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From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
Grant Tremblay, Smithsonian Institution In 2026, astronauts will travel around the Moon for the first time since the Apollo era,…
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For some Jewish women, ‘passing’ as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the same
Hana Green, College of Charleston Travel case in hand, dressed in fashionable clothing and wearing a practiced, coquettish smile, Hela…
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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks
Kelsey Roberts, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth; Daniele Visioni, Cornell University; Morgan Raven, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Tyler Rohr,…
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There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
Austin Sarat, Amherst College Texas A&M University told philosophy professor Martin Peterson in early January 2026 that he could not…
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Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh
Jeremy David Engels, Penn State Before Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, he asked several of his friends to continue…
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Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads
Bruce Schneier, Harvard Kennedy School and Nathan Sanders, Harvard University Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might…
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why comms dropped out during the central Victorian fires
Fiannuala Morgan, The University of Melbourne Australia has entered an era of climate instability, where communications during bushfires and extreme…
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Prioritising protein? What the new US dietary guidelines get right – and wrong – according to 2 nutrition experts
Lauren Ball, The University of Queensland and Emily Burch, Southern Cross University Last week, United States health secretary Robert F.…
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What is Christian Reconstructionism − and why it matters in US politics
Art Jipson, University of Dayton Christian Reconstructionism is a theological and political movement within conservative Protestantism that argues society should…
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how Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet takes from – and mistakes – Shakespeare
Kate Flaherty, Australian National University and Amy Walters, Australian National University In her eighth novel Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the…
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what was the board’s role in the end of Adelaide Writers Week?
Kim Goodwin, The University of Melbourne This afternoon, Adelaide Writers Week was cancelled for 2026 – less than a week…
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Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu – an emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hard
Jean Hoffman, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Colorado is in the midst of a record-breaking flu season. In the…
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From flammable neighborhoods to moral hazards, fire insurance maps capture early US cities and the landscape of discrimination
Jack Swab, University of Tennessee Imagine a map that allows you to see what your neighborhood looked like a century…
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Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested in astronomy – telescopes in schools can help
Emma Marcucci, Smithsonian Institution The night sky has long sparked wonder and curiosity. Early civilizations studied the stars and tracked…
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Small businesses say they aren’t planning to hire many recent graduates for entry-level jobs – here’s why
Murugan Anandarajan, Drexel University; Cuneyt Gozu, Drexel University, and David Prisco, Drexel University Small businesses are planning to hire fewer…
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