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How food assistance programs can feed families and nourish their dignity

Joslyn Brenton, Ithaca College; Alyssa Tindall, Ursinus College, and Senbagam Virudachalam, University of Pennsylvania The 2025 government shutdown drew...

From concrete to community: How synthetic data can make urban digital...

Wei Zhai, University of Texas at Arlington When city leaders talk about making a town “smart,” they’re usually talking...

George Plimpton’s 1966 nonfiction classic ‘Paper Lion’ revealed the bruising truths...

Stephen Siff, Miami University As the Detroit Lions barrel toward a Thanksgiving Day game with the Green Bay Packers,...
Members of the Fraternal Order of Real Bearded Santas meet at Pink’s restaurant at Knott’s Berry Farm before the holiday rush in 2009. Business Wire via AP

What makes a true Santa is inside – and comes with...

Christina Hymer, University of Tennessee When you picture Santa Claus, a white, bearded, overweight and jolly man who dashes...
Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui’s giant statues were carved. Lipo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC BY

Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa...

Carl Lipo, Binghamton University, State University of New York Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed...

As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste

Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President...

A year on, the Israeli-Lebanese ceasefire looks increasingly fragile − could...

Asher Kaufman, University of Notre Dame An already troubled ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon is looking shakier than...

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that...

Mark Louie Ramos, Penn State Should you believe the findings of scientific studies? Amid current concerns about the public’s...

EXPLORING NATURE

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...

Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma