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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

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

Staff Writer - March 4, 2026

A banner reading, ‘Regrettably, Putin did not die today. We are waiting …’ hangs in the City Garden of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 1, 2023. Viacheslav Onyshchenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images News

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Front lines of humor: Dark humor voices Ukrainians’ hopes for victory

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

Reclassifying marijuana to a Schedule III drug would put it in a category with prescription drugs like ketamine. LPETTET/iStock via Getty Images

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Should medical marijuana be less stringently regulated? A drug policy expert...

Staff Writer - January 29, 2026

Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire in a house after it was hit by a Russian drone on Jan. 15, 2026. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Russia’s drone pipeline: How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet

Staff Writer - January 28, 2026

As part of the Artemis II mission, humans will fly around the Moon for the first time in decades. Roberto Moiola/Sysaworld via Getty Images

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NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US...

Staff Writer - January 27, 2026

Soon to be a blast from the past. E+/Getty Images

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Ending tax refunds by check will speed payments, but risks sidelining...

Staff Writer - January 26, 2026

Reza Pahlavi, Iranian opposition leader and son of the last shah of Iran. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

Government

The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?

Staff Writer - January 25, 2026

Teyana Gibson Brown, wife of Liberian immigrant Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer arrested her husband in a warrantless raid in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2026, in what a judge later ruled was a violation of Gibson’s Fourth Amendment rights. AP Photo/John Locher

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‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s...

Staff Writer - January 23, 2026

Around the world, Taylor Swift’s fan base skews female. AP Photo/Heinz Peter Bader

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The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization

Staff Writer - January 21, 2026

People protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy toward Greenland in front of the U.S. consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 17, 2026. AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

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Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland are wrong – but the...

Staff Writer - January 20, 2026

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EXPLORING NATURE

Backcountry skiing can be risky, particularly after heavy, wet snow. AscentXmedia/E+ via Getty Images

Environment

Tahoe avalanche: What causes snow slopes to collapse? A physicist and...

Staff Writer - February 19, 2026

Nathalie Vriend, University of Colorado Boulder A deadly avalanche buried a group of backcountry skiers and their guides near...

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

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

February 17, 2026

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