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There are nearly 20 million undergraduate college students in the United States. Anadolu/Getty Images

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Trump’s battle with elite universities overlooks where most students actually go to college

Staff Writer - May 18, 2025

Signal is the poster child for strong encryption apps. AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato

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Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has had an uncertain start to his tenure. John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images

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New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the country from its self-imposed shackles

Should you share that health-related Instagram post? Catherine McQueen/Moment via Getty Images

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Why we fall for fake health information – and how it spreads faster than facts

Touch is not always received the way it’s intended. Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images

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Touch can comfort and heal, but also harm − a psychologist explains why gestures don’t always land as intended

Nature and nurture both determine how likely you are to develop a particular disease. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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How your genes interact with your environment changes your disease risk...

Staff Writer - May 14, 2025

Fitness apps make it easy to track the number of calories in a meal. d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

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Calorie counts on menus and food labels may not help consumers...

Staff Writer - May 12, 2025

Players observe a minute of silence in memory of Pope Francis before the Spanish league soccer match between Real Madrid and RC Celta de Vigo at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on May 4, 2025. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images

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From pulpit to pitch: Pope Francis used sport to get his...

Staff Writer - May 11, 2025

The Take It Down bill, co-authored by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, easily passed both houses of Congress. President Trump is expected to sign it into law. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

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How the Take It Down Act tackles nonconsensual deepfake porn −...

Staff Writer - May 9, 2025

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as pontiff, on May 8, 2025. AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis

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Pope Leo XIV: Why the College of Cardinals chose the Chicago...

Staff Writer - May 9, 2025

Dragonflies, just like bees and butterflies, face threats that humans can help prevent. Christopher Halsch

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Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways − simple...

Staff Writer - May 8, 2025

Will Larry Krasner, right, win a third term? Or will fellow Democrat Pat Dugan replace him? Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer, left, and AP/Matt Rourke, right, via AP Photo

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Philadelphians will soon choose their next district attorney − so what...

Staff Writer - May 8, 2025

Prince Siddhartha with his foster mother Mahaprajapati. A 1910 painting by Maligawage Sarlis. Photo by MediaJet, 2009 via Wikimedia Commons

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Buddha’s foster mother played a key role in the orphaned prince’s...

Staff Writer - May 7, 2025

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Young Montanans, including Rikki Held, center, sued their state government and won a key ruling forcing the state government to consider greenhouse gas emissions when reviewing proposed development projects. William Campbell/Getty Images

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Despite Supreme Court setback, children’s lawsuits against climate change continue

Staff Writer - May 4, 2025

Alexandra Klass, University of Michigan An ancient legal principle has become a key strategy of American children seeking to...

The Women’s Health Initiative investigated the risks and benefits of menopausal hormone therapy. Kohei Hara/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30...

May 3, 2025

Tatooine’s moisture farming equipment stands in the desert of Tunisia, where parts of the ‘Star Wars’ movie series were filmed. Véronique Debord-Lazaro via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Some ‘Star Wars’ stories have already become reality

May 2, 2025

Fireflies in Boulder, Colo., during the summer of 2023. Radim Schreiber/Firefly Experience, CC BY

Fleeting fireflies illuminate Colorado summer nights − and researchers are watching

May 1, 2025

A frog-eating bat approaches a túngara frog, one of its preferred foods. Grant Maslowski

Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal

April 29, 2025