The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped
Chris Wright, University of Washington
If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll...
Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization
Nathan Meyers, UMass Amherst
Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has aggressively moved to shrink the federal government....
Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all
Jesse Rhoades, University of North Dakota and Rebecca Rhoades, University of North Dakota
Humans will likely set foot on...
America is becoming a nation of homebodies
Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Morris, Clemson University, and Sam Speroni, University of California, Los Angeles
What Amazon MGM’s creative control over the James Bond film franchise means for the...
Colin Burnett, Washington University in St. Louis
James Bond was front and center at the 2025 Academy Awards –...
Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and...
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh
Investigations into the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster revealed that key decision-makers worked on...
How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority
Charles Wise, The Ohio State University
Amid the chaos of the Trump administration’s first few weeks in office, a...
DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power
Allison Stanger, Middlebury
The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, has secured unprecedented access to at least seven sensitive...
