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Economy

George Soros hands control over his family’s philanthropy to son Alex,...

Staff Writer - June 16, 2023

Armin Langer, University of Florida Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is handing control of his US$25 billion holdings,...

EXPLORING NATURE

Many fruits and vegetables are high in antioxidants. istetiana/Moment via Getty Images

Environment

Antioxidants help stave off a host of health problems – but...

Staff Writer - October 17, 2025

Nathaniel Johnson, University of North Dakota When it comes to describing what an antioxidant is, it’s all in the...

Many physicians who aren’t U.S. citizens come to the U.S. to do medical residency programs. SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

How new foreign worker visa fees might worsen doctor shortages in...

October 17, 2025

The Stanford linear accelerator creates super short X-ray pulses. Steve Jurvetson/Flickr, CC BY

Our team of physicists inadvertently generated the shortest X-ray pulses ever observed

October 15, 2025

A scene on the Erie Canal painted in 1842, two decades after the canal opened. Bettmann/Getty Images

Erie Canal’s 200th anniversary: How a technological marvel for trade changed...

October 15, 2025

Flux ropes (simulated, right) are structures made up of magnetic field lines wrapping around each other like a rope, that look similar to tornadoes on Earth. NOAA, Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti and Chip Manchester

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...

October 13, 2025