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The ongoing war in Iran has created an expanding zone of risk for shipping, including for Saudi Arabia’s strategy of redirecting oil exports away...
The city of Detroit has hired a senior director of retail attraction to bring national and regional chains into the city.
Turns out, changing the way atoms and molecules are arranged in a substance can give it new and fascinating properties.
A speech-language pathologist on how complex swallowing is – and how small changes from gravity can complicate the process.
People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.
For six decades, politicians have blurred the distinction between protecting Medicaid from abuse and using abuse to discredit Medicaid itself.
Specialized health care for brain-related issues can be lacking in rural areas, but collaborative, community-based approaches can help address these...
Climate change, biodiversity loss and water conservation are often framed as problems in need of national policies. However, there is an often more...
For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump...
Each year, millions of Shiite Muslims walk to Karbala to honor Husayn, the prophet’s grandson, whose death continues to shape their faith.
A Carnegie Mellon University marketing researcher explains why the love of a retro Pizza Hut has more to do with the relationships attached to it than...
Whether students feel pressure to get good grades or keep up with classmates, the anxiety this effort produces can have long-term effects on their...
The days of long-established relationships between the UK prime minister and the US president are long gone.
Sometimes the best escape isn’t a weekend away. It’s the park just down the road.
Researchers are finding ways to target the toxic proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s that were...
The men responsible for the bloodshed 150 years ago were never prosecuted; instead, they rose to South Carolina’s highest offices.
American faith in news is at an all-time low, aided by a president hostile to the press. But presidents have long attacked journalists as biased. What...
Idling vehicles are easy targets for enforcement – they’re often left running for no good reason.
A CMU marketing researcher explains why the love of a retro Pizza Hut has more to do with the relationships attached to it than pizza.
Pope Leo is one of many popes to respond to technological change by drawing on a Catholic principle called ‘subsidiarity.’
Conspiracy theories don’t just explain events – they identify villains, and Fauci is among the most popular.
Fresh off a divided Fed vote to hold rates, policymakers confront a deeper question: Which of conflicting inflation gauges should guide them?
Menopausal hormone therapy no longer has the highest-level warning label about the risk of breast cancer, opening a gray area on who would benefit...
If the US were to create a fund to harness AI and buffer the economy and workers from long-term harms AI could cause, it would not be the first...
An atmospheric scientist explains the mechanics behind 4 types of extreme weather fueled by the smoke and the heat of wildfires.
Christopher Nolan turns Homer’s legendary warrior into a case study of moral injury, a condition that often appears in war veterans who struggle to...
Although Canada geese were not purposely reintroduced in urban areas, many have made cities their permanent homes.
The World Cup’s VAR controversies reveal a broader challenge for AI-assisted decision-making: deciding what AI should handle, what it should support...
Hackers have easier ways of getting information out of a computer, but side-channel vulnerabilities show that technology developers need to take a...
Rather than considering how much time students spend on screens, the more useful question is whether they are asking questions and solving problems...
Kashmir’s history as a center of learning and the arts for Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims offers another way of understanding the region – one...
Philadelphia’s tap water meets federal drinking water standards but falls far short of public health goals when it comes to cancer-causing chemicals.
Disproportionate rates of preeclampsia – a potentially dangerous pregnancy complication – in immigrant populations reflect the physical toll of...
Amendment 3 would mean most homeowners pay less in property taxes – but that may not end up significantly lowering their costs.
Rather than avoiding fresh produce, adopting a few sensible food safety practices can help cut your risk of infection. ➕ Includes video 🎥
Celebrity probate battles deal with the same legal issues that courts handle every day for many families that are not in the news.
Playing improv music activates the reward system of the brain.
While cholera launched modern epidemiology and has nearly disappeared in many countries, the disease never went away. It has instead retreated to the...
When Patterson was at Temple University, she insisted on swimming when her white teammates swam and not being limited to the hour when the pool was...
From the BBC’s implementation of AI guardrails to Reuters’ embrace of AI tools to disseminate breaking financial news, newsrooms’ missions and...
The gap between AI and a human adviser is narrowest for commonsense guidance.
Pressure from trade agreements can clean up sources of environmental harm, leading to cleaner rivers in the case of Mexico’s much-loved avocados.
A standardized framework for regulating the safety and efficacy of AI in healthcare has yet to be established.
The U.S. Constitution gives states control of elections. An executive order by President Donald Trump aims to take away that control and limit mail-in...
Lower land costs and new statewide housing reforms have made Colorado an outlier.
Communities and entrepreneurs are experimenting with ways to turn this nuisance into a valuable resource.
A court ruling expands the options for corporate accountability efforts against oil companies in France, and it may have repercussions in the US and...
While only a sliver of Americans say they support violating core democratic norms, many more say they’re ambivalent about politicians who undermine...
A new policy could deny an immigration application based in part on the use of government benefits by a close relative.
How invented threats, provocative language and repulsive imagery contribute to declining support for transgender people and other marginalized groups.