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Cuban coast guard ships docked at the port of Havana on Feb. 25, 2026. Adalberto Roque/ AFP via Getty Images

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Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change

Staff Writer - February 28, 2026

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

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

Pro-Palestinian students pass the flag of Israel while walking out of commencement in protest at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 30, 2024. AP Photo/Charles Krupa

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Conflicted, disillusioned, disengaged: The unsettled center of Jewish student opinion after...

Staff Writer - June 16, 2025

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices played a key role in the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images

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RFK Jr’s shakeup of vaccine advisory committee raises worries about scientific...

Staff Writer - June 15, 2025

Smoke rises over Tehran, Iran, following an Israeli strike on June 13, 2025. SAN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

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What does Israel’s strike mean for US policy on Iran and...

Staff Writer - June 14, 2025

The people most impacted by Colorado’s fentanyl criminalization bill have divergent views on the role of the legal system in curbing the opioid epidemic. Erik McGregor/GettyImages

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Colorado’s fentanyl criminalization bill won’t solve the opioid epidemic, say the...

Staff Writer - June 13, 2025

Research can make everyone better off. Emilija Manevska/Moment via Getty Images

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Federal R&D funding boosts productivity for the whole economy − making...

Staff Writer - June 12, 2025

The debate over banning smartphones in schools rages as more students are bringing phones to schools. Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

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We surveyed 1,500 Florida kids about cellphones and their mental health...

Staff Writer - June 11, 2025

A statue of Christopher Columbus, toppled by protesters, is loaded onto a truck on the grounds of the state capitol on June 10, 2020, in St Paul, Minn. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

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Politics based on grievance has a long and violent history in America

Staff Writer - June 11, 2025

Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump at the G20 Summit on July 7, 2017, in Hamburg, Germany. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

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Trump–Xi call boosts Chinese president’s tough man image — and may...

Staff Writer - June 10, 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