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Kate Price, Wellesley College
Congress on Nov. 18, 2025, passed legislation that calls on the Justice Department to release...
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Shannon Gibson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
When Hurricane Melissa tore through the Caribbean in October...
How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple – the 8,000-year history...
Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University
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Research breakthroughs often come through collaborations − attacks on academic freedom threaten this vital work
Volha Chykina, University of Richmond; David P. Baker, Penn State; Frank Fernandez, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Justin J.W. Powell, University of Luxembourg
When fake data is a good thing – how synthetic data trains AI to...
Ambuj Tewari, University of Michigan
You’ve just finished a strenuous hike to the top of a mountain. You’re exhausted...
Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?
Jay Gulledge, University of Notre Dame; University of Tennessee
You might not know it from the headlines, but there...
Student cheating dominates talk of generative AI in higher ed, but universities and tech...
Jeffrey C. Dixon, College of the Holy Cross
Debates about generative artificial intelligence on college campuses have largely centered...
Can the world quit coal?
Stacy D. VanDeveer, UMass Boston
As world leaders and thousands of researchers, activists and lobbyists meet in Brazil at...
