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Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope collects absentee ballots from a drop box in 2024. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

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Local democracy is holding strong, but rural communities are falling behind, new survey of Michigan officials shows

Staff Writer - December 21, 2025

Where’s Congress? The institution is unwilling to assert itself as an equal branch of government. 4X6, iStock/Getty Images Plus

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The shutdown – and the House’s inaction – helps pave Congress’ path to irrelevance

U.S. muscle or Chinese strategy – which one will prevail? Fred Lee/Getty Images

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US leaders view China as a ‘pacing threat’ − has Washington enough stamina to last the race?

A map prepared by the Defense Department in 1962 shows potential ranges of Soviet ballistic missiles from Cuba. Department of Defense Cuban Missile Crisis briefing materials/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

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The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis

The International Space Station will be brought down in 2030. NASA via AP

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NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations

President Donald Trump shows off one of his new orders upon taking office. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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What’s behind Trump’s flurry of executive action: 4 essential reads on...

Staff Writer - January 29, 2025

Howard Lutnick, left, is President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Commerce Department. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

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Commerce oversees everything from weather and salmon to trade and census...

Staff Writer - January 29, 2025

Cancer cells are more hardy in the low-gravity conditions of space. koto_feja/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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Microgravity in space may cause cancer − but on Earth, mimicking...

Staff Writer - January 26, 2025

A damaged property in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 14, 2025. Ali Matin/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

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I’m an economist. Here’s why I’m worried the California insurance crisis...

Staff Writer - January 21, 2025

To entice workers back to the office, create one they’d like to spend time in. Cavan Images via Getty Images

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How do you create a workplace that people want to work...

Staff Writer - January 19, 2025

Maverick County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sgt. Aaron Horta, EMT operators and Border Patrol officers carry a body out of a canal on June 28, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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Texas is already policing the Mexican border − and will play...

Staff Writer - January 18, 2025

Biden began his presidency in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

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Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the...

Staff Writer - January 18, 2025

When it comes to slowing down China’s tech rise, tariffs won’t do the trick. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason...

Staff Writer - January 17, 2025

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U.S. researchers are seeking the light at the end of a rough year for science. Westend61/Getty Images

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‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’ – US researchers...

Staff Writer - December 31, 2025

Carrie McDonough, Carnegie Mellon University; Brian G. Henning, Gonzaga University; Cara Poland, Michigan State University; Nathaniel M. Tran, University of Illinois Chicago;...

Modern winter jackets use a few time-honored physics principles to keep you warm. Magda Indigo/Moment via Getty Images

New materials, old physics – the science behind how your winter...

December 27, 2025

Hormone changes that begin years before menopause can cause gradual muscle loss and increased insulin resistance. Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Midlife weight gain can start long before menopause – but you...

December 26, 2025

Old rat nests can contain fabrics, papers, animal bones, plant remains and other materials that have been undisturbed for hundreds of years. Andyworks/E+ Collection via Getty Images

I study rat nests − here’s why rodents make great archivists

December 25, 2025

Warmer temperatures can supercharge storms. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience

December 24, 2025