 2025

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Frontier supercomputer is one of the world’s fastest. Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, CC BY

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Challenges to high-performance computing threaten US innovation

Staff Writer - May 14, 2025

Cities like Houston get high humidity in addition to the heat, making summer almost unbearable without cooling. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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Trump moves to gut low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends...

Staff Writer - May 13, 2025

Trade opportunities ahead. Kschulze/Getty Images

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If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try...

Staff Writer - May 12, 2025

Getting into Harvard University is hard, and so is getting rid of its charitable status. Scott Eisen/Getty Images

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Can Trump strip Harvard of its charitable status? Scholars of nonprofit...

Staff Writer - May 10, 2025

The Take It Down bill, co-authored by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, easily passed both houses of Congress. President Trump is expected to sign it into law. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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How the Take It Down Act tackles nonconsensual deepfake porn −...

Staff Writer - May 9, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

Flux ropes (simulated, right) are structures made up of magnetic field lines wrapping around each other like a rope, that look similar to tornadoes on Earth. NOAA, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti and Chip Manchester

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‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...

Staff Writer - October 13, 2025

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan and Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, University of Michigan Weather forecasting is a powerful tool....

Prof. Jie Huang stands with the MOF-based breathalyzer his lab developed with support from the NIH. Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T

Our engineering team is making versatile, tiny sensors from the Nobel-winning...

October 11, 2025

The quantum behavior of superconducting circuits like the small white square above was a major discovery. K. Cicak and R. Simmonds/NIST

Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ultracold electronics research that launched...

October 9, 2025

The world’s largest geothermal power station is under construction in Utah. Business Wire via AP

Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...

October 8, 2025

Xerius Jackson, age 7, gets an MMR vaccine during the Texas measles outbreak in March 2025. Jan Sonnenmair via Getty Images

Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead...

October 7, 2025