Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict
Christine Leuenberger, Cornell University
Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world...
How populist leaders like Trump use ‘common sense’ as an ideological weapon to undermine facts
Dannagal G. Young, University of Delaware
It’s “the revolution of common sense,” President Donald Trump announced in his second...
US dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck...
Alexandra M. Lord, Smithsonian Institution
In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery...
Trump’s tariff gambit: As allies prepare to strike back, a costly trade war looms
Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth
On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a plan to...
Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from and where do...
Jennifer Van Hook, Penn State
Undocumented immigration is a key issue in American politics, but it can be hard...
Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist...
Lee Rafuse Haines, University of Notre Dame and Pilar Pérez Romero, University of Notre Dame
Humans have an exceptional...
What the ‘moral distress’ of doctors tells us about eroding trust in health care
Daniel T. Kim, Albany Medical College
I sit on an ethics review committee at the Albany Med Health System...
President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated − but there are lessons...
Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino
The portrait of President Andrew Jackson has recently made a comeback in the Oval...
