By Phil Starks, Associate Professor of Biology, Tufts University
The placebo effect is more than just mental – it’s a biological system that can measurably improve a patient’s symptoms. But someone else needs to activate it – creating a risk of manipulation.
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By Michael A. Allen, Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
Carla Martinez Machain, Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
Michael E. Flynn, Professor of Political Science, Kansas State University
NATO members have been divided before. But the war in Iran could prove particularly troublesome for an alliance founded at the beginning of the Cold War.
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By Gregor Henze, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Sean Shaheen, Professor of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
Many consumers – and state policymakers and even utility companies – are worried about the possibility of large numbers of data centers raising electricity demand and power prices.
Those are real…
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By Valerie M. Fridland, Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno
Throughout the history of the language, what has been considered ‘bad’ speech often becomes ‘proper.’ You just have to give it time.
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By Anne Toomey McKenna, Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
To augment information about you that it collects directly, the US Government is buying less-regulated information harvested by cameras, cellphones and apps and sold on the commercial data market.
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By Angelica P. Ahrens, Assistant Research Scientist in Data Science and Microbiology, University of Florida
Eric W. Triplett, Professor and Chair of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida
Johnny Ludvigsson, Professor Emeritus of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University
Genetics may only partially determine a newborn’s risk of developing Type 1 diabetes. Screening umbilical cord blood could lead to earlier treatments to prevent or reduce disease.
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By Grigoris Argeros, Professor of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University
Jordyn Gerwig, Graduate Assistant, Eastern Michigan University
A sociologist’s analysis of a Michigan county reveals pockets of economic instability as rising housing costs continue to pressure residents.
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By Katie E. Corcoran, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
Christopher P. Scheitle, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
Surveys about religion often ask a single question about how often people go to services. That means researchers miss an important piece of the puzzle.
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By Morgan Valley, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado State University
Lorann Stallones, Professor or Epidemiology, Colorado State University
Six people, including one teenager, died at a dairy farm in Keenesburg, Colorado, 35 miles northeast of Denver, on Aug. 20, 2025.
Four of the deceased were from the same extended family. The coroner’s report confirmed they died from hydrogen sulfide exposure after a manure pipe disconnected in an enclosed pump room.
After an…
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By Elizabeth Stanway, Reader in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Warwick
Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future was a groundbreaking science fiction comic serial, first appearing in the UK comic The Eagle in 1950. Now, more than 75 years later, a reinvention of the series is underway, with the first new graphic novel written by Alex de Campi (Bad Girls and Madi) with art by Marc Laming (Marvel’s Star Wars). set for later this year.
As science fiction enthusiast and a scientist, I am excited to see what it will be like. I’m sure I’m not alone, as a number of scientists – including the late astrophysicist and cosmologist Stephen…
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