By Gerald K. LeTendre, Professor of Educational Administration, Penn State
Over the past decade, the AI-focused, for-profit Alpha School has grown from one campus in Austin, Texas, to a growing list of more than 15 schools across the country, including in major cities like New York and San Francisco.
Alpha School joins other AI-centric K-12 private schools, like Unbound…
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By Ziyad Al-Aly, Clinical Epidemiologist, Washington University in St. Louis
Several studies suggest GLP-1 drugs may lower cancer risk. But that benefit may be due to the patients themselves: those who are healthier, wealthier and with better access to care.
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By Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor of Education, Health and Behavior Studies, University of North Dakota
Flash flooding has been tearing up communities across the U.S., with heavy downpours sending creeks and rivers rushing over their banks from Texas to Kentucky,…
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By Paul Quigley, Professor of History, Virginia Tech
The beating of Sen. Charles Sumner in 1856 by Rep. Preston Brooks over a speech against slavery sparked a nationwide debate over free speech, political violence and the relationship between the two.
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By Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Associate Professor of History, Miami University
Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, the United States has ramped up military, economic and political interventions in Latin America.
Nowhere were those three factors more clear than the U.S. abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January 2026. Since then, the Trump administration has used a mix of carrots…
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By Siddharth Gumber, Post Doctoral Research Associate at St. Edmund's College, University of Cambridge; British Antarctic Survey
Researchers designed a new way of collecting data about snowfall in the Himalayas which is much more accurate than the ones used before.
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By Subina Shrestha, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Social and Built Infrastructure, University of Manchester
Claire Hoolohan, Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Consumption and Resilient Infrastructure, University of Manchester
Reducing the risks of increased heat in the UK without compromising climate targets requires policy interventions, investment and a strong political will.
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By Helen Ringrow, Associate Professor in Contemporary Discourse, University of Portsmouth
Giorgia Riboni, Associate Professor of English Language, Translation and Linguistics, Università di Torino
There are few things a good influencer can’t turn into engaging content. Social media has made even the smallest aspects of our daily lives entertaining and “aesthetic”. Viral trends have developed around what we might consider boring, mundane tasks, such as restocking the refrigerator or cupboards.
In a recent paper, we explored the appeal…
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By Aparna Soni, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Indiana University
Research shows that losing coverage, even temporarily, tends to make people less healthy, and it exposes them to financial losses.
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By Alan Shipman, Senior Lecturer in Economics, The Open University
The US economy is continuing to grow faster and generate more new jobs than Europe. Annual national income growth over the past five years has averaged 3.3% in the US against 2.6% in the EU. In the first quarter of 2026, the EU’s GDP was just 0.7% higher than a year before, while that of the US was up 2.6% on comparable measures.
These figures defy the widespread…
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