Tag: life & news
Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space...
Martin Elvis, Smithsonian Institution
After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully...
The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world...
Rebekah Willett, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amanda Levido, Southern Cross University, and Hyeon-Seon Jeong, Gyeongin National University of Education
Many...
Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy
Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced on Jan. 7, 2026, that it will cease all operations...
New US dietary guidelines recommend more protein and whole milk, less...
Cristina Palacios, Florida International University
Every five years, the U.S. government releases an updated set of recommendations on healthy...
ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments...
Ben Jones, Penn State
Minneapolis is once again the focus of debates about violence involving law enforcement after an...
Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans...
Anna Storti, Duke University
The Department of Homeland Security in September 2025 said that 2 million undocumented immigrants had...
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
Wearing a weighted vest can promote bone health and weight loss,...
Kristen Marie Beavers, Wake Forest University
Health and fitness trends come and go, and many fads don’t deliver on...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
