Is the US in a space race against China?
Both the U.S. and China have plans to establish bases on the Moon in the near future. Caspar Benson/fStop via…
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Trump’s indictment stretches US legal system in new ways – a former prosecutor explains 4 key points to understand
Trump’s indictment stretches US legal system in new ways – a former prosecutor explains 4 key points to understand A supporter…
Back to the Moon
Back to the Moon: A space lawyer and planetary scientist on what it will take to share the benefits of…
Why we know so little about the Earth’s ocean
Why we know so little about the Earth’s ocean. Despite covering more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, the ocean…
What does ‘moral hazard’ mean?
A real payload. tiero/iStock via Getty Images Plus Cassandra Jones Havard, University of South Carolina What does ‘moral hazard’ mean?…
After oil: the challenge and promise of getting the world off fossil fuels – podcast
Moving beyond our dependency on oil requires developing viable alternative energies. (Shutterstock) Nehal El-Hadi, The Conversation and Daniel Merino, The…
All wars eventually end – here are 3 situations that will lead Russia and Ukraine to make peace
A Ukrainian woman touches the grave of her husband, a soldier killed by Russian troops in August 2022. Sean Gallup/Getty…
What is Time?
Time is an essential concept that we use in our daily lives. It is the measure of the duration between…
Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action – but it is possible to prepare
Worst-hit areas in Turkey were reduced to rubble. Erhan Sevenler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Louise K. Comfort, University of Pittsburgh;…
Spy balloon drama elevates public attention, pressure for the US to confront China
Spy balloon drama elevates public attention, pressure for the US to confront China The Chinese spy balloon flies over Myrtle Beach,…
Large numbers of Americans want a strong, rough, anti-democratic leader
Many Americans, many of them Republicans, seek leaders who would violate basic principles of democracy. AP Photo/Ben Gray Tarah Williams,…
Does this cause cancer? How scientists determine whether a chemical is carcinogenic – sometimes with controversial result
Carcinogenic chemicals are labeled with a health hazard warning symbol. Peter Etchells/iStock via Getty Images Plus Brad Reisfeld, Colorado State…
What is involuntary manslaughter?
Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, in late 2021 while filming a movie in New Mexico.…
50 years after Roe, many ethics questions shape the abortion debate: 4 essential reads
Anti-abortion protesters demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court in 1985, the 12th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.…
How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a cheering crowd in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 27, 1965. Bettmann/Getty Images Hajar…
Why America has a debt ceiling: 5 questions answered
The sky’s not always the limit. AP Photo/Susan Walsh Steven Pressman, The New School Why America has a debt ceiling:…
Green jobs are booming, but too few employees have sustainability skills to fill them
U.S. universities now have over 3,000 sustainability programs. Andy DeLisle/ASU Christopher Boone, Arizona State University and Karen C. Seto, Yale…
What causes stuttering?
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.…
Visualizing the inside of cells at previously impossible resolutions provides vivid insights into how they work
mCryo-electron tomography shows what molecules look like in high-resolution – in this case, the virus that causes COVID-19. Nanographics, CC BY-SA…
Ukraine schools remain a key battlefront in fight for nation’s future
A worker sweeps up debris in the library of a school building following a missile strike in Kharkiv on Sept.…
Toilets spew invisible aerosol plumes with every flush
Aerosol plumes from commercial toilets can rise 5 feet above the bowl. John Crimaldi/Scientific Reports, CC BY-NC-ND John Crimaldi, University…
Just over 1 in 4 members of Congress in 2023 will be women – at this rate, it will take 118 years until there is gender parity
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez watches Donald Trump’s state of the union address in 2019 with other female Democratic lawmakers. Alex…
Look through an overview of Trump’s personal tax returns from 2015 to 2020
Look through an overview of Trump’s personal tax returns from 2015 to 2020 Personal Taxes by Kelli R. Grant