Tag: life & news
US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows
Joshua M. Pearce, Western University
Every year, American universities spend millions of dollars patenting inventions developed on their campuses....
Stripping federal protection for clean water harms just about everyone, especially...
Jeremy Orr, Michigan State University
Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could...
I study local government and Hurricane Helene forced me from my...
Jay Rickabaugh, North Carolina State University
Last year was a record year for disasters in the United States. A...
What will happen at the funeral of Pope Francis
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
The 88-year-old pontiff had been well aware of his fragile state...
Popular AIs head-to-head: OpenAI beats DeepSeek on sentence-level reasoning
Manas Gaur, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots based on large language models are known...
With federal funding in question, artists can navigate a perilous future...
Johanna K. Taylor, Arizona State University and Mary McAvoy, Arizona State University
In a February 2025 Truth Social post,...
All models are wrong − a computational modeling expert explains how...
Zachary del Rosario, Olin College of Engineering
Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” for its tendency to bend and undulate, the Tacoma...
Scientists found a potential sign of life on a distant planet...
Daniel Apai, University of Arizona
A team of astronomers announced on April 16, 2025, that in the process of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Why it’s OK to say ‘namaste’ in yoga class
Jeremy David Engels, Penn State
“Namaste,” a common greeting in India and South Asia, has become a global cultural...
