By Eric Yttri, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
At the Winter Olympics, skiers, bobsledders, speedskaters and many other athletes all have to master one critical moment: when to start. That split second is paramount during competition because when everyone is strong and skilled, a moment of hesitation can separate gold from silver. A competitor who hesitates too much will be left behind – but moving too early will get them disqualified.
Though the circumstances are…
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By Filippo Menczer, Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
A simulation shows that social media bots powered by today’s AI can infiltrate human networks on social media and influence what people believe.
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By Tucker J. Gregor, Doctoral Candidate in Religious Studies, University of Iowa
Love and hate seem like obvious opposites. Love, whether romantic or otherwise, involves a sense of warmth and affection for others. Hate involves feelings of disdain. Love builds up, whereas hate destroys.
However, this description of love and hate treats them as merely emotions. As a religious ethicist, I am interested in the role love plays in our moral lives: how and why it can help us live well together. How does our understanding of the love-hate relationship change if we imagine love not as…
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By Emma Fenske, Addiction Medicine Fellow and Internal Medicine Physician, Oregon Health & Science University
Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of 2021, the most recent data available.
Decades of evidence show that addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease…
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By Michael Paarlberg, Associate Professor, Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
As protest and military action raised the prospect of regime change in Iran and Venezuela, the voices of both countries’ diasporas were heard loud and clear through the media of their host nations.
Venezuelan exiles in the U.S. were, according to the popular narrative, broadly…
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By Tim Swift, Professor of Management, St. Joseph's University
For the past decade I have volunteered at St. Francis Inn, a soup kitchen in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Kensington, for those not from Philly, has long had a reputation for potent but affordable street drugs. Interstate 95 and the Market-Frankford elevated commuter train line provide easy access to the neighborhood for buyers and sellers, and abandoned…
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By Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Research Scientist in Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Cement is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and demand is growing as the population booms. Alternatives could help lower the impact.
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By Pawan Dhingra, Professor of U.S. Immigration Studies, Amherst College
Stephen Miller’s January 2026 announcement to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers – telling them that they have “immunity to perform your duties” and that no “illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist” can stop them – may seem like an extreme statement outside the political mainstream.
And when ICE agents use facial…
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By John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
The House has passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for voting. Although it likely won’t become law, the bill raises constitutional questions.
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By Eric Hengyu Hu, Research Scientist of Educational Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
Dyslexia laws are now nearly universal across the US. But the data shows that passing a law is not the same as improving how children learn to read.
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