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Once America had become a country, a new government needed to be designed. Nazlisart/iStock Getty Images

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After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’

Staff Writer - July 18, 2026

Piping plovers lay their eggs on the ground. They became an endangered species as development encroached on their habitat and made it harder for their chicks to survive. Under the Same Moon/Flickr, CC BY

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Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court

Meeting data center power demands will mean building more transmission lines and acquiring more land to put them on. These lines are in California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?

While U.S. produce prices are rising across the board, tomatoes are among the most affected. AP Photo/Marco Ugarte

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A perfect storm of factors is driving up US produce prices, but shoppers can still save

A statue of Francisco de Miranda stands in Cuba. Riccardo Lombardo/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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For nearly 250 years, the US has had eyes on Latin America – but interventions then looked rather different

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

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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

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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

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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

Cities like Houston get high humidity in addition to the heat, making summer almost unbearable without cooling. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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Trump moves to gut low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends...

Staff Writer - May 13, 2025

Trade opportunities ahead. Kschulze/Getty Images

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If you really want to close the US trade deficit, try...

Staff Writer - May 12, 2025

A member of the Indian Border Security Force stands guard near the India-Pakistan border. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images

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India-Pakistan ceasefire shouldn’t disguise fact that norms have changed in South...

Staff Writer - May 11, 2025

Brain organoids, pictured here, raise both many medical possibilities and ethical questions. NIAID/Flickr, CC BY-SA

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Science requires ethical oversight – without federal dollars, society’s health and safety...

Staff Writer - May 10, 2025

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