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CPR on TV is often inaccurate – but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives

Television characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life. But the CPR on...

yesterday 6

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Beth Hoffman

Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press

In December 2025, President Donald Trump filed a US$10 billion lawsuit against the BBC in a federal court in Florida. It was only the latest in a...

yesterday 10

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Kathy Kiely

Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing

U.S. President Donald Trump has ignited a contentious debate over who has the right to control Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. Speaking on Jan. 3,...

yesterday 10

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Skip York

What is below Earth, since space is present in every direction?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...

yesterday 8

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Jeff Moersch

What is Christian Reconstructionism − and why it matters in US politics

Christian Reconstructionism is a theological and political movement within conservative Protestantism that argues society should be governed by...

yesterday 4

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Art Jipson

Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it back

Asked in December 2025 what the biggest sticking point was in negotiating peace in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump got straight to the point:...

yesterday 4

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Peter Harris

Eating less ultraprocessed food supports healthier aging, new research shows

Older adults can dramatically reduce the amount of ultraprocessed foods they eat while keeping a familiar, balanced diet – and this shift leads to...

yesterday 4

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Moul Dey

Saudi-UAE bust-up over Yemen was only a matter of time − and reflects wider rift over vision for the region

Years of simmering tensions between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates exploded into the open on Dec. 30, 2025. That’s when Saudi officials...

yesterday 3

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Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

Financial case for college remains strong, but universities need to add creative thinking to their curriculum

A college degree was once seen as the golden ticket to landing a well-paying job. But many people are increasingly questioning the value of a four-...

yesterday 3

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Caroline Levander

DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence – a central bank scholar explains what’s at stake

The investigation follows Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s refusal to toe the White House’s line over interest rate cuts.

yesterday 1

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Cristina Bodea

How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing period of domestic unrest

Information is still getting out despite an almost total internet blackout, especially with the help of diaspora groups. That poses a big problem...

yesterday 2

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Shirvin Zeinalzadeh

NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them

On Jan. 11, 2026, I watched anxiously at the tightly controlled Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9...

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Daniel Apai

Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections

On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump declared that he would officially pull the United States out of the world’s most important global treaty...

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Gary W. Yohe

The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children

Many adults are breathing a sigh of relief as the 6-7 meme fades away as one of the biggest kid-led global fads of 2025. In case you managed to...

09.01.2026 30

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Rebekah Willett

Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announced on Jan. 7, 2026, that it will cease all operations effective May 3. The daily newspaper, founded in 1786, has...

09.01.2026 10

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Victor Pickard

The 17th-century Pueblo leader who fought for independence from colonial rule – long before the American Revolution

The U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall Collection contains 100 sculptures: two luminaries from each state. They include many familiar figures, such as...

09.01.2026 4

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Peter C. Mancall

Americans have had their mail-in ballots counted after Election Day for generations − a Supreme Court ruling could end the practice

What is an election and when is it completed? That’s the legal question at the heart of Watson v. Republican National Committee, the mail-in ballot...

09.01.2026 7

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Amanda Klekowski Von Koppenfels

George Washington’s foreign policy was built on respect for other nations and patient consideration of future burdens

Foreign policy is usually discussed as a matter of national interests – oil flows, borders, treaties, fleets. But there is a problem: “national...

09.01.2026 5

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Maurizio Valsania

Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights,...

09.01.2026 5

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Martin Elvis

Meth inflames and stimulates your brain through similar pathways – new research offers potential avenue to treat meth addiction

Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it also provokes damaging...

09.01.2026 1

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Habibeh Khoshbouei

‘Shared decision-making ’ for childhood vaccines sounds empowering – but it may mean less access for families already stretched thin

When federal health officials announced on Jan. 5, 2026, that they were taking six out of 17 vaccines off the childhood immunization schedule, they...

09.01.2026 1

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Y. Tony Yang

Live healthier in 2026 by breathing cleaner air at home

I have a health goal for the new year that doesn’t require me to get out of bed earlier or eat fewer cookies. I am an atmospheric chemist and will...

09.01.2026 5

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Katelyn Richard

ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself

Minneapolis is once again the focus of debates about violence involving law enforcement after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot...

08.01.2026 50

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Ben Jones

New US dietary guidelines recommend more protein and whole milk, less ultraprocessed foods

Every five years, the U.S. government releases an updated set of recommendations on healthy eating. This document, called the Dietary Guidelines...

08.01.2026 3

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Cristina Palacios

I served on the expert committee that advised the government on new dietary guidelines – most of our recommendations were ignored

Every five years, the U.S. government releases an updated set of recommendations on healthy eating. This document, called the Dietary Guidelines...

08.01.2026 2

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Cristina Palacios