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A makeshift memorial for Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of Turning Point USA in Phoenix. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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Charlie Kirk and the making of an AI-generated martyr

Staff Writer - September 27, 2025

Art Jipson, University of Dayton An AI-generated image of Charlie Kirk embracing Jesus. Another of Kirk posing with angel...

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The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

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A billion-dollar drug was found in Easter Island soil – what...

Staff Writer - September 29, 2025

Ted Powers, University of California, Davis An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 sparked a billion-dollar pharmaceutical success...

Do the seemingly endless doorways represent a woman trapped in domesticity or infinite ways out? Philadelphia Museum of Art

How Dorothea Tanning’s ‘Birthday’ painting challenged male-dominated surrealism

September 29, 2025

How do you measure the concentration of a drug in a tortoise shell? Thirawatana Phaisalratana/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Calling in the animal drug detectives − helping veterinarians help beluga whales,...

September 27, 2025

A sunflower sea star may be about to snack on some sea urchins in California. Brent Durand/Moment via Getty Images

How sea star wasting disease transformed the West Coast’s ecology and economy

September 26, 2025

Colorado’s $3.9 billion wine industry is threatened by a tiny aphid. Courtesy of Charlotte Oliver

How a devastating grape pest is reshaping vineyards across Colorado’s Western Slope

September 24, 2025