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Texas’ new list of required readings for public schools, which includes biblical stories and excerpts, will begin to take effect in 2030. AP Photo/David Goldman

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Texas approves mandatory Bible readings in public schools, reigniting a century‑long debate

Staff Writer - June 29, 2026

Private U.S. colleges and universities are charging an average of $44,961 in tuition for the 2025-26 school year. Catherine Lane/Moment via Getty Images

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College is unaffordable for many Americans – but don’t just blame rising tuition

Approximately $2 billion in earmarked money went to colleges and universities from September 2025 through October 2026. Douglas Rissing/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Both Democrats and Republicans give millions to universities in earmarks – but not in the same way

Screening is essential to prevent and effectively treat colorectal cancer. Varlay/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Poop tests and blood tests join colonoscopy as options for colorectal cancer screening

A New Glenn rocket stands ready at the launchpad in April 2026, a month before disaster would strike. AP Photo/John Raoux

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Blue Origin rocket exploded on launchpad, throwing the future of NASA’s Artemis program into question

The Stanford linear accelerator creates super short X-ray pulses. Steve Jurvetson/Flickr, CC BY

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Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed

Staff Writer - October 15, 2025

Employees at public and private colleges do not have the same First Amendment rights. dane_mark/Royalty-free

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What the First Amendment doesn’t protect when it comes to professors...

Staff Writer - October 14, 2025

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

Education

New student loan limits could change who gets to become a...

Staff Writer - October 14, 2025

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

This illustration shows, from left to right: John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach, CC BY-NC

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From artificial atoms to quantum information machines: Inside the 2025 Nobel...

Staff Writer - October 12, 2025

A billboard truck criticizing education cuts is parked at Florida International University, an HSI in Miami, in March 2025. John Parra/Getty Images for Students Organizing Now

Education

Trump is cutting funding to universities with large Hispanic student populations...

Staff Writer - October 10, 2025

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

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

Staff Writer - October 9, 2025

A new AI research center opening in North Carolina: Colleges and universities are embracing AI technology, often through corporate partnerships. North Carolina Central University via Getty Images

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Why higher ed’s AI rush could put corporate interests over public...

Staff Writer - October 8, 2025

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Legionnaires wait to testify before a special congressional inquiry in November 1976 into the cause of the mysterious disease. Bettmann/Bettman Collection via Getty Images

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Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Philadelphia in 1976 was mysterious and deadly...

Staff Writer - June 20, 2026

Charles N. Haas, Drexel University and Robert Promisloff, Drexel University The landmark Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia went out...

The Dames Point Bridge spans a river in Jacksonville, Fla. Jonathan Zander/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

Quantum sensors could spot hidden damage in the thousands of US...

June 19, 2026

A record-tying heat wave helped spread a wildfire in Northern California’s Shasta and Trinity counties in July 2018. Terray Sylvester/Getty Images

Heat waves increase wildfire risk – a new study explains how...

June 18, 2026

Space is full of satellites and debris – data centers could one day join the mix. NicoElNino, NASA/iStock via Getty Images

Building data centers in space is an intriguing idea on paper,...

June 16, 2026

A sign on a dirt hiking trail in the Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska points to naturalist John Muir’s cabin. Wanderluster/iStock/Getty Images

Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife,...

June 15, 2026