Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age hunter-gatherers
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
Sudan’s civil war: A visual guide to the brutal conflict
Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington
Sudan’s brutal civil war has dragged on for more than 2½ years, displacing millions...
The US already faces a health care workforce shortage – immigration policy could make...
Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth
As Americans gather for holiday celebrations, many will quietly thank the health care...
America faced domestic fascists before and buried that history
Arlene Stein, Rutgers University
Masked officers conduct immigration raids. National Guard troops patrol American cities, and protesters decry their...
Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’
Laura Beers, American University
During a press conference on Dec. 11, 2025, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced...
Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here’s what’s coming next
Siwei Lyu, University at Buffalo
Over the course of 2025, deepfakes improved dramatically. AI-generated faces, voices and full-body performances...
LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety – schools can do...
Elizabeth A. Logan, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and William Deverell, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers reflect on how...
Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University; Cara Poland, Michigan State University; Nathaniel M. Tran, University of Illinois Chicago;...
