Tag: life & news
Why people rebuild in Appalachia’s flood-ravaged areas despite the risks
Kristina P. Brant, Penn State
On Valentine’s Day 2025, heavy rains started to fall in parts of rural Appalachia....
USAID’s apparent demise and the US withdrawal from WHO put millions...
Nicole Hassoun, Binghamton University, State University of New York
On his first day in office, Jan. 20, 2025, President...
Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting prioritizes ‘real’ independence from the US − but what...
Garret Martin, American University School of International Service
Germany’s presumptive new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, faces challenges both at home...
Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about...
John P. Nelson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney can produce text, images...
How Elon Musk’s deep ties to – and admiration for –...
Linggong Kong, Auburn University
Elon Musk holds an outsized influence in the new Trump administration.
As...
Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease...
Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while...
Colliding plasma ejections from the Sun generate huge geomagnetic storms −...
Shirsh Lata Soni, University of Michigan
The Sun periodically ejects huge bubbles of plasma from its surface that contain...
The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught...
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University
“Who wants to live forever?” Freddie Mercury mournfully asks in Queen’s 1986 song of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ancient texts to modern practices, Daoism provides a profound framework...
Michael Naparstek, University of Tennessee
Daoism, China’s indigenous religion, is one of the country’s five officially recognized religions today....
