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The silhouettes of the container cranes in the Port of Balboa in Panama City on Feb. 24, 2026. Martin Bernetti/ AFP via Getty Images

Government

Far from random, China’s global port network is clustering near the world’s riskiest trade routes

Staff Writer - March 4, 2026

Javon Jackson, center, was able to register to vote following passage of a 2019 Nevada law that restored voting rights to formerly incarcerated individuals. AP Photo/John Locher

Government

The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons

Anti-trans bills effectively restrict transgender people’s ability to participate fully in society. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

Government

Kansas revoked transgender people’s IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences

A group of demonstrators in Tehran wave Iranian flags in support of the government on Feb. 28, 2026. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

Government

Despite massive US attack and death of ayatollah, regime change in Iran is unlikely

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

Government

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

The United States is one of just two countries where drugmakers can advertise directly to patients. BrianAJackson/iStock via Getty Images

Government

Drug company ads are easy to blame for misleading patients and...

Staff Writer - February 27, 2026

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

Government

How to prevent elections from being stolen − lessons from around...

Staff Writer - February 26, 2026

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

Government

Why ICE’s body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve...

Staff Writer - February 24, 2026

$Most other democratic countries spend only a fraction of what the U.S. does on elections. Greggory DiSalvo, iStock/Getty Images Plus$

Government

50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation

Staff Writer - February 24, 2026

Charitable crowdfunding is on the rise, but the IRS hasn’t caught up yet. wassam siddique/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Government

Crowdfunded generosity isn’t taxable – but IRS regulations haven’t kept up...

Staff Writer - February 23, 2026

The recent release of Jeffrey Epstein’s emails shows a wide net of contacts – including academics at prominent universities. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Government

Individual donors provide only a small slice of university research funding...

Staff Writer - February 22, 2026

It has been raining tariffs … until now? Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images

Government

Supreme Court rules against Trump’s emergency tariffs – but leaves key...

Staff Writer - February 21, 2026

Coast Guardsmen stand in front of two truckloads of liquor seized on April 14, 1931, after a battle between three policemen and several alcohol smugglers near Falmouth, Mass. AP Photo

Government

Enforcing Prohibition with a massive new federal force of poorly trained...

Staff Writer - February 20, 2026

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EXPLORING NATURE

Warmer winters in normally snowy places can interfere with the important activities of microbes in the soil. Seogi/500px via Getty Images

Environment

Warming winters are disrupting the hidden world of fungi – the...

Staff Writer - February 17, 2026

Stephanie Kivlin, University of Tennessee; Aimee Classen, University of Michigan, and Lara A. Souza, University of Oklahoma When you...

Coffee farming is critical to the economies of several African countries. Wang Guansen/Xinhua via Getty Images

Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes –...

February 17, 2026

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

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

February 12, 2026

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