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Gas prices were well over $4 a gallon on April 28, 2026, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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What’s in the price of a gallon of gas?

Staff Writer - May 1, 2026

The U.K. Parliament passed legislation in an effort to control spiraling rental costs and reverse rising homelessness rates. Matt Cardy/Getty Image

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England’s ‘once in a generation’ housing law takes effect as US housing legislation sits in congressional purgatory

The Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz has largely brought oil traffic to a halt, hitting petroleum-exporting countries hard. Asghar Besharati / Getty Images

Government

The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declined

State governments have had trouble regulating what crisis pregnancy centers should tell their clients and donors. AP Photo/Mark Zaleski

Government

Supreme Court bolsters donors’ free speech rights in unanimous crisis pregnancy center ruling

The Emiratis are poised to turn their back on their oil cartel buddies. Karim Sahib/AFP via Getty Images

Government

UAE’s OPEC exit has been long in the works – and may mark the beginning of a Gulf realignment

First lady Nancy Reagan kisses Mickey Mouse as President Ronald Reagan and Minnie Mouse watch 20 bands marching in the unofficial inaugural parade at Disney’s Epcot Center on Memorial Day, May 27, 1985. Bettmann/Getty Images

Government

Independence Hall, Gettysburg and – Epcot? How Reagan helped elevate Disney...

Staff Writer - May 20, 2025

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa meet in Turkey on April 11, 2025. TUR Presidency/ Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

Government

Trump’s lifting of Syria sanctions is a win for Turkey, too...

Staff Writer - May 19, 2025

There are nearly 20 million undergraduate college students in the United States. Anadolu/Getty Images

Government

Trump’s battle with elite universities overlooks where most students actually go...

Staff Writer - May 18, 2025

Signal is the poster child for strong encryption apps. AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato

Government

Governments continue losing efforts to gain backdoor access to secure communications

Staff Writer - May 18, 2025

President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Richard Garwin at the White House on Nov. 22, 2016. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Government

H-bomb creator Richard Garwin was a giant in science, technology and policy

Staff Writer - May 17, 2025

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has had an uncertain start to his tenure. John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images

Government

New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard...

Staff Writer - May 17, 2025

The National Science Foundation funds America’s next great innovations, including space-related research. Heritage Space/Heritage Images/Getty Images

Government

Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves...

Staff Writer - May 15, 2025

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Frontier supercomputer is one of the world’s fastest. Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, CC BY

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Challenges to high-performance computing threaten US innovation

Staff Writer - May 14, 2025

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EXPLORING NATURE

Seagrass has made an unexpected return to Mosquito Lagoon. Captain William B. Wolfson, Grassroots Guide Service, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Environment

Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

Staff Writer - April 22, 2026

Stephanie Insalaco-Wyner, Southwestern University and Hannah V. Herrero, University of Tennessee Florida’s Indian River Lagoon has been an ecosystem...

A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Patrick Piel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...

April 22, 2026

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

April 21, 2026

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...

April 20, 2026

Cannabis plants are seen at Harborside Oakland Dispensary on Aug. 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support

April 18, 2026