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Larry Summers, center, is surrounded by the media in 2005 amid calls for his resignation. Jodi Hilton/Getty Images

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Former Harvard president Summers’ soft landing after Epstein revelations is case study of economics’ trouble with misbehaving men

Staff Writer - February 27, 2026

Research has found that voter fraud is rare in the United States. AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave

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How to prevent elections from being stolen − lessons from around the world for the US

A growing number of colleges and universities have adopted policies in the last few years to remain politically neutral. kid-a/iStock / Getty Images Plus

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From moral authority to risk management: How university presidents stopped speaking their minds

The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, hosts a supercomputer that scientists rely on for weather and climate research. National Science Foundation

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Making sense of a chaotic planet: How understanding weather and climate risks depends on supercomputers like NCAR’s

A police officer in Ipswich, Mass., wears a WatchGuard body camera on July 29, 2020. Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency

Smartphones are a window into a world of misinformation. Jacob Wackerhausen/iStock via Getty Images

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College students are bombarded by misinformation, so this professor taught them...

Staff Writer - August 26, 2025

What looks like a fitness group could actually be a white supremacist training cell. starush/iStock via Getty Images

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Active Clubs are white supremacy’s new, dangerous frontier

Staff Writer - August 26, 2025

Blaming poor health outcomes on lifestyle choices can obscure public health issues. Anadolu via Getty Images

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How federal officials talk about health is shifting in troubling ways...

Staff Writer - August 25, 2025

Bruce Springsteen performs in Atlanta on Aug. 22, 1975, during the ‘Born to Run’ tour. Tom Hill/WireImage via Getty Images

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Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born to Run’ still speaks to a nation vacillating...

Staff Writer - August 24, 2025

American businesses operating in Europe will soon have to follow new human rights rules – with less help from the U.S. than they once had. alfexe/Getty Images

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State Department layoffs could hurt US companies’ ability to compete globally...

Staff Writer - August 23, 2025

The impact of public education extends beyond teaching kids their ABCs and how to use a globe. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

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Why America still needs public schools

Staff Writer - August 21, 2025

Farmworkers harvest celery on March 9, 2024, in Yuma, Ariz. John Moore/Getty Images

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‘These people do it naturally’: President Trump’s views on immigrant farmworkers...

Staff Writer - August 21, 2025

Erasing history is a deeply Orwellian thing to do. Elen11, iStock/Getty Images Plus

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The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian

Staff Writer - August 20, 2025

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Rising global temperatures are increasing the risk of heat stroke on hot days, among many other human harms. Ronda Churchill/AFP via Getty Images

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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

Staff Writer - February 12, 2026

Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Portland cement, widely used for concrete, is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Photovs/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Polymers from earth can make cement more climate-friendly

February 12, 2026

There is still a great deal unknown about RNA and its modifications. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome −...

February 10, 2026

A farmer near Quemado, Texas, prepares to take hay to cattle amid the drought in June 2022. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Sixth year of drought in Texas and Oklahoma leaves ranchers bracing...

February 9, 2026

A baby orangutan was seized by Thai police in an anti-trafficking operation in May 2025. Thai police Central Investigation Bureau via AP

New technologies are stepping up the global fight against wildlife trafficking

February 8, 2026